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 P A L M S P R I N G S . SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
[ request a brochure ] Table of Contents:
One of the biggest draws of the SCWC remain the quality and diversity of our workshops. As always, there is a rotating slate of daytime sessions Friday through Sunday. Conferees are in no way limited to attending only a single workshop during any session, and are, in fact, encouraged to roam from one to another. There are basically two types of workshops at the conference: Lecture/Q&A and Read & Critique. In the latter, participants can bring works-in-progress to read aloud to the group for critique. While the workshop leaders of the daytime 3-hour extended R/C workshops try to distribute time evenly, it is during the late-night "Rogue" Workshops, beginning at 9 p.m., where the most lengthy readings occur as they are open-ended. It is not uncommon for these workshops to go well beyond midnight and into the early morning hours. FICTION
• Extended Read & Critique - Hannah NONFICTION
• Before It's Written: Selling the Nonfiction Book Proposal - Miller BUSINESS AND ALTERNATIVE
• Based on a True Story: The Legalities of Writing Real Life - Kelliher FILM & TELEVISION WRITING
• Script-to-Screen: Constructing a Screenplay from Scratch - Gregory
The SCWC*PS offers comprehensive Advance Submission Critique of manuscripts, followed by one-on-one consultation with our respective Reader(s) for an additional fee of $50*. You will find each Reader's criterion on the Staff page. Please be mindful of the genre in which you're working when selecting a Reader for Advance Submission Critique & Consultation. This is a unique opportunity to receive substantive one-on-on evaluation of your work. If you are uncertain of who would be best for you, email Wes Albers or Michael Steven Gregory, or phone the SCWC at (619) 233-4651 for guidance. One thing that should always be kept in mind is that agents rarely can provide the sort of substantive feedback that working writers do. Writers write. Agents react. Submissions must be in proper format (double-spaced courier font) and must be received by May 1, 2004. Manuscript pages submitted will be returned to the writer at the conference. Appointments for one-on-one sessions will be available at the Registration Desk. Manuscript pages received in excess of the Reader's page limit requiremnt will be removed from the Reader's package. Address your manuscript to the appropriate Reader in care of the SCWC*PS, 1010 University Ave., #54, San Diego, CA 92103. You may register first then submit your material later, so long as material is received on or before the deadline. You may also submit material to more than one reader, accompanied by appropriate payment.
Saturday's Acquisitions Panel features fiction, nonfiction and screen representatives actively seeking properties. While those sitting on the SCWC*PS Panel are officially listed in the program, it is not uncommon to find literary and film representatives who are not, preferring to listen anonymously to manuscripts read in workshops. We've had network television writing assignments secured at the conference, freelance and stringer work obtained, agent requests, publisher requests, and more. In fact, it was at SCWC*SD 9 that an agent in attendance landed The Celestial Bar by first-time author Tom Youngholm (co-written by Mike MacCarthy), which sold to Dell for a reported quarter-million dollars. The year before Nancy Taylor Rosenberg met her agent at the conference and acquired a multi-million dollar, three-book contract with Dutton. Following SCWC*SD 14, conferee Peggy Vincent's Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife sold to Scribner for a six-figure advance, which was derived from the original manuscript that first earned her the SCWC's Outstanding Nonfiction Award for that year. Special Events in years past have included a sneak screening of Michael Steven Gregory's film, We, The Writer, impromtu First-Time Published Novelist Panels, Writers-In-A-Band Jam Sessions, and more. In Palm Springs, who knows? We might go play genre golf! . |
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FRIDAY, May 28