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Screenwriting Form and Freedom

Screenwriting 101
Stephane Scupham, KC Film Office, Valerie Woods, Syd Field – The Art of Visual Storytelling Facilitator, Andrea Sporcic, Missouri Film Office, Andrew Young, MOStories Finalist, Screenwriter/Director

Recently, I had the pleasure of offering two writing workshops at the request of the Missouri Film Office in support of their Scriptwriting 101 initiative MOStories – The Missouri Stories Scriptwriting Fellowship. This is an international competition for screenplays and television pilot scripts with story lines set in the state of Missouri.

The morning session focused on film and the afternoon session was dedicated to television pilots. As an instructor for the Syd Field …

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Scriptwriting 101 Workshop – 08/18/2018

MFO Scriptwriting workshop - 2018-08-18

Had a great day offering the Scriptwriting 101 Workshop sponsored by the Missouri Film Office.

Valerie Woods
(l-r): Stephane Scupham, KC Film Office, Valerie Woods, Syd Field – The Art of Visual Storytelling, Facilitator, Andrea Sporcic, Missouri Film Office, Andrew Jones, MOStories Finalist, Screenwriter/Director

Wonderful group of creative Missouri writers who engaged fully in the Story Structure presentation based on the Syd Field Screenwriting Method and Paradigm, as well as the TV/Episodic Structure workshop. It was a pleasure facilitating both workshops!

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Rewriting the Story: Understanding and Crafting Authentic Muslim Narratives

Front Row, l-r: Dan Milano – (Robot Chicken, Greg the Bunny), Valerie C. Woods – (Any Day Now, Soul Food)
Middle Row, l-r: Salam Al-Marayati – MPAC, President, Sohrab Noshirvani – (Dry River Road, Junkyard Dogs),Y. Shireen Razack – (Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments, Haven), Sue Obeidi – MPAC Hollywood Bureau, Director
Back Row, l-r: Cherien Dabis – (Empire, Quantico), Chris Keyser – (Party of Five, The Last Tycoon, Tyrant)

The The Writers Guild Foundation and the Hollywood Bureau of the Muslim …