Big Ideas in Salt Lake City

Monday 9/21/09 time 12:24 PM

I want to thank the many screenwriters, and aspiring screenwriters who came to the Salt Lake City Library on Saturday, for my workshop on developing strong screenplay ideas.

It was exciting to watch people test their idea, to see if it really should be a movie. The fact is, writing a feature-length screenplay is hard work; and spending months on an idea that should probably be a country-western song, or a stage play, or a novel, is way harder!

Salt Lake City is home to some real film buffs, and I was impressed to find so many people who knew their way around three-act-structure and simple, effective loglines. Even the beginners were crafting impressive loglines! You guys rocked!

During the workshop, I confirmed my long-held suspicion that offering a pitching workshop in Salt Lake or Park City during Sundance would be awesome.

Everyone with a screenplay should know how to tell people about it. Especially if movie producers, agents and managers are swarming your home town! 

Stay tuned for more information about a pitching workshop in January!