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Summary
You’ve probably heard that the secret to good writing is rewriting. Truer words have never been spoken, particularly when it comes to your crafting your second draft.
The leap from your first draft to second draft is crucial in producing a compelling and marketable script. It is critical you understand how to approach your second draft as professional writers do to actually elevate your work and move the needle on your film and/or television script getting produced.
In this exclusive Stage 32 webinar, you will learn how to identify problems with your script, how to fix those problems, and how to implement third-party notes all in an effort to elevate the second draft of your script.
Over the course of 90 minutes, award-winning writer/director/producer Brian Herskowitz will take you through the fundamentals of taking a good script and making it great. Brian has written and produced for both TV and film and has worked on sitcoms, hour series, and feature films. He is a member of the Writer’s Guild of America and the Producer’s Guild of America and has written for over 2 dozen films and televison shows for most major studios.
In this detailed webinar, Brian will teach you how to identify what to cut (and when you should cut it), what to add, and whether the script's issues are structural, character, or logic driven. This webinar gives an overview of the rewrite process and offers tools to correct errors and make your second draft SOAR.
You will walk away from this webinar with the necessary tools you need to crush the second draft of any script you write so that you see the necessary improvement in your work.
Praise for Brian's Teaching & Knowledge:
“As a collaborator with Brian and a guest in his class, I am hugely impressed with his screenwriting knowledge. I heartily recommend him and his course.”
- Jason Alexander (Seinfeld, Pretty Woman, Listen Up)
"I have a master's degree and a doctorate, Brian is by far the most caring and best teacher I have ever had." - Alan J.
"The course was everything I needed and then some. An excellent course." - Katie R.
"Mr. Herskowitz is very knowledgeable, patient, and superb at discerning problems and helping us solve them." - Sandra O.
"A solid course in which I felt I had learned a LOT by the time it was over." - Peter L.
What You'll Learn
- How to make a rewrite plan?
- How do you brainstorm ideas that enhance your script?
- What’s missing?
- What’s needed?
- How do you improve your characters?
- Character psychology?
- Logic, consistency, and motivating the arbitrary?
- How do you know when you need to rewrite?
- What’s the problem here?
- How’s driving the bus?
- When is enough, enough?
- How do you know when to stop?
- Better vs. Different
- What are they saying?
- How to take notes
- How and when to incorporate those notes
- How to elevate your dialogue
- How to bring subtext to your text
- Making the character voice clear
- How to find your film’s theme
- How you can use theme to strengthen your film’s throughline
- How to avoid being blatant
- Q&A with Brian
Who Should Attend
All levels of screenwriters (advanced, intermediate and beginner) looking to learn how to effectively write a second draft of their script.
All levels of screenwriters (advanced, intermediate and beginner) looking to improve their script in their second draft.
All levels of filmmakers (advanced, intermediate and beginner) looking to learn how to effectively write a second draft of their script.
All levels of producers (advanced, intermediate and beginner) looking to learn how to effectively write a second draft of their script and work with writers on their second draft.
Actors who want to take charge of their career by writing a second draft of their script.
Executive
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Brian is a veteran film and television writer and producer who has worked on over 2 dozen films and television shows.
Some of his film credits include the feature film BUCKY AND THE SQUIRRELS, which starred Jason Alexander from SEINFELD, BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT, which starred Michael Welch from TWILIGHT, MUSICAL CHAIRS, which was directed by Susan Seidelman from SEX IN THE CITY and TIO PAPI, which was directed by Fro Rojas. As director/writer/producer, he is slated to begin production on a new film BEFORE MOONRISE.
In television, his writing credits include working with HBO, NBC, CBS, Universal Television, FOX on shows such asHERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS, DREAM ON, BLOSSOM, RENEGADE and more. He was on the producing team for the critically acclaimed TOUR OF DUTY where he was recognized by the TV academy for his contribution to the show by the Emmy winning post-production sound department. Brian co-wrote the FOX pilot MANTIC with Jason Alexander. Also, he worked as a punch-up writer on BOB PATTERSON and LISTEN UP.
As a director Brian wrote and directed the award-winning short film ODESSA OR BUST starring SEINFELD’S Jason Alexander and RUSHMORE’S Jason Schwartzman. His new short content series MURRAY GHOST which he directed, produced, wrote, and edited is currently making the rounds on the festival circuit.
He currently has a nine-episode podcast, IDENTITY THEFT, running on Spotify. This is the first offering from the THRILLING STORIES podcast series.