Master how transformation shows up or fails to in life 
and how that shows up or fails to in story

Take charge of your life, your stories, 
your work, and your career

This event is full and registrations are closed

This one-time nearly-free presentation* is provided as a supportive resource and catalyst for the myriad academic, creative, and commercial communities of Santa Barbara, CA in particular, and for empowering shifts in the media industry and social /media entrepreneurship as a whole. Seating now very limited.

The highly experiential and transformational day effectively foreshadows the next wave in how story is taught, discussed, and collaboratively executed in an interactive demonstration of how to: 1) find and express one’s own true voice in life, commerce, and art; 2) succeed in and actually influence the media industry as you go; and 3) collectively impact and proactively guide the media industry itself along with the world it seeks to profit by and serve as organizations and guilds.

Since the day treats all manifestations of Story as a living thing and all Life as manifestations of living Story, it is equally valuable for writers, filmmakers, change agents, and entrepreneurs of all kinds, as well as for a world of children and everyday heroes coming to recognize their own lives as stories in the making in which they seek to become more effective active authors and guides.

Location:  The Granada Theater - 1214 State Street  Santa Barbara, CA 
Check in: 8:15 – 8:45 am   Seminar: Begins promptly at 9:00 am and ends at 5:30 pm  

Sponsored by long time collaborative partners, 
Write Brothers, Inc. / Movie Magic Screenwriter / screenplay.com
and The Writers Store / writersstore.com

Token Fee: $ 15.00 * Advance Registration Required - Event is Full - No walk-ins
.*(Note - Future one-day seminars will be $225.00 with significant discounts 
for active members of select media industry organizations and guilds)  

Open PDF Seminar Announcement

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 Post-seminar networking & conversation will regroup at the elegant Marquee -  from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm 
(Each attendee is responsible for their own personal food and bar charges)

One Day Workshop / Seminar Schedule

It is one thing to be able to talk or write about characters and their universe...
It is something else altogether to be able to inhabit them and give them expression

This event is full and registrations are closed

MORNING SESSION

Introduction:
A Brave New World

Before We Begin:
The Medium is the Messenger

First Principles
The Call to Story
Discovering the Zone

Telling Stories - Selling Lies:
Truth (& lies) About Success in Hollywood

Three Great Lies
Why Projects Fail
Redefining the Game

Beginning at the Beginning:
The Litmus Tests Of Story

Welcome to the Sandbox
Cutting the Gordian Knot
A Preview to Possibility

Of Masks & Marvels:
Act 0 & The Power of Under-Structure

Character Context Challenge Change

Crisis Commitment Climax Choice

AFTERNOON SESSION

New Worlds in Nine Acts:
Mapping Your Mind - Mining For Gold

Creating An Image
Establishing The Universe
Stuff Happens
Beyond The Comfort Zone
When All Else Fails
Transformation Please

Act 0 Revisited:
Characters With Voices -
Characters Who Write Themselves

A Curse On Heroes & Archetypes
Opportunists & Opposers
Colleagues & Collaborators
Confounders & Contagonists
Variants & Reverberants
Welcome to the Committee

Completing The Circle:
Packaging The Promotion - Promoting The Package

Preparation
Presentation
Persistence

Completing The Journey:
Critical Choices - Critical Paths

 The Call to Greatness
 The Call to Action
 The Call to Lead