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Do you have a screenplay in your desk drawer? Is
your workplace a sitcom waiting for a timeslot? Is there a
blockbuster inside you, begging to get out? What you need is
hands-on mentoring by writers who have been where you are now and
have made it to the top.
But the good ones are all in California, and
you're in Dallas... or Chicago... or Atlanta... or Washington
DC...or.... We thought about bringing them to you individually, but
it seemed easier to get everyone together on a tropical island. Here
is an opportunity to elevate your craft to the next level with
veteran Hollywood writers and producers on a luxury estate in
Paradise.
Our exclusive, intensive workshops are conducted
poolside at the fabulous LARIMAR ST. CROIX private villa in the U.S.
Virgin Islands. Enrollment is limited to 12 students per session.
Attendees will receive personalized instruction and coaching from
guest mentors including:
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Loraine
Despres wrote the the second-most watched television show in history:
the "Who Shot JR?" episode of DALLAS. She has written hit TV series
including DYNASY and KNOTS LANDING, and teaches screenwriting
classes at UCLA. Her novel "The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc" was a
New York Times bestseller.
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Gerry
Conway started writing comic books at the age of 15 and was named editor of
Marvel Comics at 24. He created THE PUNISHER and FIRESTORM for
Marvel, and as a writer for SPIDERMAN infamously "killed" Gwen
Stacy. More recently, Conway has written and produced series
including DIAGNOSIS MURDER and LAW AND ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT.
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Robert Hewitt Wolfe co-created, with Gene
Roddenberry, the popular television series ANDROMEDA. He has written
and produced genre hits included THE 4400, THE DRESDEN FILES, and
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE. His long-awaited miniseries adaptation
of Philip Jose Farmer's RIVERWOLD will soon air on SYFY.
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Barney
Cohen is proud that his creation
FOREVER KNIGHT is listed as both one of TV's cult classics and one
of its guilty pleasures. He also created SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH
and DOOMRUNNERS, and wrote the horror classic FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE
FINAL CHAPTER. Before conquering Hollywood, Cohen was a Madison
Avenue ad man.
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Julie
Moline is an award-winning writer
and magazine editor who’s spent the last 25 years writing about travel, design
and food for Architectural Record, Institutional Investor,
Harper’s Bazaar, the International Herald Tribune, London
Daily Telegraph, Toronto Globe & Mail, Money, and
Global Finance.
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Sam Horn is an
internationally acclaimed motivational speaker and author of "POP!
Stand Out in Any Crowd," "ConZentrate," "Tongue Fu" and "What's
Holding You back." A marketing, image and branding guru, she can
take you from idea to successful pitch and teach you how to get that
vital meeting and leave with that all-important green light.
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Carlton Eastlake
is a writer's writer, a member of the Board of Directors of both the
Writers Guild of America and PEN USA. His television credits include
writing and producing award-winning series such as FARSCAPE,
SEAQUEST DSV, THE OUTER LIMITS, EARTH: FINAL CONFLICT and THE
BURNING ZONE.
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Iris
Berry: Songwriter (The
Ringling Sisters, the Lame Flames), poet (featured in The Outlaw Bible of
American Poetry alongside Allen Ginsberg) and journalist (The
Underground Guide to Los Angeles), Berry is a hipsters’ hipster. She
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Your host is Ethlie Ann Vare,
an award-winning historian (Mothers of Invention, Patently Female),
novelist (Andromeda: The Broken Places), journalist (Daily
Variety, the New York Times, ELLE Magazine) and
screenwriter (CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation, Strong Medicine,
Jane Doe, Renegade, Silk Stalkings
and others).
Ethlie Ann Vare has won a Maggi Award for her magazine work; both
the American Library Association and Public Library Association
Awards for non-fiction; and Prism, Gemini and Remi Awards for
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Memorial Day Workshop: May 28-31 2010
Labor Day Workshop: September 3-6 2010
Spring Break Workshop: April 2-5 2011
Cost per student: $2200. Retreat package
includes all workshops and study materials; car service to and from Larimar;
catered lunch at the estate; and follow-up tele-consultations with your
mentor. Airfare and accommodations on St. Croix are the responsibility of
the attendee. For reservations, information and assistance in finding local
accommodations, please call 323-650-4422.
Terms: A 50% deposit to VCI-VI, LLC is
required to secure your reservation. Full tuition must be received 30 days
before the seminar. Mentor participation is based on availability; the
mentor of your choice is not guaranteed. All instructors are working
writers, with highly successful careers and an interest in grooming new
talent.
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