NBC Universal Women Writers Workshop

The Women Writers Workshop gives emerging female screenwriters the opportunity to apply their treatment to a first feature length script draft. This three-evening workshop will prepare screenwriters for writing or improving a first draft of their scripts through discussion, feedback and study. At the end of the workshop, writers will have enough detailed feedback on key points to progress to the next stage of development.

Each evening will consist of interactive discussions of five treatments. Each session will build on the previous session so that, for example, development of character will be strongly related to the theme under exploration, while the structure will be determined by choices of action for the character which develop that character in the direction of the theme.

Registrants may also be interested in the Feature Film Writing Program.

Instructor:
Maureen Dorey, Story Editor Consultant (more...)

Registrants must submit a detailed outline or treatment and must be working toward the first draft of a feature script.

More information coming soon.

Location: TBA
Date: TBA
Registration: 5:30pm-6:00pm
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Fee (3 Part Series): $195 + GST Members, $285 + GST Non-members


* Cancellation of registration with more than 3 business days notice is subject to a $25.00 administration fee; for cancellation with less than 3 business days notice, no refund will be given. WIFT-T reserves the right to cancel, reschedule or substitute guest instructors as necessary. Should the workshop be cancelled, WIFT-T will issue a full refund or credit the fee to another WIFT-T Professional Development program.


Maureen Dorey
Maureen Dorey is a freelance analyst and story editor who helps writers renew their inspiration and find their voices. Her production credits include: A STONE¹S THROW (writer/director Camelia Frieberg), MOCCASIN FLATS, SEASON II, RANDOM PASSAGE, an eight-hour mini-series directed by John N. Smith, produced by Passage Films and Cité-Amérique for broadcast on CBC and RTE (Eire), and MILE ZERO, a feature film produced by Anagram Films. Other credits include THE MYSTERIES OF ICE FISHING by writer-director Paul Fox for Sienna Films, EXTRAORDINARY VISITOR, THE WAR BETWEEN US; LYDDIE, VIOLET and ON MY MIND, 6 x 30 min. children¹s dramas. She has acted as consultant to the National Screen Institute, Praxis Film Works and B.C. Film, and has been Story Editor in Residence to the Canadian Film Centre for the past four years. Working with the Feature Film Project, she was story editor on four produced Canadian Film Centre Feature Film Projects: THE DARK HOURS, SIBLINGS, HORSIE¹S RETREAT and SHOW ME.

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Presented by Women in Film and Television - Toronto in partnership with NBC Universal and Telefilm Canada.

With support from Ontario Media Development Corporation.