Turning Pro: A Few Words About Writing and Discipline and Breaking In
Paul Guay conceived of and co-wrote the hit Jim Carrey movie Liar, Liar, among other recognizable studio films.
In this 20 minute seminar (followed by a live Q&A session), Paul tackles what to do, and more importantly what not to do, in the insanely competitive but potentially highly rewarding art and craft and business of screenwriting.
Paul Guay
He conceived and co-wrote LIAR, LIAR, at the time of its release the sixth-highest-grossing comedy in history. The screenplay received an Honorable Mention in Scr(i)pt magazine's list of the Best Scripts of the Past 10 Years.
Paul co-wrote THE LITTLE RASCALS, Universal's second-highest-grossing film of the year; co-wrote HEARTBREAKERS, which opened #1 at the box office; and polished THE NEVERENDING STORY, the beloved children's fantasy which spawned two sequels, two TV series, three computer games, a stage play, a ballet, and an opera.
His movie-directing debut, THE VAMPYRE, was an official selection of Comic-Con, the Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Festival, the Die Laughing Film Festival, the Awesome Con Short Film Festival, and the Anthem Film Festival, where it won the Best Short Comedy Award.
Paul is an Associate Professor at ArtCenter College of Design, where he teaches "Screenwriting: What's the Story?" and "Screenwriting: Adventures in Shorts" to graduate students and undergrads, and where he won the Great Teacher Award. He is a sought-after Script Consultant.
Ben Cahan is the CEO here at Talentville.com, working to build a community that allows aspiring screenwriters to network, learn and get valuable feedback for their screenplays before spending a king's ransom on competitions and expensive development services.
In addition, Ben was the creator & co-founder of Final Draft, the worldwide leader in screenwriting software for since the mid-1990s.
Incredible lecture, Paul knows his stuff and Communicates his industry knowledge extremely well. If Paul really does script consulting, I would like to hire him to review one of my projects. Terence Reiter
-- Terry R.
Love that you're bringing in heavy hitters like Paul, he's one of the BEST. Really informative.
-- Atom J.
Great webinar and information.
-- MB S.
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-- Liran S.
Very practical and incisive information from a working pro. Thanks!
-- Sam K.