CS Weekly Archive > Expert Witness
A panel of experts assembled to provide the facts about the screenwriting business. Readers will be able have their questions answered by an agent, producer, entertainment attorney, and WGA representative—and without paying that 10% commission.

10/06/06 — "Expo Seminar DVD Series: Master Class Workshop: Building Characters/Character," by Richard Krevolin

09/22/06 — "Expo Seminar DVD Series: Brainstorming with the 36 Dramatic Situations," by Jeff Kitchen

09/08/06 — "Why I Write: Step Up's Duane Adler

07/14/06 — "Expo Seminar DVD Series: The Seven Essential Elements of a Successful Screenplay," by Rob Tobin

06/16/06 — "Expo Seminar DVD Series: What Fine Structure You Have: Sequence Structure of Hoodwinked," by Paul Joseph Gulino

05/19/06 — "Expo Seminar DVD Series: A Structure Checklist: How to Plug the Holes in Your Script," by Michael Ray Brown

04/28/06 — "Expo Seminar DVD Series: First Impressions Are Everything: The Minute Pitch," by Pilar Alessandra

02/17/06 — "Expo Seminar DVD Series: Mastering Great Expectations: Making Genre Work for You," by Julie Marsh Nelson

12/09/05 — "The Movie That Changed My Life: Christmas in Hell's author, Michael Lent," by Michael Lent

12/09/05 — "Nikki Rocco's State of the Industry Address," by David Konow

08/19/05 — "Anatomy of a Spec Sale: $500,000 in 36 Hours: How Robert Lazar and Mason Novick Sold Carl Ellsworth's Red Eye," by Nick Birren

06/16/05 — Simon Kinberg's Mr. & Mrs. Smith treatment

04/22/05 — "Writing in the Fifth Dimension: Marc Scott Zicree on What The Twilight Zone Can Still Teach Us About Great Drama," by Jason Davis

03/11/05 — "The Seven Best Ways to Get a Reader to Read Past Page Five," by Andrew Zinnes

03/04/05 — "Fixing Alexander," by David Freeman

01/14/05 — "Option-al Advice, Part 2: You Got to Give a Little," by Jeff Dobberpuhl

12/03/04 — "Writ and Wisdom: Option-al Advice" by Jeff Dobberpuhl

07/01/04 — Fahrenheit 9/11: The Temperature at which Storytelling Boils by Jeff Goldsmith

06/02/04 — "Can I Write a Spec to Break into TV Movies?" by Graham Flashner

05/19/04 — "How Did You Develop a Sequel to Shrek?" by Andrew Adamson, edited by Yon Motskin
05/12/04 — "How Can I Produce My Own Script?" by Shelly Howell

05/05/04 — "Film Industry Network: Brushing Up On the Basics," by Matthew Reynolds

04/21/04 — "From Four-Color to Three-Dimensional: Jonathan Hensleigh Brings the Punisher to the Big Screen," by Matthew Reynolds

03/31/04 — "What Does a TV Writers' Assistant Do?" by Andrea Stevens

03/24/04 — "How can I break into feature animation writing?" by Tab Murphy

03/17/04 — "How do you take a TV show like Wonderfalls from concept to pilot?" by Bryan Fuller

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