Craft & Career: Video Edition/New Orleans Retreat

Issue 28 - Video Edition September 18, 2012

Greetings!

Welcome to our 28th Issue. We were away for a while preparing for and then recovering from seven straight days of Champion Lab in August.

In this Video Issue of Craft & Career, I gathered almost an hour of my clips on screenwriting, storytelling and filmmaking. You can check them out below. They are foreshadowing for my multi-DVD set (shipping in six weeks) which has much higher production value and better graphics. I am also offering a last chance pre-order discount. (To those who already purchased the DVD set, I will be showering you with additional rewards and other bonuses this week.) This is absolutely the final opportunity to save $50 on the new set.

Those of you who want the non-DVD version of me have two more chances. A bout of serendipity moved our Taos Retreat to New Orleans. Join us next month for the five- or seven-day version and participate in what will be one of the best screenwriting classes on the planet. Each participant will have up to eight hours spent on their own writing. You can save up to $400 or come for free by checking out the deals and discounts below.

For East-Coasters, there is a deal designed especially for you. Sign up for Coaching or Mentoring this month and you get to come to an East Coast Champion Lab built around your schedule. Non-East-Coasters, there is an incentive for you, too! Keep reading.

I didn't want a craft article to get lost in the video shuffle, so I will post a short craft essay on my consulting blog inspired by possibly the worst set of notes I have ever seen. If you have ever received bad, mean or discouraging feedback, you will want to check it out later in the week.

Keep writing and keep in touch.

Sincerely,

Jim Mercurio

LAST CHANCE FOR PRE-ORDER DISCOUNT

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Jim Mercurio's Screenwriting: From A to Z to A-List

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NEW ORLEANS WEEKLONG SCREENWRITING RETREAT

(October 8 - 14)

7-Day Retreat: $2,199 ($1,999 by Thursday)

5-Day Version: $1899 ($1,749 by Thursday)

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Save additional $200 with no-frills version.

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Working with Actors in the Lab

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COAST CHAMPION LAB

Sign up for Coaching or Mentoring by the end of the month and you will get a free seat in a private East Coast 3- or 4-day Champion Lab to be held within the next few months, scheduled around the participants' needs. We will do it somewhere between Richmond, VA and Boston, MA. If you live west of the Mississipi, tell me how you doin? and maybe we can work out a travel stipend/discount.

Peter and Alyse show the writers how

blocking can make a scene come to life.

TESTIMONIALS

It was a reconditioning of my creative mind. It was, for me, as well as the others who attended, a life changing experience. - Jill Wallace

Seeing a movie - or better yet, your own script - through Jim's eyes is like playing a round of golf with Arnold Palmer. Moves you never imagined are revealed, and techniques you thought you knew cold are plumbed to greater depths. - John Dummer

Jim served the Hollywood approach, but also offered ways to add more depth and resonance to every story. Jim's lab is deeply unified by a few simple principles that affect every level of a script. - Kevin Miller

TESTIMONIAL FROM MENTORING CLIENT

WHO ALSO ATTENDED CHAMPION LAB

When I flew across the country for Jim's class I had a high-concept script I had labored with for over a year and was convinced was ready for market. Not even an inkling of doubt. After attending Jim's workshop, I realize I have at least three months to go to take it to the level it needs to be. And I couldn't be more thrilled and motivated! Through a combination of instruction, collaboration and deep analysis of films/scripts, Jim reveals the craft professional writers employ, to take their scripts to the level which attracts a-list talent. Jim has a tremendous gift for translating the whats of screenwriting into the hows, in a way which gives you the insight and inspiration to translate it to your own work. This experience will forever alter the way I approach screenwriting. Thank you, Jim! - Mark Reinisch

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