Social media remains one of the most effective ways for writers to find their audience, but how do you build a following and rise above the noise? This workshop will help you develop a strategy for using social media to market your book or yourself as a writer. You'll learn ideas for content creation, advertising approaches, and collaboration opportunities. We'll discuss how to engage your audience, where to connect with them and how to implement a social media approach that fits your schedule and your interests.

What you need to write before you write your pilot or feature with Alana Sanko

Writing & REvising the Short Film with Spade Robinson In this part lecture/part workshopping course, writers will develop their short film ideas into scripted drafts and receive weekly feedback on their progress in class. Over the course of four meetings, mini-lectures will cover how to write dimensional characters, create strong inciting incidents, high stakes and compelling endings for short form films and more.

How to Create a Web Series from A to Z with Marine Assaiante If you’re a writer, filmmaker or actor and have an idea for a web series but you don’t know where to start, you’re in the right place. Everyone can create content nowadays; you just need your phone. But creating an entire web series might need a bit more prep and work. In this workshop: - We’ll start with the concept and format of your web series, what platforms, social media you want it to be released on (yep, better to think about that early on) - Discover how to successfully do a crowdfunding campaign (great to get your project financed but also great to start building your audience) - Learn about the pre-production, production and post production process - Talk about your festival’s strategy - And finally, we’ll talk about marketing, because it’s amazing to have created a web series, but it’s even better if a bunch of people see it and if it can help your career.