For those of you living in So Cal, the WGA Foundation has put together what looks to be an excellent series of live events called “Notes on Craft”:

This autumn, the Writers Guild Foundation will host a series of six evenings entitled Notes on Craft. Each evening will feature two or three writers in conversation with Academy-nominated writer Dan Petrie Jr. (Beverly Hills Cop; The Big Easy) on various aspects of the screenwriting craft. The formal part of the evening will be followed by an audience Q & A.

Writers taking part will include John August (Big Fish, Go), Robert Eisele (The Great Debaters), Diane English (Murphy Brown; The Women), Bruce Evans & Raynold Gideon (Stand by Me, Mr. Brooks), Jack Epps, Jr. (Top Gun; Dick Tracy), Nick Kazan (Reversal of Fortune; Fallen), Jim Kouf (Rush Hour; National Treasure) Jon Lucas & Scott Moore (Four Christmases; The Hangover), Nicholas Meyer (Star Trek, The Human Stain, Elegy), Melissa Rosenberg (Dexter, Twilight), Thomas Rickman (Coal Miners Daughter, Tuesdays with Morrie), Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost; The Time Traveler’s Wife), Margaret Nagle (Warm Springs; Side Order of Life), Robin Swicord (Little Women; The Jane Austen Book Club), Robert Nelson Jacobs (Chocolat; Waterhorse: Legend of the Deep) and more. Check here regularly for updates.

Held Tuesdays at the WGF/WGA offices — 7000 W 3rd St, LA 90048

7:30 pm to about 9:00 pm.

Purchase Series Tickets Here

Online Prices (booking fees not included): $100 — General; $80 — WGA; $60 — Student with ID

Door Prices (through Oct 13 only): $125- General; $100 — WGA; $75 — Student with ID

October 13: The Concept — TICKETS

October 20: Characters — TICKETS

October 27: Structure — TICKETS

November 3: Tone and Voice — TICKETS

November 10: Dialogue and Scene — TICKETS

November 17: Rewriting and Polishing — TICKETS

Individual Night Prices:

Online Prices: $20 General; $15 WGA members; $10 Students with ID — plus booking fees

Door Prices: $25 General; $20 WGA members; $15 Students with ID.