Writers Bridge | Based On: Adapting True Stories to Screenplays
Writers Bridge | Based On: Adapting True Stories to Screenplays
April 29 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Reach your readers–keep your soul.
How do true stories get made into movies, and is your memoir ready for the screen?
Our special guest, award-winning screenwriter Michelle Cutler, dives into the art of adapting your real-life experiences into compelling narratives for film or TV, how to work with a screenwriter, and the different kinds of adaptations including documentaries and fictionalized accounts. We’ll also share how to recognize a scam offer, what the heck a pitch deck is, and how to get your foot in the Hollywood door.
Join Allison K Williams (SEVEN DRAFTS), Sharla Yates (CRAFT TALKS) and our special guests for this lively, funny hour of frank talk about author platform, audience engagement, and just plain getting people to read your book. We talk newsletters, websites, publishing, public speaking, and all the ways writers can build genuine, authentic platform without selling their souls to social media.
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ABOUT YOUR PRESENTERS
Michelle Cutler is an award-winning screenwriter and storytelling coach with an MFA in Film from
NYU and an advanced diploma in creative nonfiction from Cambridge. Specializing in adapting true stories for the screen, Michelle has worked with Academy Award–winning
producers, DGA Award-winning directors and has optioned multiple original and based-on- a-true-story screenplays to major studios and production companies.
In addition to her screenwriting work, Michelle has contributed reported and personal essays to HuffPost, Business Insider, Trail Runner Magazine, Under the Gum Tree, Brevity Blog, and others. As a freelance advertising writer and brand strategist, Michelle has crafted narratives for over 1,700 campaigns across the US, UK, and Europe, collaborating with top directors and agencies on projects ranging from Olympic campaigns to episodic television.
Allison K Williams has edited and coached authors to publishing deals with Penguin Random House, Knopf, Mantle, St. Martin’s Press, and numerous small presses. An expert in author marketing and community building, her platform includes the Brevity Blog (80k+ followers), Instagram (10k+), a mailing list (12k+), and Facebook (5k+), with publications in the New York Times and appearances on NPR and CBC. Her book, Seven Drafts: Self-Edit Like a Pro from Blank Page to Book, sold on proposal. She leads the Rebirth Your Book writing retreats and co-hosts The Writers Bridge.
Sharla Yates is the author of the poetry chapbook What I Would Say if We Were to Drown Tonight, published by Stranded Oak Press (2017). She hosts a webinar series, CRAFT TALKS for writers on writing, and co-hosts The Writers Bridge with Allison K Williams. Her nonfiction essay, “Address” was a finalist for the 2015 Columbia Journal writing contest and the 2016 Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award. She is the former Director of Education at the Creative Nonfiction Foundation and teaches creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh.
Questions? Please email Allison@Idowords.net
