05/02/2011 Screenwriting, Workshops
It’s easier to win admission to the Harvard Medical School than a seat in Professor Richard Walter’s legendary screenwriting seminar at UCLA. He takes you all the way, from idea to draft to studio deal. UCLA-trained screenwriters have won two Oscars and three Oscar nominations in the past four years, and written ten movies for Steven Spielberg. Through a special Summer Session course both non-UCLA [...]
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03/11/2011 Screenwriting, Workshops
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01/13/2011 Screenwriting
It’s 2011 and the start of my 101st quarter in Westwood. As I discuss in the feature below, just as the elements of a good narrative haven’t changed since Aristotle, misperceptions regarding the writer’s role remain constant. Our charge remains the same: to tell a story that is engaging and compelling, that is, a story [...]
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01/03/2011 Opinion, Screenwriting
After copping a quick degree in a jackpot, giveaway, draft-dodge of a Masters program in Radio/Television at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1966, I piloted my VW beetle to California for what I expected to be a visit of three weeks. At the time there were only about eleven people in the [...]
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12/16/2010 DVD Clips, Screenwriting
Watch interview segments 1-4 online at www.conniemartinson.com.
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12/12/2010 DVD Clips, Screenwriting
Watch interview segments 1-4 online at www.conniemartinson.com.
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12/05/2010 Opinion, Screenwriting
Should writers lament or celebrate the 20th anniversary of Jerry Springer’s outrageous TV talk show? Please understand that no writers have been harmed in the preparation of this article. Here’s wishing writers everywhere a serene holiday and love and success in the New Year! – Richard Walter Please visit this link to read the full [...]
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11/02/2010 Opinion, Screenwriting
The topic of this month’s newsletter feature was inspired by the warmest reception I have ever received in over thirty years of lecturing to writers throughout the world. The audience? Five hundred Evangelical Christians who attended the annual STORY Conference in Chicago. While the event’s mission was to teach pastors more effectively to inspire their [...]
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10/21/2010 Opinion, Screenwriting
Richard Walter writes about his journey from first joining the UCLA faculty to celebrating 100 quarters in October 2010. To read Part I of “One Hundred Quarters” click here. “Congratulations,” John Young said when I answered the phone. He was chairman of the Theater Arts Department, which was then the home of Film and Television [...]
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10/15/2010 Opinion, Screenwriting
Richard Walter writes about his journey from first joining the UCLA faculty to celebrating his 100th quarter in October 2010. UCLA’s calendar operates on the quarter system–a trio of ten-week sessions instead of the traditional pair of fifteen-week semesters. It dawned on me the other day that, at the time of this writing, I have [...]
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