Past Workshops

PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS

Castle Rock Writers Conference
September 27-28
Castle Rock, CO
Marketing with New Media
The Back of the Book Blurb

​PFLAG Presents
“I Put the Bi in Bitter” Web Series Screening + Q&A with the filmmakers
The filmmakers and Moderator Trai Cartwright will lead a discussion after the showing.
Featured Filmmakers: MARIN LEPORE, KELLEY ZINCONE & DANNAH ELIZABETH 
October 12th, 1- 4 PM
Main Library in Old Town Fort Collins

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL FILM &  ART FESTIVAL

Oct. 18 & 19

Boulder, CO

THE WIFMCO CONTENT CREATOR AWARD
And  I’ll be presenting
Financing and Distribution in Independent Filmmaking
Saturday 10-12PM.   Oct. 18 – 19

Creating Your New Media Marketing Campaign
Tuesday, Nov. 19th, 6PM
Colorado Springs, CO

PROMPTS THAT ROCK
Fort Collins Main Library

Sunday, June 10, 1 – 4PM

DENVER COMIC CON

Denver Conference Center

Rebirth of the Hero’s Journey

Stop Writing Strong Female Characters

Weaving Science, Technology and Magic into Storytelling

Want to Write SFF? How to Survive Academic Writing Programs

The Hero’s Journey & Why It Works in Storytelling

FULL SCRIPT ANALYSIS CLASS

Thursdays, Oct. 12 – Nov. 16

Denver, CO

ROCK YOUR 1st 10 PAGES

Saturday Oct. 28, 10AM – 1 PM

Denver, CO

Ultimate Pitchfest Hollywood’s Meet the Pros!

Saturday, September 23

1101 W. Mineral Ave. Littleton

Writing the Rockies Writers Conference

Screenwriting: 3 Day Workshop

July 20 – 23rd

SCREEN & TV WRITING PITCH WORKSHOP

July 15th 1-4PM

1101 W. Mineral Ave., Littleton CO

9th Annual Explorati Teen Writers Boot Camp

Middle School Fiction: June 19 -22

High School Fiction: June 26 – 30

2855 E Adam Aircraft Circle, Englewood, CO

POUDRE RIVER LIBRARY

“Straight Talk about Dialogue”

May 13th, 2017

Northern Colorado Writers Conference

Writing Brilliant Paragraphs Master Class

Death of the Hero’s Journey

Tools of the Screenwriting Trade

May 5 -6

Fort Collins, CO

Poudre River Library

Rock Your First 10 Pages

Saturday, March 11, 1-4PM FREE!

ANOMALY CON

Denver’s best Steampunk celebration!

March 17 – 19, 2017

Death of the Hero’s Journey

 A Match Made in Space: Love in the Stars (with Link Miller)

 Top 10 Things Movies Can Teach Novelists

DTC Hyatt, Denver CO

Poudre River Library Teens

Prompts the Spark

Sunday, March 26, 1-4PM FREE!

SCBWI

Tools to Sell Your Book

7PM – 9PM Monday January 23

2016

Writing the Rockies Writers Conference
Screenwriting: 3 Day Workshop
July 20 – 23rd

SCREEN & TV WRITING PITCH WORKSHOP
July 15th 1-4PM
1101 W. Mineral Ave., Littleton CO9th Annual Explorati Teen Writers Boot Camp
Middle School Fiction: June 19 -22
High School Fiction: June 26 – 30
2855 E Adam Aircraft Circle, Englewood, CO
www.exploratiteens.comPOUDRE RIVER LIBRARY
“Straight Talk about Dialogue”
May 13th, 2017

Northern Colorado Writers Conference
Writing Brilliant Paragraphs Master Class
Death of the Hero’s Journey
Tools of the Screenwriting Trade
May 5 -6
Fort Collins, CO

Poudre River Library
Rock Your First 10 Pages
Saturday, March 11, 1-4PM FREE!

ANOMALY CON
Denver’s best Steampunk celebration!
March 17 – 19, 2017
Death of the Hero’s Journey
A Match Made in Space: Love in the Stars (with Link Miller)
Top 10 Things Movies Can Teach Novelists

DTC Hyatt, Denver CO

Poudre River Library Teens
Prompts the Spark
Sunday, March 26, 1-4PM FREE!

SCBWI
Tools to Sell Your Book
7PM – 9PM Monday January 23CRAFTWRITE
FULL SCRIPT ANALYSIS CLASS
Tuesdays, Dec. 6, 2016 – Jan. 10, 2017Poudre River Library
Solving the Mystery of Mystery Writing
Saturday, August 20 1-4PM

Poudre River Library
YOUR STORY, YOUR MEMOIR
Saturday, July 23 1-4PM

Denver Media Professionals
Intro to Funding Your Indie Film
Tuesday August 2, 6:30PM
Northern Colorado Writers
Writing Brilliant Paragraphs
Saturday August 6, 10AM – 1PMULTIMATE PITCHFEST
June 20, 2016
20 Agents * 250 Pitching Opportunities
www.ultimatepitchfest.com
CRAFTWRITE’S
NEXT STEPS SCREENWRITING
7 Week Class
May 17 – June 20DenverCOMIC CON!
June 17-19, 2016 @ Colorado Convention Center
-Transmedia in the Supernatural world
-The Death Of the Hero’s Journey
-Launching Your Superhero On the Screen
Explorati Teen Writers Boot Camp
June 20 – July 7, 2016

Boulder International Film Festival
Youth Pavillion’s
TOP 10 MASTER MOVIE STORYTELLING DEVICES
Saturday, March 5, 3PM – 5PM
Boulder International Film Festival

CRAFTWRITE’S
SCENEWORK: WRITING THE ROBUST SCENE
6 Week Online Class

Top of Form

Bottom of Form

EMERGING FILMMAKERS PROJECT TALKS
Mastering Low-Budget Storytelling
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 7PM

CRAFTWRITE’S ADVANCED SCREENWRITING
8 Thursdays February 25 – April 15, 2016, 6:30 – 9:30
1101 W Mineral Avenue Littleton, CO 80110

SCENEWORKS: Writing the Robust Scene
Parker Writers Group
Sunday, February 14, 2016 * 2PM – 4PM
Parker Library, 10851 S Crossroads Dr, Parker,

COEMERGING FILMMAKERS PROJECT TALKS
Distributing the Micro-Budget Indie
Tuesday, Janurary 26, 2016 * 7PM

Denver Screenwriters Meetup
Crafting Your Script’s First 10 Pages
Sunday Sept. 27th, 1-4PM
Englewood Library, Anderson Room
1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood, CO
Class is $35
$25 addition for review of revised first acts post-class

CASTLE ROCK WRITERS CONFERENCE
“Resonance of Writing”
Saturday, Oct. 7, 9AM
PACE Center in Parker

ARAPAHOE LIBRARY
FREE! Screenwriting 101
Date TBD
Koeble Library, Englewood, CO

Fort Collins ComiCon
“Superhero Saturation” Panel
Saturday Sept. 12, 12:30PM
The Aztlan Center

PARKER WRITERS
FREE! “Top 10 Storytelling Tricks Movies Can Teach Novelists”
Saturday, September 13, 2-4PM
Parker Library, Denver

POUDRE RIVER LIBRARY
FREE! “Bringing Characters to Life”
Saturday, Sept. 5, 1-4PM
Main Library, Fort Collins, CO

Denver Screenwriters Meetup:
FREE! Movie Deconstruction of Interstellar!
Saturday Aug. 8th, 1-4PM
Tattered Cover on Colfax

DENVER COMICON
May 24, 2015
“Film Industry Gigs”

7TH ANNUAL EXPLORATI
TEEN WRITERS BOOT CAMP
June 22 – 25; June 29 – July 2; July 6-9

CRAFTWRITE ONLINE
July 13 – August 17
“Build a Better Book”
Six week online story development class.

POUDRE RIVER LIBRARY
FREE! “Discover Your Power In Writing”
Tuesday, June 23, 7PM

ARAPAHOE LIBRARY
FREE! KoebelCon – Mini Comic Con
“The Evolution of Super Hero Movies”
June 28, 2PM
July 18, 2014 12PM – 4PM

Want Film Financing?
How to Design a Film Production that Attracts Investment”
With Art Thomas & CoSFIC

10TH ANNUAL NORTHERN COLORADO WRITERS CONFERENCE
March 27-28, 2014
Prospect Hilton, Ft. Collins
www.northerncoloradowriters.com
FREE CLASS IN APRIL: GENRE, VOICE, & TONE
Saturday, April 11th, ?1-4 PM
Poudre River Main Library
Fort Collins

2015 PIKES PEAK WRITERS CONFERENCE
April 24 -26
Colorado Springs

POUDRE RIVER MAIN LIBRARY
PROMPTS THAT SPARK
Saturday, February 21
1-4 PM , Ft Collins

POUDRE RIVER MAIN LIBRARY
“Straight Talk about Dialogue”
August 3, 2014 1PM FREE!

6TH ANNUAL EXPLORATI TEEN WRITERS
BOOT CAMP
Denver
Fiction I | Fiction II |Fiction III
www.exploratiteens.comSCREENWRITING 101
Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
March 4 – April 22, 2014

POUDRE RIVER MAIN LIBRARY
“Building a Better Book”
February 8, 2014 1PM

CINEMA LOVERS CLUB
Feb. 16 – March 23
A private film studies class

POUDRE RIVER MAIN LIBRARY
“I. You. Them”
March 8, 2014 1PM

ANOMOLY CON
Denver
March 27-28, 2014OSHER
Fort Collins
“In the Director’s Seat III”April, 2014

PIKES PEAK WRITERS CONFERENCE
Colorado Springs
April 25-28, 2014