A guest screenwriter shares practical guidance on turning existing works, fiction, drama, or real-life stories, into successful screenplays. This session explores how to honor the source material while reshaping it for film, focusing on structure, pacing, and emotional throughlines that make adaptations resonate on screen.
What Makes a Book Irresistible
Cal Stone, Charles D’Amico, Dianne McCartney, Judith Gaines, and Sandy Clements explore the marketing power of great packaging—showing how covers, blurbs, and descriptions work together to capture attention and draw readers in before page one.




