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What to Expect
The TSC is your opportunity to learn from the best professional writers, authors, and studio executives in North America over two days of informative and inspiring sessions and networking opportunities.
TSC offers many different sessions tailored for professionals including:
Q&A with Marquee Speaker
Addressing the entire conference, the Marquee sessions feature a top screenwriter in North America for an explicit conversation on the craft.
2011 speakers included Leonard Dick (Emmy award winning writer/ producer, Lost, House and The Good Wife), Robert Nelson Jacobs (Academy Award nominated writer, Chocolat, The Shipping News), and writer/ excutive producer Christine Zander (Nurse Jackie, 3rd Rock from the Sun).
2010 speakers included Tim Long (Executive Producer of The Simpsons), Chuck Tatham (Co-Executive Producer of How I Met Your Mother), Rhett Reese (Writer and Executive Producer of Zombieland) and Rob Cooper (Executive Producer of Stargate Universe).
Workshops
The TSC offers multiple workshop sessions featuring authors, professors and industry consultants who lead an in-depth 90 minute session to discuss the trends and tools of screenwriting today.
Past topics included Writing the TV Drama Series, Cinematic Storytelling, Archetype of Plot and Character, and Writing the Half-Hour Comedy.
Q&A with an Executive
Do you ever wonder what the thought process is for an executive before they decide to greenlight a project? These sessions feature a Q&A discussion with Studio, Network and Production Company executives to shed insight on what happens after you pitch them and advice on making a good impression.
The 2010 discussion was with Rob Zotnowski, former SVP of Drama Series Development for CBS Entertainment.
What our 2010 Speakers are saying:
"The Toronto Screenwriting Conference is a wonderful opportunity for writers of all shapes and sizes to interact with top drawer TV and film writers from every genre. Toronto deserves a first-rate conference like this -- I'm thrilled that it now exists."
- Chuck Tatham, How I Met Your Mother
"The Toronto Screenwriting Conference 2010 was spellbinding. The roster was packed with writers right across the spectrum. Virtuoso instructors like Sheldon Bull, Ellen Sandler, Pam Douglas, Linda Seger and Ellen Bessen wowed their audiences with their knowledge and experience. If you're serious about taking your writing to the next level, this conference will deliver."
- Jennifer van Sijll, author, Cinematic Storytelling
"Working professionals sharing and exchanging the brass tacks of selling and producing content is an invaluable resource for any writer. The Toronto Screenwriting Conference refreshingly reveals not what a writing career is 'like,' but what it 'is'."
- Rob Zotnowski, Stars Road Entertainment
"I loved teaching for the Toronto Conference. So well organized, and so classy! And participants were so responsive!"
- Dr. Linda Seger, author, Making a Good Script Great
The Toronto Screenwriting Conference presents a unique and excellent opportunity for professional writers who want to work in television.
- Pam Douglas, author, Writing the TV Drama Series
