Final mix and playback of Always Going Never Gone today!! Super grateful to everyone who worked on this film. All of them story tellers. It’s a ton of work getting to this point. Big love and respect to all the filmmakers out there. Stay tuned for festival updates #film #womeninfilm #supernatural

The University of British Columbia’s Creative Writing Program has invited me to be a visiting artist in the Spring of 2020.  I’m incredibly honoured to do this.

I’m teaching a feature film screenwriting workshop in September. Here’s the deets:

Application Requirements:
A short synopsis and a one-page long synopsis of your story. A four page writing sample. E-Mail info@nickelfestival.com with your materials!

Deadline for submissions August 18th
Notify successful submissions by August 23rd
Workshop on Sept 10th, 16th, 23rd, 30th, Oct. 7th
Cost $150

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“If there is something wrong with the third act, it’s really in the first act.” Billy Wilder

The first act lays the groundwork for your entire story. It is what activates your character, defines their world, the central conflict, the emotional stakes, and sets off the action across the length of your film. It determines if an audience will stay with your story.

In this hands-on screenwriting class, we will use writing in-class exercises, lecture, and film examples to write the first act of your film. In the process we will explore screenwriting elements like:

· Dramatic premise
· Plot (external world)
· Theme (internal world)
· Ethos/World
· Tone and point of view
· Character/Character arcs/Transformation
· Dialog
· Scenes and sequences
· Transitions
· Subplots

This class will be small and intimate. It requires each writer to share their work.