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Mark David Gerson
Faculty
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Biography
Mark David Gerson has taught and coached writing as a creative and spiritual pursuit for nearly 20 years in the U.S. and Canada, guiding writers in all genres to unleash their creative potential and express themselves with ease.
A writing coach, script analyst, editor, broadcaster and project consultant, Mark David is also host of radio?s The Muse & You with Mark David Gerson and a popular speaker on topics related to creativity.
Mark David?s two books,The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write and The MoonQuest: A True Fantasy, have each won critical acclaim and multiple awards, and his screenplay adaptation of The MoonQuest is in active development. He is now working on a MoonQuest sequel.
For more about Mark David, visit www.markdavidgerson.com.
Screenwriting Symposium Events
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Seminar
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Organic Screenwriting
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Seminar Description:
Screenplays require structure. But structure is there to serve the story, not enslave it. Learn how to approach your screenplay organically... to get of your own way and surrender to the innate wisdom of a story that knows itself better than you do. Come prepared to explore the stories you think you know... and to discover the stories waiting to get your attention. Come prepared to write.
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Free Your Characters, Free Your Story
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Seminar Description:
Storytelling is about people living the same lives we live, experiencing the same emotions we experience, facing the same challenges we face. Storytelling is about fully embodied people who are more than characters. It's about audiences who experience their lives through our characters. Learn new ways to discover who your characters are and how they're living their stories. Learn to create rich, true-to-life characters and to give them the free will they need to propel your stories from the mundane to the magical, from the predictable to the unexpected. Come prepared to write.
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