Novelist, screenwriter and playwright Thomas B. Sawyer presents screenwriting essentials he used writing over 100 TV episodes. This MOPAN (
http://www.mopan.org &
http://www.mopan.com)workshop & was held in Eugene, Oregon in 2001. and has been shown frequently on Community Television of Lane County, Comcast Cable Channel 29 in the Eugene-Springfield area (
http://www.CTV29.org). Produced by Tom Cleveland. (120 min.) Screenwriter, novelist, playwright Thomas B. Sawyer was Head Writer/Showrunner of the classic CBS series, Murder, She Wrote, for which he wrote 24 episodes. Edgar and Emmy-nominated, Tom has written 9 network TV pilots, 100 episodes, both comedy and drama, and was Head Writer/Showrunner or Story Editor on 15 network TV series. He wrote/directed/produced the feature-film cult comedy, Gosh, Alice Goodbody. His documentary film, Reunion, was honored by the New York Film Festival, and received national theatrical release. Tom is co-librettist/lyricist of JACK, an opera about John F. Kennedy, backed by the Shuberts, that has been performed to acclaim in the US and Europe. He is publisher of Storybase 2.0 writer's software. Tom's book, Fiction Writing Demystified, and Storybase are Writer's Digest Book Club Selections. He's taught writing at UCLA, at other colleges, at writers conferences from Maui to Cape Cod, Florida, Las Vegas, Dallas, Biloxi & elsewhere. Tom currently teaches Storytelling online at Writers University. A member of the DGA, WGA, MWA, ITW and ATAS, his current novel is the best-selling thriller, No Place to Run. His next: Cross Purposes, a thriller-with-humor, will be published in 2013. www.ThomasBSawyer.com For copies of this workshop on DVD contact Sawyer@thinkvideo.com. Copies are available no charge courtesy of MOPAN and provided by MOPAN Member Pacific Video & Internet.
