You're invited to the 3rd Annual Writers' Workshop.
This year's focus: writing your best short film.
One original short — 5 to 12 pages. Replace it any time before the deadline.
Start here →As many short film ideas as you want to pitch to the room.
Start here →Write it like anything else you'd write — a Google Doc, an email to yourself, screenshots of your notes app, handwritten pages. We are not looking for polished formatting. We want your stories.
If we have extra time on the day, we'll walk anyone who wants it through proper screenplay formatting together. Nobody gets left behind for a margin.
On Saturday we go through every submission one by one — up on the TV, read through together as a room — then talk it out: what's working, and the critiques that would make it stronger. We close the day with anonymous votes for our favorite screenplays and concepts. Submission deadline: Thursday, September 24.
Craft night. Two conversations about what makes a short work — and what makes one filmable.
One screenplay at a time, up on the TV and read through together — then praise and critiques from the whole room. Anonymous votes for our favorites close out the day.
Come early. Coffee, snacks, and the room filling up.
Led by Cameron Long. The habits, instincts, and rewrites that separate a draft from a screenplay.
Led by Robert Kelley & Adam Ragsdale. Scope, locations, cast size, and writing toward what you can actually shoot.
Sleep on it. Bring your pages tomorrow.
We read each screenplay aloud, all together, one at a time.
Food, arguing about endings.
What resonates, what needs clarity, and what we can all help sharpen together.
Pitch any short film ideas you brought. Fast, loose, out loud.
Most compelling screenplays and ideas. No hard feelings.
Close out, trade numbers, go write.
Leads the opening conversation on what actually separates a seasoned writer from an entry-level one.
Co-leads writing short films you know you can film — and film well.
Co-leads the production-minded writing session and hosts the weekend.
Come just to be in the room, or come with pages. Either way, start with your name and email — no account, no code. If you're bringing work, the submission desk opens right after you RSVP.