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Dara Marks

Speaker: Dara Marks

Date: May 19, 2012

"Character transformation"

Dara Marks is a leading international script consultant who has specialized in the analysis of the modern screenplay for the past two decades. Creative Screenwriting Magazine has consistently rated her one of the top script consultants in the film industry. Her advice has been sought on a wide variety of films and television programs, and her clients range from beginning and apprentice screenwriters to top studio writers and executives.

Dara is the author of an exciting new book on screenwriting – INSIDE STORY: The Power of the Transformational Arc. In it she reveals her innovative process that helps writers maintain the artistic integrity of their vision throughout the development of their story. Her unique workshops and seminars are drawing national and international praise.


Next month's speaker:

Claudia Suzanne

Speaker: Claudia Suzanne

"Ghostwriting, editing"

http://claudiasuzanne.com/

Ghostwriting expert, Claudia Suzanne, is one of SoCal’s leading book industry authorities, with close to ten dozen invisible credits in myriad nonfiction topics, fiction genres, and academic fields.

Ms. Suzanne is the only ghostwriter to ever deconstruct exactly how ghostwriters do what they do. Her latest title, Secrets of a Ghostwriter, is the seminal text on the subject – it is, in fact, the only
known ghostwriting textbook in existence.


Claudia helped found Professional Writers of Orange County (PWOC) and served two terms as
President of Independent Writers of Southern California (IWOSC), OC Chapter. She currently sits on the board of directors of PEN USA, OC Chapter, and the advisory boards of CSUF Extension
Education, Mothers Against Sexual Abuse (MASA), and BASTIS Foundation. She is a member of Independent Book Publishers Association and the Small Press, Artists and Writers Network (SPAWN).

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