A 3-Day “Master Screenwriting Class” and Breakthrough Experience

for 10 Aspiring and Professional Writers, Producers, and Directors

THE ALKYON HOTEL, VRAHATI, GREECE


YOUR HOME FOR THE 1st ANNUAL SIKYON WRITERS WORKSHOP

with William Lee: Screenwriter, Producer, Director, Coach

Hollywood Comes to Greece !

AUGUST 11TH TO AUGUST 14TH 2010

Special Live Guests via Skype include Hollywood’s “King of Pitch” Robert Kosberg; veteran
Producer, Writer, Director Jay Craven (Kingdom County Productions); and David Hoselton,
Emmy nominated Writer & Producer on “House”

Are you ready to take your writing to another level?

Imagine if you could create IDEAS & STORIES movie PRODUCERS WANT TO BUY!

Imagine if you could learn the SECRETS of HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL SCREENWRITERS!

Imagine if you could find that ONE THING to make YOUR WRITING BREAKTHROUGH!

A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO PITCH YOUR MOVIE IDEA

ONE TO ONE

WITH ONE OF HOLLYWOOD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL PRODUCERS

A ONE-ON-ONE 90 SECOND PHONE PITCH FOR ALL WORKSHOP ATTENDEE WITH LOS
ANGELES BASED ROBERT KOSBERG LIVE VIA SKYPE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, AT 7 PM
 Do you want to write a SCREENPLAY THAT SELLS?

Do you want to know how to find an AGENT or MANAGER?

Do you want to be a PRODUCED SCREENWRITER?

4 PRODUCER/WRITER/DIRECTORS

OVER 75 COMBINED YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE FILM & TELEVISION BUSINESS

William Lee Robert Kosberg David Hoselton Jay Craven

WHO IS THIS WORKSHOP FOR?

 Aspiring writers who want to create a professional screenplay;

 Experienced screenwriters who want to move to the next level;
 Novelists who want to adapt their book into a screenplay;
 Producers who want to create their own material; or
 ANYONE WITH AN IDEA, STORY, SCREENPLAY, BOOK OR DESIRE.

Bring your idea, story, screenplay or novel to the workshop and we

will work on it together!

CHECK OUT THE AMAZING PACKAGE YOU GET WHEN YOU JOIN US IN GREECE:

 5 DAYS AND 4 NIGHTS AT THE ALKYON RESORT HOTEL IN VRAHATI, GREECE

 ACCESS TO ALL ALKYON HOTEL FACILITES

 BREAKFASTS AND DINNERS INCLUDED

 TUESDAY NIGHT OUZO MIXER

 FRIDAY NIGHT CLOSING PARTY AND TSIPOURO MIXER

 VISIT TO SITE OF THE SIKYON THEATER: BIRTHPLACE OF MODERN

STORYTELLING: TRAGEDY & COMEDY

 3 DAYS OF BRAINSTORMING, COLLABORATING & WORKING ON YOUR PROJECT!

  SPECIAL “MAKE IT HAPPEN” WEBINAR WITH FOUNDER ARVIND DEVALIA IN
LONDON

 3 DAYS OF THE NUTS & BOLTS “SCENE BY SCENE™” WORKSHOP

 DAY 1:
o The Business of Making Movies™
o LIVE Skype Opening Keynote webinar by LA producer and the “King
of Pitch” Robert Kosberg
o Breaking in and staying in: finding an agent
o What’s a good idea and where do they come from?
o Rejecting rejection
o Writing from ANYWHERE and connecting to LA
o Successful movies and what makes them work
o Bad movies and why they don’t work
o The development process
o Rewriting
o Evaluating your screenplay, novel, story or idea

 DAY 2:
o Structure
o Character
o Dialogue
o “Make It Happen” and “Get The Life You Love”, a LIVE Skype
webinar with London England based Arvind Devalia and how to move
your career forward.
o LIVE Skype webinar by LA based writer/producer David Hoselton
(“House”):Writing for film; television; and series television
o Synopsis, outlines, treatments and breakdowns
o Stumbling blocks and how to get over them
o The myth of writer’s block and how to overcome it

 DAY 3:
o Pitching, prepping and selling
o Developing your story ideas for Lifetime; ABC Family; Hallmark: and
the Sci-Fi channel
o Review
o Evaluation
o Exchanging ideas
o Prepping your pitch for Bob
o LIVE Skype webinar “Pitch Session” with LA producer and the “King of
Pitch” Robert Kosberg

IN ADDITION YOU ALSO RECEIVE:

 COMPLETE PRINTED PROGRAM FOR THE “SCENE BY SCENE™” WORKSHOP

 PERSONAL REVIEW, NOTES AND COMMENTS ON YOUR PROJECT

 THE SCREENPLAYS OF:

o THE PANIC ROOM (spec script that sold for #3 million US)
o THE SIXTH SENSE (Academy Award nomination & over $300,000,000 box
office)
 o AS GOOD AS IT GETS (Academy Award nomination)

 FREE FOUNDING ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP TO THE SCREENPLAY ACADEMY FOR

ONE YEAR!
 ($1,164 value)

 PERSONAL 30 MINUTE COACHING AND Q & A PHONE CALL FOR 12 WEEKS

 ($900 value)

 BI-WEEKLY WORKSHOP ATTENDEES ONLY 45 MINUTE WEBINARS FOR 90 DAYS

 ($600 value)

 90 DAY MEMBERSHIP TO THE SCREENWRITING MAKE IT HAPPEN PROGRAM

 ($291 value)

 PROFESSIONAL SCRIPT EVALUATION AND COVERAGE UPON COMPLETION OF

YOUR SCREENPLAY
 ($247 value)

 AND UNLIMITED EMAIL CONTACT FOR 90 DAYS!

TOTAL VALUE OF WORKSHOP BONUSES = $3,202

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT’S EVEN BETTER?

WE WON’T LEAVE YOU WHEN IT’S OVER!

YOU GET A COMPLETE PERSONALIZED

ONE ON ONE 90 DAY FOLLOW UP !

AND PLEASE REMEMBER…

MY PROMISE TO YOU!

If you're not completely happy after the first 48 hours of the workshopjust let me know
and I'll send you $500 US when you get home. And you can still have a great week in
Greece!
- OR –
If you COMPLETE the workshop & continue the 90 day follow through program, AND
YOU'RE STILL NOT 100% HAPPY, then just send me an email and I'll give you $500 US.
All I ask is that you write one or two lines in your email telling me what you didn't like so
I can improve the program.
THE COMPLETE PACKAGE FOR ONLY $1197 US (997 EUROS) PER PERSON
SINGLE OCCUPANCY

THE COMPLETE PACKAGE FOR ONLY $997 US (797 EUROS) PER PERSON
DOUBLE OCCUPANCY

WILLIAM LEE
(Workshop Co-Leader on site)
“Creating, writing, coaching and teaching are my passions.”

William Lee is a produced screenwriter; independent producer; and a director

who has worked in the film and television industry for over 25 years.

His independent producing began with the development and

production of his original script for Pressure Point in 2000 starring
Michael Madsen (Kill Bill; Thelma and Louise; Free Willy); and
continued more recently with The Vessel; Hallowed Halls; and the
romantic comedy How Will I Know – which he also directed and
adapted from the stage play The Long Weekend.

William also works as a screenwriting teacher and coach for private clients, and was a
screenwriting lecturer at The University of Sherbrooke in Quebec Canada. His professional film and
television experience includes over 25 years working in film and television with some of the best
professionals in the industry:
* 7 time Academy Award nominee Norman Jewison;
* Academy Award winner John Schlesinger;
* Academy Award winners Cher and Nicolas Cage;
* Emmy Award winner Leonard Nimoy;
* Academy Award winner John Patrick Shanley;
* Emmy and Cable ACE Award winner Ray Bradbury;
* 2 time Academy Award nominee Atom Egoyan;
* Golden Globe winner Martin Sheen;
 * Golden Globe winners Ving Rhames and Tom Selleck

William also created and developed the entertainment related Internet project Next Picture. Next
Picture attracted a dream team of mentors and associates including:
* Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records and Palm Pictures, and producer of
‘Kiss of The Spider Woman’, ‘Basketball Diaries’, and ‘The Trip to Bountiful’
* Alex Ho, producer of Ali, Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July, Platoon, and JFK
* Sigurjon ‘Joni’ Sighvatsson, ‘Candyman’, Red Rock West
* Robert De Niro and Tribeca Films

“In my experience, the advice, inspiration and ideas we desperately want are often revealed to us
when get to hear the INSIDE STORY from people (leaders) who have walked the path before
us. But, not just any old story.”

YOU NEED THE REAL "BEHIND THE SCENES" LOOK WE RARELY SEE OR HEAR ABOUT.

Join us in Greece at the Alkyon Hotel and learn the real "behind the scenes" point of view of
working screenwriters, producers and agents that are out there networking; writing;
selling projects; making movies and television shows.

Imagine if you gained JUST ONE NEW IDEA, insight or bit of encouragement as a result of our
workshop that could turn your screenplay into a selling screenplay.

 WRITE A SCREENPLAY THAT ACTORS WANT TO STAR IN

 WRITE A SCREENPLAY THAT AGENTS WANT TO REPRESENT

 WRITE A SCREENPLAY THAT PRODUCERS WANT TO BUY & TURN INTO A MOVIE

Join us at the 1st Annual Sikyon Writers Workshop and you will learn the secrets of highly
successful screenwriters and find that ONE THING you need for your WRITING
BREAKTHROUGH !

LET US HELP YOU REACH YOUR WRITING GOALS…

AND HAVE FUN IN THE PROCESS!

ROBERT KOSBERG
(via Skype from LA)

Studio head and producer Sherry Lansing dubbed Robert Kosberg, "The best idea man in
Hollywood."

Fade In magazine named him to its "Top 100 People to Know in Hollywood" list.

Gentleman's Quarterly (GQ) magazine wrote a feature story about him called, "The Art of the
Pitch."
As a creative producer, he has pitched hundreds of ideas to the Hollywood studios, production
companies and American television networks. At any given time, he might
have as many as 30 projects in active development with the various studios.
Kosberg maintains relationships with key creative executives at all of the
major studios - Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Universal, Sony Pictures,
Disney, MGM, Paramount - and with dozens of key production companies.

He sells ideas for feature films, television movies-of-the-week and cable

movies and has 10 projects set up at various studios.

Kosberg is currently producing The Hardy Men, starring Tom Cruise and Ben
Stiller.

DAVID HOSELTON
(via Skype from LA on the set of ‘House’)

David Hoselton is a Canadian screenwriter and television producer, best known for his work on
the television series House, M.D. (now entering his fifth season with the show) and the movies
Over the Hedge , Brother Bear, and First Knight.

Hoselton attended the University of Toronto where he met and

befriended David Shore, the creator of House. Hoselton began
his Hollywood career in 1987, as a writer for the film Like Father
Like Son, and wrote or co-wrote several other movies. In 2006,
during the third season of House, Shore hired Hoselton as a
writer for the show. And in 2007, at the beginning of season four, Hoselton
became one of the show's producers.

JAY CRAVEN
(VIA Skype from Vermont)

Jay is a Vermont producer, director, screenwriter and professor of

film studies at Marlboro College. Craven is known for telling local
stories on a modest budget, often with award-winning results. He has
adapted several of the novels of author Howard Frank Mosher to film,
and refers to his local storytelling as "cultural filmmaking". He often
casts from a regular troupe of Vermont actors including Tantoo
Cardinal and Rusty DeWees, but has also worked with Michael J. Fox,
Martin Sheen, Rip Torn, and Kris Kristofferson. Craven also runs
Kingdom County Productions, his own production company. Jay Craven is married to Bess O'Brien
who is also a co-founder of Kingdom County Productions. Craven attended Boston University and
Goddard College and lives in the Northeast Kingdom with his family.

ARVIND DEVALIA
(via Skype from London)

Arvind is a writer, blogger, life coach and social entrepreneur living in a leafy part of
central London. He was born in Kenya but has been living in London for over 20 years.
Arvind is passionate about people, making a difference to others, and is committed to
creating a life of contribution, connection and celebration. Arvind’s driving mission is to show
people how to Make It Happen, the driving principle in his coaching program and the focus of his
first book of the same name.

Raising thousands of dollars for a charity school in South India (Nirvana School), writing and
publishing a book in just 4 weeks, and bringing hundreds of people together for a picnic in a
London are just a few of the positive goals Arvind has completed. During the dot com boom, Arvind
was part of an internet startup which raised millions of pounds of funding and at one
time was part of a group of internet created paper millionaires.

Along with the book Make It Happen, Arvind is the author of “Get the Life you Love and
Live it” www.GettheLifeyouLove.com and “Personal Social Responsibility”
www.PersonalSocialResponsibility.com Together with Bill and The Screenplay
Academy, Arvind is adapting his Make It Happen coaching program to fit the needs and desires of
creative artists, and writers in particular.

THE COMPLETE PACKAGE FOR ONLY $1197 US (997 EUROS) PER PERSON SINGLE
OCCUPANCY

THE COMPLETE PACKAGE FOR ONLY $997 US (797 EUROS) PER PERSON
DOUBLE OCCUPANCY

MY PROMISE TO YOU!

If you're not completely happy after the first 48 hours of the workshopjust let me know
and I'll send you $500 US when you get home. And you can still have a great week in
Greece!
- OR –
If you COMPLETE the workshop & continue the 90 day follow through program, AND
YOU'RE STILL NOT 100% HAPPY, then just send me an email and I'll give you $500 US.
All I ask is that you write one or two lines in your email telling me what you didn't like so
I can improve the program.

“I’m fortunate to have worked with, been mentored by, and met many successful film
professionals.

David Koepp* was one of those and this is what he told me in an email…”

dear bill,
thanks for your e mail, and i'm glad you're focusing on your writing, the movies need good scripts,
desperately...

i'm afraid i don't have the scripts of my old movies on disc anywhere, i tend to just let those go
when i buy a new computer, but if you send me your address i can probably scrounge up a few
paper drafts to send you... which ones did you say you wanted?

regards,
dk

p.s. yes, i would be glad to read a script of yours when you have one that you feel is ready to send
out... let me know and i'll send you a release at that time...
dk
* David Koepp, Writer: Secret Window (and Director); Secret Garden; Spider-Man II; "Hack"
(2002) TV Series (creator); Spider-Man; Panic Room; Stir of Echoes; Lost World: Jurassic Park,
The; Mission: Impossible; Jurassic Park.

“I remember the first time I sat in a dark theater and watched my words come to life on
the big screen – it’s something I’ll always remember! Come be part of history in Greece
from August 10th to August 14th.

Come create YOUR history.”

Join us for the 1st Annual Sikyon Writers Workshop and kick start your writing career!

Best,
Bill
William Lee
800-931-8753
819-821=0406
bill@thescreenplayacademy.com

P.S. If your goal is to WRITE SCREENPLAYS OR BOOKS THAT SELL and BUILD A CAREER
starting on August 10th, 2010, then I highly recommend you book your spot now and join us for 3
days of inspiration and revelation.

THE COMPLETE PACKAGE FOR ONLY $1197 US (997 EUROS) PER PERSON
SINGLE OCCUPANCY

THE COMPLETE PACKAGE FOR ONLY $997 US (797 EUROS) PER PERSON
DOUBLE OCCUPANCY