Online Screenwriting Group has Open Chair

[GirlinGray]

5150, an online screenwriting workshop founded and run by Max Adams, has chairs opening in June. The 5150 workshop is advanced, international, and includes working writers as well as newcomers exhibiting exceptional talent and drive. Members who have participated in Max's workshops include Nicholl Fellowship winners [plural] as well as winners of Warner Bros., Blue Cat, Breckenridge, and other recognized competitions. The workshop is four years old, moderated, and private. There are minimum posting and reviewing requirements for participation. Page samples are required prior to admittance. There are monthly dues.

If you are looking for a dynamic writers' group with an emphasis on peer review, one of these chairs may be for you. For more information, visit http://newacademy.us/courses/5150.htm

There is a contact page on site.

[GirlinGray]

Update: June openings in the 5150 workshop are filled. However, we have intermitten chair openings in the workshop so please feel free to write in about being added to the waiting list. There is another chair opening in July.

[dirtbottle]

How do I write in if you don't receive e-mail? I'd be curious what the dues are and so on. Thanks.

[GirlinGray]

Hi, DirtBottle. Thanks for your interest in 5150.

There is more info about the workshop itself at http://newacademy.us/courses/5150.htm and you can email me via the contact page at http://newacademy.us/contact.htm

[jkk808]

Hi GiG, hope all is well with you.

Hey dirtbottle:

http://newacademy.us/contact.htm

Dues : $24.95 per month. A three month commitment is required to join. If you do not plan to stick around at least three months, 5150 is not for you. 5150 is not a part time commitment. It is a both barrels commitment.

[dirtbottle]

Muchos Gracias! Will check it out...

[GirlinGray]

Thanks JKK. Nice to see you.

BTW, if you are writing in and I know you from DD? Mention that and your DD handle so I can make the connection.

[Telly]

I think it sounds like a great workshop, however I'm curious why a monthly fee is needed if it's all done online? What is the overhead? Just curious. It looks like it's 25 bucks a month, with 25 members that's $625 a month in revenue. Just wondering where it's all going.

Good luck

[GirlinGray]

It is my experience people respect what they pay for and often take what they do not pay for for granted. The dues go into site maintenance, hosting fees, software updates, supporting the web empire, offsetting the time I spend running and maintaining the workshop -- and they make sure people who are there are serious about their writing and about being there.

[Telly]

Originally Posted by GirlinGray

It is my experience people respect what they pay for and often take what they do not pay for for granted. The dues go into site maintenance, hosting fees, software updates, supporting the web empire, offsetting the time I spend running and maintaining the workshop -- and they make sure people who are there are serious about their writing and about being there.

I respect anyone who puts together a writing group and helps writers come together. I have done something similar with wonderful results myself. I run a workshop for represented writers. There are 25 of us. We work together online and share pages before we send them off to our reps. Not to compare but we have several award winners in our group as well as working and sold writers. With that said, we don't charge a dime and our members are happy and extremely productive.

All I'm saying is, you should consider a free system. Use freeforums.org. it's a great online resource to provide a similar forum setup to DD with full control. Then, delegate a couple mods to help out. These forums run themselves when you have less than 30 or so people involved, especially if they are trusted private members. I'm real curious what kind of "maintenance" time you are spending that would demand such a high fee.

I run and maintain three businesses outside of running my free workshop:

EDITED: PM me if you need url's.

I have designed and run each website. Guess how much I pay a month to host these and keep them up to snuff? $30.00.

So I run a workshop with a high level of talent like yourself and 3 complete websites including the workshop site and I pay $30.00/month. Again, where is the overhead to justify $625 a month from your members?

I'm not trying to nail you, I'm just trying to open the eyes of other writers that might think they need to pay a "fee" for a workshop. It's unnecessary. Anyone can start one for free and anyone can find the right members with a little elbow grease.