Former Development Exec and Script Consultant Naomi Beaty will discuss the screenwriting basics of format and structure, but from the development exec’s point of view. You’re already familiar with the major structural checkpoints readers look for, but now hear what it is they’re looking for in terms of emotional experience at each one. Learn how to make the most of each of those structural checkpoints, and how to keep ’em reading. Naomi will break down a script so you can see what executives are thinking as they go through your structure and story. Beat by Beat, this class can’t be beat.

Naomi Beaty was a development executive for Madonna and Guy Oseary’s Maverick Films working on numerous projects, most notably Twlight, and has taken pitches for the company at events across the country. Before that, she worked for producer/manager Craig Baumgarten (Hook, Shattered Glass). Naomi has covered material for Ice Cube, Ray Liott and Madonna and was also a script analyst for The Script Department. Naomi worked closely with the late screenwriting uru Blake Snyder on his 2^nd best-selling book in the Save the Cat series and is now a script analyst working with No BullScript Consulting.