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The AWG presents screenwriters, novelists, agents, producers, script doctors, and other industry professionals at free meetings on the first Saturday of the month.

Saturday, December 6
Chris Lockhart
Polish Your Pitches for the
“Inside Pitch!”

Deliver your best pitches to an industry insider and hear whether they have a chance or what to do to improve them. Known for his honest feedback, Chris Lockhart, the former executive story editor of ICM, now with the William Morris Agency, is back for his fourth year in a row to take pitches from AWG members at the December 6 meeting. The best pitcher will have his or her script read by Chris and will receive a follow-up phone conference with him. (A script outline will suffice if the script has not yet been written.)

At William Morris Agency, Chris finds projects for “A” listers like Mel Gibson, Denzel Washington and Steve Martin. He is also a creative consultant for COLLATERAL producer, Julie Richardson, and has set up several projects, including A RHINESTONE ALIBI with Paramount and THE MIDNIGHT MAN with Dimension. In his spare time, he teaches screenwriting at L.A. Valley College, and lectures around the country. His free writing workshop, THE INSIDE PITCH, aired locally on TV station LA36 in 2004, earning him an L.A. Area Emmy nomination. The subsequent DVD release won the 2005 Aegis Award. Lockhart dishes out advice and feedback to writers on an ongoing basis at his free screenwriting web site, www.twoadverbs.com.