For Every Writer, In Every Genre,
Trai Knows Why:

• Theme is the most essential building block in storytelling.
  
  
• Every writer pens the same story over and over again -- and why it's a good thing!
  
  
• Mastering the Rules of World Building empowers every choice you make as a storyteller.
  
  
• Employing the 15 Elements found in every great movie can better EVERY story.
  
  
• Some ideas stick and some ideas fail -- and how to tell the difference.
  
  
• Being a reader and audience member makes you an intuitively powerful storyteller -- and how to unlock that knowledge.
  
  
• Marketing & Business Development are as important to the modern writer as your stories -- here's how not to get Biz Blocked!

For the Aspiring Screenwriter,
Trai teaches:

• Screenwriting Formatting is not only a piece of cake, it's a blast.
  
  
• Screenwriting is the ideal way to learn character deverlopment, arcs and story structure -- and how they are intrisictly tied together.
  
  
• Movies are made of circles and mirrors, and how they can supercharge your story.
  
  
• All of the film industries secrets about breaking in. Hollywood is only a phone call away!
  
  

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Trai is deeply experienced in every aspect of the writing world; she can design workshops specifically for your writing group or conference, your genre and your interests.

To inquire about CraftWrite's services or to engage Trai Cartwright for a workshop, send an email to trai@craftwrite.com.

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WORKSHOP DATES

Laramie County
Community College
Screenwriting
Cheyenne, WY * Spring 2010

Northern Colorado Writers Conference
Pen! Paper! Action!
15 Elements of a Great Movie
Scenework: Writing the Robust Scene
March 26-27, 2010 * Fort Collins
www.northerncoloradowriters.com

Explorati Teen Writers Boot Camp
Fiction * Nonfiction * Poetry * Screenwriting
June 14 - 17, 2010 * Fort Collins, CO
www.exploratiteens.com

Northern Colorado Writers
Teen Writers Critique Group
Every 2nd Saturday of the Month
www.northerncoloradowriters.com

Literature Through
Prose & Poetry
CSU + PSD Creative Writing
Spring Semester, 2010

Pikes Peak Writers
American Icon Judge
August 2010 * Colorado Springs, CO

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2010
FoCo Chapter: SCBWI
New Year StoryBreaking
January 18, 2010 * Fort Collins, CO

Pikes Peak Writers
Speeddating Your Ideas
January 12, 2010 * Colorado Springs, CO

2009
SpeakOut!: Creative Writing for
the Larimer County Detension Center
November 18, 2009

Northern Colorado Writers
Tools of the Screenwriting Trade

Oct 3, 2009 * Fort Collins, CO
www.northerncoloradowriters.com

Explorati Teen Writers Boot Camp
June 8-11, 2009* Fort Collins, CO