THE BUSINESS SIDE OF WRITING WITH BARRY

Welcome to "The Business Side of Writing with Barry." This is a new section of the Riprap Entertainment website, where I will be sharing with you my experience and helpful tips about how to navigate and succeed in the field of dramatic writing.

Providing Script Feedback [June 3, 2008]
10 Business-Management Tips For Writers [December 18, 2007]
The Cumulative Resume [October 30, 2007]
Professional Script Coverage [August 21, 2007]
Handling Critique [July 17, 2007]
Personal Career Ladder [June 15, 2007]

[August 17, 2008] Check out Barry's UPDATEDTeaching Schedule for 2008!
SUMMER 2008 COURSES

FALL 2008 COURSES

PRESERVING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY
A family tree is much more than names on a page. Explore different techniques of compiling and preserving your family's history. Through the use of photos, biographies, journals, family interviews, home movies, and more, you'll be able to create a rich living history that can be passed down from generation to generation. Presented in the course are several resources and family research strategies to reveal family genealogy. Completed family's "history books" are also displayed to provide students with a visual understanding of preserving a family history.

Offered at:
Raritan Valley Community College
1 two-hour session.
9:00 to 11:00 AM, Saturday October 18th.
Course Number GI675
Tuition: $42.00
to register click _here_ (http://www.raritanval.edu/rvcc/frameset/cce.html)

PLAYWRITING (a one-day seminar)
Learn the basics of playwriting. We'll cover story structure, character development, script formatting, and marketing approaches. Participants will leave prepared to begin scripting a play. Brown-bag snack suggested.

Offered at:
Ocean County College
10 AM to 3 PM, Saturday, October 18.
Course Number CECC-107-01
Tuition: $79.00
To register please call 732-255-0404

AND

East Windsor Regional Community Education
Highstown, NJ
10 AM to 3 PM, Saturday, November 8.
Tuition: $56.00
To register call: (609) 443-2881 ext. 6803

WRITING FOR TELEVISION
Learn how to develop an episodic TV script using the writing process behind your favorite shows. Students will work towards writing a spec script for an existing sit-com, children's TV series, one-hour drama, or may chose to develop a script for a new TV series of their own creation. Sit-com and one-hour drama story structure will be discussed along with the development of characters for TV.

Offered at the following locations:
Ocean County College
8 two-hour sessions, 12 student maximum.
6:30 to 8:30 PM, Mondays from October 20 to December 8th.
Course Number CECC-106-01
Tuition: $148.00
To register please call 732-255-0404

AND

Mercer County Community College
8 two-hour sessions, 15 student maximum.
6:30 to 8:30 PM, Thursdays from October 23rd to December 18th (No class on November 27th)
Course Number XWC173-076564
Tuition: $150.00
To register please call 609-570-3311

PLAYWRITING
Learn story structure, how to develop memorable characters, places to find story ideas, exercises to jump-start your creativity, marketing approaches, and much more. In this course you will develop a detailed story outline and work towards writing the first draft of your play.

Offered at:
Mercer County Community College
8 two-hour sessions, 12 student maximum.
6:30 to 8:30 PM, Wednesdays from September 17th to November 12th (No class on October 8th)
Course Number XWC166-076562
Tuition: $150.00
To register call 609-570-3311

WRITING FOR CHILDREN
Learn the essential elements of creating engaging children's stories including: story language, developing memorable characters, and story structure. Students will have the opportunity to write an original short story or begin a chapter book. Marketing approaches will also be discussed.

Offered at:
Mercer County Community College
4 two-hour sessions.
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM, Thursdays from September 18th to October 16th (no class on October 9th)
Course Number: XWC128-076563
Tuition: $85.00
To register please call 609-570-3311

Mr. Putt's plays have been showcased in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and California. His comedy A Different Blend of Friendship won the New Jersey Wordsmith Competition and received an AEA staged reading at The Northeast Theatre. The nationally syndicated radio-theatre program "Shoestring Radio Theatre" produced and aired several radio plays Mr. Putt wrote including The Reign of Leaves and The Treasure Hunt. He served as head writer on the episodic, comedy-horror, TV show "In the Cellar" that airs in California and Massachusetts. Mr. Putt is currently working on a dark-comedy screenplay for Omega Entertainment of Beverly Hills, CA and writing the pilot for a new teen-drama series entitled "Famous" for Piper Pictures of Sydney Australia. He received a B.F.A. degree with honors in Dramatic Writing from NYU - Tisch School of the Arts. Mr. Putt is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and the American Renaissance Theater Company.