What's on the CD
With our CD-ROM, we attempted to "bottle" the experience of attending one of Robert Kosberg's seminars so that others may gain. Our intention is to help you develop great story ideas.
Our motive is selfish: if we can teach our members how to submit better ideas, Bob's time is better spent when he reads the submissions.
Finding a good idea is the idea.
The CD includes:
- Digital video -- 48 minutes of interviews with Robert Kosberg in video
- Interactive features with audio
Chapters on:
- The Marketplace of Ideas -- how Hollywood works and why there is an opportunity for "outsiders."
- Robert Kosberg, Idea Man -- Kosberg's story in greater detail.
- Spec vs. Pitch -- the advantages/disadvantages of pitching an idea instead of writing a spec script. The only chapter primarily for screenwriters, but of value to everyone planning to submit ideas.
- Story Structure 101 -- how movie and television stories are constructed.
- Good Idea Hunting -- where to find good ideas.
- Pitchable vs. Unpitchable Ideas -- how to know if an idea can be pitched or not.
- The Idea Builder's Gym -- exercises for developing ideas. Build your conceptual "muscles!"
- Anatomy of a Story Deal -- the nitty gritty of how deals are put together and how much you can earn.