Bestselling Author Stephen J. Cannell and Writers Write Announce Online Writing Seminar

Posted on October 16, 1998

Writers Write and Stephen J. Cannell - Emmy award-winning writer/producer and bestselling author of King Con (Avon, June, 1998) and the hot new international thriller Riding the Snake (Morrow, Oct., 1998), have announced the launch of the 1998 Stephen J. Cannell Online Writing Seminar. The Seminar will be held live on the Writers Write website on October 24th, 1998 using Eshare moderated chat technology. The fee to participate in the Seminar will be $55.00 U.S.

In addition to a live Question & Answer session with Stephen J. Cannell covering screenwriting, teleplay writing and novel writing, the Seminar also includes a downloadable Lecture by Cannell, screenplays of the pilots of some of his popular TV series including The A-Team, Greatest American Hero, Wiseguy and Rockford Files, and sample writing exercises. The cost of the Seminar is $55.00. Participants can register for the Seminar online using a major credit card via a secure server.

Stephen J. Cannell, who is currently on a major U.S. book tour for his latest smash release Riding the Snake (Morrow, Oct. 98), had this to say about the upcoming Seminar: "I'm very excited to be able to give something back to the industry and communicate with developing writers. My goal here is to share with writers the knowledge, craft points, and tricks that I have learned in my thirty-five years of writing Television, Movies and Novels. The Internet is a great way to do that in a way that is cost-effective for writers."