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CineStory is a non-profit educational association dedicated to providing new screenwriters with opportunities to work with committed industry professionals on a personal basis in order to raise the level of their craft and the marketability of their projects. CineStory is transforming this web site to fit a restructured and simplified mission and focus. Please check back with us to view all our new news, views and reviews - and the basic information about becoming a part of our community. This revised mission is a more stream-lined focus for CineStory -- of providing a location for new and emerging screenwriters to work safely with film pros who themselves have also joined the CineStory Community. CineStory has found a niche it believes can make the biggest difference in developing your own screenwriting art. Ever since CineStory's move to Idyllwild, this arts town in the mountains, 2-1/2 hours from Los Angeles, it has been conducting seminars, retreats and camps away. We make a difference to writers in a serious and fundamental way by gathering them together with working pros in a safe haven under a wooded canopy. From small conferences (Script Sessions, 1995-2000) with 100 attendees and 20 pros) to the continuing CineStory Retreats (2000 - on, 18 attendees and 10 pros), from CineStory Conservatory classes, consulting, and online courses to the competitive CineStory Screenwriting Awards (1996 and continuing this year), CineStory has always tried to design new and powerful ways for more writers to develop their craft and their projects in a concentrated manner within the heart of the industry but away from the fastest-track Hollywood marketplace itself. So we are formulating the CineStory Community and Retreat Center to take advantage of opportunities that new writers rarely have. Many of our activities will revolve around a chance to get away and write- to climb the mountain and work in peace and/or partner with mentors who will deal directly with your projects and the progression of your talents.