Robert Hatch

Crucial Story Principles Every *Writer and Director Should Use

These principles are things that Directors and Writers need to grab the hearts and minds of your audiences. They are the indispensable things that keep eyeballs glued to the screen and the page. 

Class Location: Cedar Conference Room, Provo Marriott

*This is for novelists, screenwriters, and directors. The principles are universal even though the application of the principles between screenplays and prose are different.

Join writer and director Robert Hatch as he teaches 15 (and more!) crucial storytelling principles used in filmmaking and all storytelling that propel your novels and screenplays to leap off the page or screen into hearts and minds of readers and viewers.

The class includes interactive instruction, elements of directing, character development, and core story arc essentials. We will also cover audience analysis and the power of subtext to help inform your story decisions.

You will gain great insights for your writing process as Robert teaches about setting up key points of review and developing sequences that will open up fresh possibilities for your story and plot. 

After lunch, for those who want to stay, Robert will go over any addition information that may not have been covered in the morning, and he will answer one-on-one questions, or do specific consulting based on the audience in attendance.

Your Instructor

Writing, teaching acting skills, directing and creating great films are Robert Hatch’s passions. He has over thirty years experience as a director/producer/writer of dramatic films, documentaries, and television series. Robert started making films at age twelve and won the Kodak Teenage Movie Award (documentary category). He also won other awards while still in high school.

His work includes: Masque, Infinite Gift, fifty-six network television programs aired on VISN and PBS, seven TV programs for BBC, a TV series currently airing on FNX — Peace: Dream or Vision (a documentary on viable initiatives for gaining a just and lasting peace in the Middle East), Miracle Kids television specials and many more including an interactive series for Toyota USA. In addition to his commercial success, Robert’s films have received over three hundred awards and honors from film festivals in the U.S. and internationally.

He is the owner of Knowledge Network LLC. 

Duration: 4 hours  –  Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 at 8:00am to noon MST
Plus an afternoon open session (included in the fee)
In person Fee: $75.00