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FOCUS ON STORY:
A WRITING GUIDE
Since I do way more private consultations for successful production companies than story building workshops for emerging artists, I've decided to create an affordable online writing guide anyone can use called Focus on Story: A Pitch-to-Premiere Writing Guide for Documentary Filmmakers.
In hopes of leveling the playing field between established directors and emerging voices, Focus on Story is a short writing guide designed to help all filmmakers quickly transform their initial ideas into compelling and saleable narratives grounded in quality research, character development and story structure.
Coming Soon.
STORY CONSULTING TESTIMONIALS
STORY CONSULTING
TESTIMONIALS
"DAWN IS A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO ANY DOCUMENTARY TEAM - HER SKILLS IN RESEARCH, NUANCED COMMUNICATION AND HER FOCUS ON ACCESSIBLE STORYTELLING ARE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO ANYONE WHO HAS THE GOOD SENSE TO WORK WITH HER."
- BETSY CARSON / AWARD-WINNING PRODUCER / GRANT STREET PRODUCTIONS
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"AFTER WORKING WITH DAWN OVER THE YEARS, I KNOW HER TO BE A TIRELESS WRITER AND CREATIVE PRODUCER WHO HAS LENT HER TALENTS TO A NUMBER OF FACTUAL TELEVISION SERIES AND DOCUMENTARY FILMS.
PERSONALLY, SHE WAS A HUGE ASSET ON MY FILM, THE CORPORATION. RELEASED IN 2003, THE CORPORATION BECAME THE HIGHEST-GROSSING CANADIAN FEATURE DOCUMENTARY EVER MADE AND I CAN SAY WITH CERTAINTY DAWN'S WORK CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THAT SUCCESS.
I CAN’T SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH OF HER GREAT STORY INSTINCTS, HER CAN-DO ATTITUDE, AND HER ABILITY TO SIZE UP COMPLEX PROBLEMS AND IMPLEMENT COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS. SHE IS ORGANIZED AND EFFICIENT, INSIGHTFUL AND WISE.
A GREAT TEAM PLAYER."
- MARK ACHBAR / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER / CO-DIRECTOR
THE CORPORATION & MANUFACTURING CONSENT: NOAM CHOMSKY AND THE MEDIA
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"ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WORKING WITH MULTIPLE CREATIVES IS MAKING SURE EVERYONE FEELS HEARD. THIS IS DAWN'S SUPERPOWER. DAWN IS ABLE TO WEED THROUGH COUNTLESS IDEAS, DISTILLING THE STRONGEST ONES INTO A SHOW-STOPPING TREATMENT, ALL WITH HER SIGNATURE WARMTH, GOOD HUMOUR AND ABSOLUTE PROFESSIONALISM. WE LOVE WORKING WITH DAWN!"
- RYAN MAH / DIRECTOR / BLACK RHINO CREATIVE
ARTHUR ERICKSON: BEAUTY BETWEEN THE LINES
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