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Eric Stillwell Invites Fans to "Yesterday's Enterprise" Screening and Writers Workshop

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By GustavoLeao / 02:55, 7 February 2008 / General Star Trek

"Yesterday's Enterprise" co-writer Eric Stillwell sent to TrekWeb the following invitation to an event this weekend which celebrates the the 18th anniversary of this fan-favorite TNG episode. The event is a fundraiser for Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, which is a non-profit organization in Eugene, Oregon. All proceeds go to DIVA.

Board Member Eric Stillwell will offer two programs this weekend and the Media Arts Committee invites the DIVA Board to join us in recognizing Eric's work in the film and television industry.

Friday, February 8 - Star Trek Writer To Host Screening "Yesterday's Enterprise"

Time: 7:00pm

Fee: General: $5 Student/Member: $3

~~~ "Yesterday's Enterprise" Tells the story of the USS Enterprise that, while on a routine mission, discovers a bizarre rift in space, which reveals an Enterprise from the past. Both ships are now on an alternate time line where the Federation is in the midst of a bloody war with the Klingons. Hosted by Star Trek co-story writer Eric A.Stillwell. Q&A to follow screening.

Saturday, February 9 - Workshop Writing for Science Fiction Television

Time: 9am - noon

Fee: General: $30. Student $15. Paid advanced registration advised

~~~ Eric A. Stillwell, Lolita Fatjo, and Mary Conley, all formerly with Star Trek: The Next Generation series, will present an informational workshop on writing for science fiction television and will take you behind the scenes of one of Hollywood's most successful and long-lasting franchises. The three guests will discuss the various steps in the process of selling a script idea, from inception to final draft. Copy of Stillwell's book "Yesterday's Enterprise" included.

Host and Guests:

Eric A. Stillwell was a script coordinator on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Insurrection, co-wrote the TNG episode "Yesterday's Enterprise" and the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Prime Factors." He also co-wrote the story for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel "The 34th Rule" and played a Klingon "extra" in the feature film Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country. Eric was also an associate producer on the USA Network series The Dead Zone and the ABC Family Channel series Wildfire, before returning to Eugene, his hometown, in 2005.

Lolita Fatjo was script coordinator on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, as well as the feature films Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: First Contact. Lolita and Eric co-created the Star Trek Writers Workshop in the early 1990s and have presented it to writers and fans throughout the United States and around the world. Lolita will be visiting from her home in Santa Clara, California.

Mary Conley was a writer for the Paramount Studios comedy series Ferris Bueller, and occasionally worked with Eric and Lolita at Star Trek: The Next Generation. Mary currently lives in Eugene and works for the Ulum Group.




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By: jurasturrel (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 00:35:48 on Feb 08, 2008

Believe me, I'm tempted but you know, that money thing keeps getting in the way. I'm a screenwriter and hope to get in the fold someday, meanwhile I gotta make a living.

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If it's your fault, suck it up and move on... if you can't find someone else to blame first.

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