Local screenwriter to offer insight into demanding job

By Mike Gordon

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 01, 2012

~~<p>When Brian Watanabe presents his workshop on screenwriting basics next week, he figures he'll field more than a few questions about how to get an agent or how to persuade a director to read a script. Important questions, he says, but that's "jumping over the hard part."</p>
<p>The hard part would be the writing: the work. The discipline to do it every day. The thick skin needed to protect your ego from the bruising process of editing, said Watanabe, whose first script, "The Rogues Gallery," became the 2010 cult film "Operation: Endgame" with Rob Corddry, Zach Galifianakis, Ellen Barkin and Hawaii's Maggie Q.</p>
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When Brian Watanabe presents his workshop on screenwriting basics next week, he figures he'll field more than a few questions about how to get an agent or how to persuade a director to read a script. Important questions, he says, but that's "jumping over the hard part."

The hard part would be the writing: the work. The discipline to do it every day. The thick skin needed to protect your ego from the bruising process of editing, said Watanabe, whose first script, "The Rogues Gallery," became the 2010 cult film "Operation: Endgame" with Rob Corddry, Zach Galifianakis, Ellen Barkin and Hawaii's Maggie Q. Login for more...