Stop Writing! Build the Right Story Before You Draft

Most writers rush to the page and spend months, sometimes years, rewriting the wrong story. David teaches the opposite discipline: develop the story fully before you write a word. Drawing on his training as a classical composer (who sketches a symphony’s structure before a single note), David gives writers a practical, repeatable system for envisioning, engineering, and executing a story first, so it works before drafting begins. It applies equally to screenplays, novels, plays, and musicals. Audiences leave with tools they can use the next morning, not just motivation.

David Cornue is a writer, producer, and composer who created, wrote, and executive produced the ABC/20th Television medical drama TRIAGE, working with showrunner Erica Messer (CRIMINAL MINDS) and director Jon M. Chu (WICKED, IN THE HEIGHTS). He served as executive producer of COACH with Bill Belichick and Matt Patricia for ESPN+, and is developing a television adaptation of Stephen King's INSOMNIA…