[Kirsten]

1. Hi all, I’m Kirsten Sigurdson. Hard to pronounce? You can call me “Siggy.”

2. I’ve written three feature film-length screenplays.

3. I am reigniting my long-lost passion for screenwriting with this class. I love learning about new tech, so I am excited to use AI tools to help create unique scripts. I aspire to finish with an addictive BW comedy. With all the negativity around us, the world definitely needs more comedies!

4. Something unique, special, strange, or unusual about me? Although I love to live and explore new and unusual places, I’ve had to set adventures aside and move back to my hometown to help care for my three (out of four) parents: my mom and mom-in-law have Alzheimer’s, and my dad has dementia… But I still live in a weird place, a storage facility (I’m not homeless, but a Resident Manager ;).

5. I was in ProSeries 16, then completed the Rewrite class. I also had the incredible opportunity to accompany a small group along with my mom (also an aspiring screenwriter at the time), Hal, and Cheryl, to the DGA Awards in 2008.

I look forward to collaborating with you all!

[Kirsten]

Hi Cheryl,

Due to other obligations, I cannot attend a few live Zooms. Will there be replays posted?

Kind Regards,

Kirsten

[Kirsten]

I, Kirsten Sigurdson, agree to the following:

1. That I will keep the processes, strategies, teleconferences, communications, lessons, and models of the class confidential, and that I will NOT share any of this program either privately, with a group, posting online, writing articles, through video or computer programming, or in any other way that would make those processes, teleconferences, communications, lessons, and models of the class available to anyone who is not a member of this class.

2. That each writer’s work here is copyrighted and that writer is the sole owner of that work. That includes this program which is copyrighted by Hal Croasmun. I acknowledge that submission of an idea to this group constitutes a claim of and the recognition of ownership of that idea.

I will keep the other writer’s ideas and writing confidential and will not share this information with anyone without the express written permission of the writer/owner. I will not market or even discuss this information with anyone outside this group.

3. I also understand that many stories and ideas are similar and/or have common themes and from time to time, two or more people can independently and simultaneously generate the same concept or movie idea.

4. If I have an idea that is the same as or very similar to another group member’s idea, I’ll immediately contact Hal and present proof that I had this idea prior to the beginning of the class. If Hal deems them to be the same idea or close enough to cause harm to either party, he’ll request both parties to present another concept for the class.

5. If you don’t present proof to Hal that you have the same idea as another person, you agree that all ideas presented to this group are the sole ownership of the person who presented them and you will not write or market another group member’s ideas.

6. Finally, I agree not to bring suit against anyone in this group for any reason, unless they use a substantial portion of my copyrighted work in a manner that is public and/or that prevents me from marketing my script by shopping it to production companies, agents, managers, actors, networks, studios or any other entertainment industry organizations or people.