Greg Takoudes is a filmmaker and screenwriter, and Adjunct Professor of Film Studies at The New School, New York. His feature film Up With Me, distributed by IFC Films, premiered at South by Southwest where it won the Special Jury Award, and has played at film festivals in America and Europe. His debut novel When We Wuz Famous was published by Henry Holt/Macmillan, and he previously worked for Ron Howard and Brian Grazer as a member of the creative team at Imagine Entertainment. For more information, visit www.takoudes.com.

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• 1. An Introduction 2. Goals 3. Failures 4. The "Stakes" of the GoFaSt Model 5. GoFaSt Exercise: Writing a Sample Horror Movie 6. GoFaSt Exercise: Writing a Sample Superhero Movie 7. GoFaSt Exercise: Writing a Sample Heist Movie 8. GoFaSt Case Study: There Will Be Blood 9. GoFaSt Case Study: Get Out 10. GoFaSt Case Study: Portrait of a Lady on Fire 11. GoFaSt Case Study: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 12. Conclusion

Greg Takoudes is a filmmaker and screenwriter, and Adjunct Professor of Film Studies at The New School, New York. His feature film Up With Me, distributed by IFC Films, premiered at South by Southwest where it won the Special Jury Award, and has played at film festivals in America and Europe. His debut novel When We Wuz Famous was published by Henry Holt/Macmillan, and he previously worked for Ron Howard and Brian Grazer as a member of the creative team at Imagine Entertainment. For more information, visit www.takoudes.com.

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• 1. An Introduction 2. Goals 3. Failures 4. The "Stakes" of the GoFaSt Model 5. GoFaSt Exercise: Writing a Sample Horror Movie 6. GoFaSt Exercise: Writing a Sample Superhero Movie 7. GoFaSt Exercise: Writing a Sample Heist Movie 8. GoFaSt Case Study: There Will Be Blood 9. GoFaSt Case Study: Get Out 10. GoFaSt Case Study: Portrait of a Lady on Fire 11. GoFaSt Case Study: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 12. Conclusion