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Cross-Platform Storytelling in Practice

  • Saturday, June 06, 2026
  • 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
  • The Mizell Center, 480 S Sunrise Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262

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  • Premium Membership includes free entry to all General Speaker Meetings, Insider Workshops and Writing Labs for the year. You must be logged in to select this option.
  • Standard or Student members who register on or before the date of the preceding month’s Insider Workshop will receive an early registration discount of $25 off the regular $80 fee. You must be logged in to select this option.
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  • Non-Members pay $155 for each Insider Workshop. Please note that if you choose to join the Guild before registering for this event you will pay a $75 Membership fee, and then the Member rate of $80 for the event—the same $155 total, but you’ll then gain all the benefits of membership in the Guild (including the Membership rate of $80 at any future Workshop).
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Announcing our next In-Person Workshop

CROSS-PLATFORMS: STORYTELLING IN PRACTICE

By: Sudi Rick Karatas 

The author of several books, including Rainbow Relatives: Real World Stories & Advice on How to Talk to Kids About LGBTQ Families & Friends, How Catering Sucked the Life Right Out of Me, and Fork Social Media and The Algorithm It Rode in On (Jailbird Stories)

He is also the writer and producer of the film currently on Amazon Prime: Walk a Mile in My Pradas, A ghost writer for the memoir book "Changing the Stars" by Cody Renegar, and a songwriter with the award-winning Videos All I Want for Christmas Is You and Gone, and Singing Under the Influence (S.U.I.)



Presentation Overview:

In this dynamic workshop, Sudi Rick Karatas will discuss cross-platform storytelling and creative longevity, guiding participants through how ideas evolve and survive across books, screenplays, music, and visual media. Drawing on his experience as an author, screenwriter, producer, and songwriter, he would unpack the practical realities of adaptation, collaboration, pitching, and the often messy process of getting creative work into the public sphere, while emphasizing how to maintain a consistent voice across wildly different formats.

Takeaways:

    • Identify and articulate how a single core idea can be effectively adapted across multiple platforms while preserving narrative integrity.
    • Recite practical strategies for navigating adaptation, collaboration, and pitching from real-world examples of projects developed, produced, and distributed across different industries.
    • Develop tools to maintain a consistent creative voice across diverse formats, even when working with different collaborators, audiences, and commercial constraints.
    • Understand the creative lifecycle, including the challenges, tradeoffs, and resilience required for long-term creative longevity.

    REGISTER

    To receive a full refund minus a $25 cancellation processing fee, attendees must cancel their registration 5 days before the event. No refunds will be given after that time. To cancel your registration, go to palmspringswritersguild.org and click on the blue icon at the top right of any page. Enter user name and password and click "LOG IN". On the next screen click "My event registrations". Select event and cancel registration. 

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    Meeting begins at 12:30 p.m. and ends at 2:30 p.m. 

    Ready to become a member of the Palm Springs Writers Guild? Please click here.

    Event Contact: Dak Kopec

    Email: DakKopec@mac.com