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How to Find a Literary Manager: Tips for Writers from Tracy Kopulsky

MXN Entertainment's Literary Manager & Producer Tracy Kopulsky sat down with WeScreenplay’s Sarah Eagen for another installment of the Cocktails & Conversations virtual series. Tracy Kopulsky is a Manager and Producer at MXN Entertainment. After graduating from the Radio/TV/Film program at…

Julia CamaraSeptember 15, 2020

Contests Diverse Voices Industry Events

4 Screenwriter Career Tips from Powderkeg VP of Development, Kesila Childers

Kesila Childers, VP of Development for Paul Feig’s digital content company Powderkeg, sat down to talk with Sarah J Eagen for WeScreenplay’s ongoing Cocktails & Conversations virtual events. Powderkeg is a company that aims to champion new voices with a…

Helenna SantosSeptember 14, 2020

Diverse Voices Filmmaking Industry Events

How Diverse Latinx Inclusion Benefits Everyone in Hollywood

Last week, WeScreenplay’s ACTIONS FOR POSITIVE CHANGE series continued with a panel on “Embracing the Nuanced Latinx Experience,” moderated by Joshua Noble (writer/actor/producer and WeScreenplay contributor). A trio of Latinx creative powerhouses gave their take on what it means to…

Teresa JusinoSeptember 9, 2020

Contests Filmmaking Industry Events Screenwriting TV Pilot

Three Tips for Screenwriters from Zero Gravity Management’s Jermaine Johnson

Jermaine Johnson is a Literary Manager at Zero Gravity Management and if you’ve never heard him speak, you’re going to want to check out his conversation with Sarah J. Eagen promptly. It’s not just his years of experience, it’s his…

Shannon CorbeilAugust 17, 2020

Industry Events Screenwriting

By the Numbers: Day Four at the ScreenCraft Writers Summit in Atlanta

The last day of the ScreenCraft Writers Summit feels strange and lovely. It was cold this morning and I’m much calmer than the other days. I don’t feel as exhausted now as I did in the middle. I don’t think there’s any tangible…

Charlotte StaufferApril 23, 2018

Industry Events Screenwriting

Fighting Anxiety on Your First Pitch: Day Three at the ScreenCraft Writers Summit in Atlanta

On a whim, I decided to sign up for the pitches at the ScreenCraft Writers Summit. It was something I hadn’t formally tried, and this was an opportunity. I’m pretty comfortable pitching one-on-one, and I’m usually the one to kick off informal…

Charlotte StaufferApril 16, 2018

Industry Events Screenwriting

4 Lessons from Day Two at the ScreenCraft Writers Summit in Atlanta

At the first panel for the ScreenCraft Writer Summit in Atlanta, six experts from across the screenwriting world shared the lessons they learned early in their career that have carried them through. I ducked in and out of the event…

Charlotte StaufferApril 15, 2018

Industry Events Screenwriting

Day One at the ScreenCraft Writers Summit in Atlanta

When I first heard about the ScreenCraft Writers Summit in Atlanta a few months ago, I wanted to shout about it. Anyone is awestruck if I start listing the credits of the panelists. They’ve created a lot of the content I’ve…

Charlotte StaufferApril 14, 2018

Contests Industry Events Screenwriting

Writing with Perspective: Diverse Storytellers at Sundance 2018

There was something displacing about watching Blindspotting — a film with a deep, immersive sense of place, that place being gentrified Oakland — amongst a rather homogenous audience in Salt Lake City. The two cultures could hardly be different; but…

Ben LarnedJanuary 31, 2018

Industry Events

We’re Proud to Sponsor the Alliance of Women Directors at the Sundance Film Festival 2018

On January 21, 2018, The Alliance of Women Directors (AWD) will host a keynote and cocktail party in celebration of filmmaker and AWD member Amy Adrion, director of the feature-length documentary film HALF THE PICTURE, which will premiere in the Sundance…

Natasha GuimondJanuary 19, 2018

Industry Events

How to Find a Literary Manager: Tips for Writers from Tracy Kopulsky

4 Screenwriter Career Tips from Powderkeg VP of Development, Kesila Childers

How Diverse Latinx Inclusion Benefits Everyone in Hollywood

Three Tips for Screenwriters from Zero Gravity Management’s Jermaine Johnson

By the Numbers: Day Four at the ScreenCraft Writers Summit in Atlanta

Fighting Anxiety on Your First Pitch: Day Three at the ScreenCraft Writers Summit in Atlanta

4 Lessons from Day Two at the ScreenCraft Writers Summit in Atlanta

Day One at the ScreenCraft Writers Summit in Atlanta

Writing with Perspective: Diverse Storytellers at Sundance 2018

We’re Proud to Sponsor the Alliance of Women Directors at the Sundance Film Festival 2018

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