Whether you’re a beginner screenwriter looking for representation, or an emerging professional seeking to build career momentum, navigating the industry can feel overwhelming and often demoralizing.

We’re excited to welcome to Film Independent career coach Lee Jessup for a seminar on forging your path as a professional writer in film, television and new media. With 20+ years of experience coaching and mentoring established writers in Hollywood, Lee will offer insight and tips for positioning yourself as a creative; finding your allies in the industry; getting noticed by managers and agents; securing representation; setting goals and creating accountability. As always, there will be time for audience Q&A at the end of the session.

About the speaker

Lee Jessup is a career coach for screenwriters, specializing in guiding emerging and professional scribes toward long-standing and prolific screenwriting careers in both TV and features. She has also provided consulting services to NBC International and the Universal Writers Program. Her coaching clients include everyone from showrunners, studio writers and contest winners, to TV writing fellows and writers just starting out. She is a consultant for Final Draft’s Big Break Contest, and the author of the best selling books Breaking In: Tales From the Screenwriting Trenches and Getting It Write: An Insider’s Guide to a Screenwriting Career.

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