New Screenwriters on Breaking In
Welcome to New Screenwriters on Breaking In, a show about how BIPOC women are breaking into screenwriting today. I'm Priscilla Nguyen, a pre-WGA writer, and in each episode you'll hear from a working writer who broke in within the previous five years about how they buckled down, found their reps, and got their first job. If you want to know how writers are breaking in - not twenty years ago, but today - this show is for you.
New Screenwriters on Breaking In
Shruti Saran on joining a writers' group and staffing through #blackoutscriptreads
Shruti Saran met her current showrunner through a hashtag on Twitter called #blackoutscriptreads. But first, she quit her job, found a writers' group, and got serious about networking. Today we'll talk about how she did it – all while living in Austin, Texas. I'm your host, Priscilla Nguyen, and you're listening to NEW SCREENWRITERS ON BREAKING IN.
Shruti Saran is an Indian-American screenwriter. She grew up in India, England, and the United States, and graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in biology. Shruti worked in digital marketing for several years before quitting to write full-time. While living in Austin, Texas, she began building a network on Twitter, and periodically traveled to LA to network in person. Eventually she wrote a drama pilot that got her an agent, a manager, and a slew of general meetings. In 2021, she wrote a buzzy comedy pilot called BAD GANDHI that got her staffed on her first show, a new series for Netflix.