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
Heather Gromley on assisting Mike Judge and learning to ask for what you want
Heather Gromley became a Staff Writer on SINGLE DRUNK FEMALE, Season 2, after serving as Writers' Assistant on Season 1. But first, she earned a master's in Museum Studies, moved from Indianapolis to LA, and became Mike Judge's assistant. We'll talk about her experience working for Mike, how that job led her to SINGLE DRUNK FEMALE, and how she got promoted to Staff Writer after just one season. I'm Priscilla Nguyen, a pre-WGA writer, and you're listening to NEW SCREENWRITERS ON BREAKING IN.
Heather Gromley is a Korean-American screenwriter from rural Illinois. She earned a bachelor's degree in English Literature from the University of Tampa, and a master's degree in Museum Studies from Johns Hopkins University. In 2015 she moved to Los Angeles, and in 2019 she became Mike Judge's assistant, working on SILICON VALLEY and the BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD reboot. In 2021, she became the Writers' Assistant on SINGLE DRUNK FEMALE, and in 2022, she became a Staff Writer on the same show.