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.
Episodes
10 episodes
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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29:10
Kelechi Urama on starting out in Pittsburgh and getting repped off the Black List
Kelechi Urama staffed off a hot new pilot that had just been optioned. But first she had to drop out of Fordham, transfer to Pittsburgh, and finally move to LA. We'll talk about how she got stuck working admin, used the pandemic to write three ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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29:18
Ellie Guzman on getting into Dreamworks and being the only assistant in the room
Ellie Guzman was a Script Coordinator at Dreamworks when her bosses promoted her to Staff Writer. But first she started as a Production Assistant, moved up to Production Coordinator, and took a bunch of Dreamworks screenwriting classes. We'll t...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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28:51
Jeane Phan Wong on Script Coordinating and NBC Writers on the Verge
Jeane Phan Wong changed reps during a low point in her career who helped her turn things around and get staffed. But first, she worked as an assistant for eight years, got into NBC Writers on the Verge, and sold three pilots. We'll talk about h...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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29:13
Kale Futterman on getting an MFA and taking charge of her career
Kale Futterman got her MFA in 2017, but it took four more years before she got staffed. During that time, she assisted two writer-producers, wrote ten scripts, and worked in education to pay the bills. We'll talk about getting the MFA, the pros...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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29:57
Erica Tremblay on getting into Sundance and writing Native women
Erica Tremblay met her showrunner and collaborator, Sterlin Harjo, through the Native Filmmakers Lab at Sundance. But that was a decade in the making. Before that, she made a short film, two documentaries, and hundreds of videos for major publi...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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29:59
Victoria González on starting as a CBS page and joining an all-Latina writers' group
Victoria González wrote her first episode of television as a Showrunner's Assistant. She started as a page at CBS, and got staffed a mere four years later. We'll talk about how she found an all-Latina writers' group, went viral on Twitter, and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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29:57
Van B. Nguyen on selling a spec script and not chasing reps
Van B. Nguyen sold a spec script called BLACKOUT that's now in post-production. She began as a Set PA in Austin, and worked in production for ten years before finally getting staffed. We'll talk about why she moved to LA, changed her mindset, a...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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26:54
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...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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27:13
Welcome to New Screenwriters on Breaking In
Welcome to New Screenwriters on Breaking In, a show about how women of color (and other writers) are breaking in today. I'm Priscilla Nguyen, and in each episode you'll hear from a writer who broke in within the last five years about how they b...
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Season 1
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