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Creative Strategies for the Changing Screenwriting Landscape

Recorded

July 9, 2025

Duration

2 Hours

Cost

$45

Subject

Screenwriting

Topic

Business

Breaking into screenwriting is not only challenging, but it can also be a complete roller-coaster—especially over these past few years!

We’ve been through so much: Covid, Writer’s Strike, Peak TV, and its demise. And now … Coverfly going away and a dramatic change to The Nicholl—which for years had its place on many a writers' bucket lists—has completely upended many screenwriters.

However, at the same time, the feature market is gaining momentum we’ve not seen in years. Not only did Sinners do something in the box office that’s not happened in 16 years (or ever for a horror movie), but specs are also moving in the professional space with more momentum and excitement than we’ve seen in a long time.

To adjust to ongoing changes in industry dynamics, our symposium with Screenwriting Coach Lee Jessup will seek to help you define your most effective next steps in order to work smart and move your screenwriting career forward.

What attendees have said ...

Lee has abundant knowledge and a rapid fire delivery- it’s hard to keep up!

Great session! I am a new screenplay writer and this was so FULL of wonderful information. I have pages and pages of notes. Thank you again!

Host

Lee Jessup
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 feature writing. Additionally, she has provided consulting services to NBC International, the Universal Writers Program, the Final Draft Big Break Contest and Inevitable Foundation, and is an adjunct professor with the David […]

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