A step-by-step guide to create a professional-quality television pitch that expresses your unique vision and creative voice. 

For screenwriters who have an outstanding half-hour pilot sample and aren't sure how to use it to move their careers forward

OR

For screenwriters who don't yet have an outstanding half-hour pilot sample but would like to start building their professional creative community 

This course takes you from…

• "I don't know where to start" ➡️  simple, doable steps to start networking easily

• "I feel bad asking people to help me build my career" ➡️  clarity about your unique gifts and valuable offers for the people you connect with

• "Ugh, networking"  ➡️  a sense of fun and freedom about connecting with fellow industry professionals

It is not your job to get people to read your script. 

Your job is to connect with people and give them the opportunity to read your script. 

Who am I? 

I’m Julia - I’m a Los Angeles-based screenwriter (ABC, CBS, Amazon), writing coach, and postpartum doula/lactation educator (bet you didn’t see that one coming). 

I started my career in entertainment as a development assistant - meaning, I read a GREAT MANY scripts, fielded emails, gatekept my bosses :) and learned a TON about how a script goes from a pdf getting emailed around to money in the writer’s bank account to show on your TV screen. 

During the 2023 writers’ strike, I staved off credit card debt (kind of) by teaching and coaching - I am now a sought-after screenwriting coach with a methodology for coaching screenwriters to overcome procrastination, writer’s block, and career stagnation. My coaching has been described “a magical drug,” “a godsend,” “perceptive as hell” and “legit brilliant.” 

The course 

Intro & Lecture (45 mins)

• Networking reframed
• What is a networking practice
• How to balance asks and offers
• Simple sleaze-busters and desperation-busters
• Who are the right people
• How to know if your script is industry-ready
• Troubleshooting framework for if your networking practice isn't working

Jumpstart your networking practice exercise (6 minute video + however long the exercise takes you)

• A simple framework for considering the connections you already have and how productive they might be, and for realizing what new connections you might need

Q&A (1 hour)

Julia answering questions from career-building screenwriters just like you!

• "If I met a panelist at an event and introduced myself, could I email them?"
• Navigating reconnecting with someone after a lull
• "What do I do with this influential person who follows me on social media but I don't have their email?"
• "What sort of writing sample should I share with someone I don't know that well?"
• How do you network differently with executives vs. writers or producers? 
• How to deal with feeling like you're bothering people
• "What are some appropriate, non-weird ways to approach new people directly if you think they might be aligned or helpful?" 
• "What is an appropriate way to text or email an acquaintance whom you know just well enough to have their contact info?"
• "When do you follow up with people with a new project after they passed on your last project?"
• "How do I follow up with people who aren't responding to my emails?" (spoiler alert: you simply don't ;-)
• What is the best way to reach out to agents/managers as a writer/director? 
• "Do I need to partner with a more experienced writer before emailing my script?"
• Do I need to have a second sample ready to go before emailing my first sample?
• Should I put my own money into actually shooting my script? 
• How to deal with people's negativity about the state of the industry when networking
• How to figure out what to ask your connections for

Case Studies (10 minutes)

Julia explains in detail how her network generated her 3 current TV projects (including multi-six figure studio deal, multiple name-talent producers, and celebrity talent attachment)

Plus...

• 1 FREE month of Client Office Hours so you can ask Julia any follow up questions you have
• $99 off Your Amazing Half-Hour Sample

This is for you if... 

• You already have a strong, polished TV pilot script and you want to prepare to pitch it (or your next TV show)

• You don't yet have a strong, polished TV pilot script but you're curious about or intimidated by the process of pitching

This is not for you if...

• You are looking for a guarantee that you will sell your TV show (do not trust anyone who promises this)

• You will be unable to move forward without Julia "signing off on" your work at every step (if so, check out 1:1 coaching!)