Screenwriting Fellowship Bio & Essay Workshop

This special fellowship season workshop will focus on the architecture of the dreaded fellowship submission materials! 

Your host, Tawnya Bhattacharya, an alumna of both NBC Writers on the Verge and the FOX Writers Intensive, is currently a writer/producer on Freeform's "Famous in Love," and has also written on TNT's “Perception," NBC's "The Night Shift, Lifetime's "The Client List," and "Fairly Legal" for USA with her writing partner, Ali Laventhol. Tawnya has also taught for the Disney|ABC Writing Program for the past two years. She is repped by ICM Partners, Heroes and Villains Entertainment and Morris Yorn.

Over the years Tawyna has taught hundreds of writers on how to put together successful, winning bios & essays. In this Stage 32 Next Level Webinar, Tawnya will deconstruct successful fellowship bios & essays, analyze why they work, and help you articulate the symbiotic relationship between your life story and your brand as a writer in 500 words or less. Here's just some of the things we’ll cover:

• How your bios and essays serve your career, not just fellowships.
• What the program heads have to say about bios and essays.
• How you can mine Your Unique Story and stand out.
• Dos and Don’ts.
• Examples from Winning Fellowship Candidates.
• Your Bio & Essay Checklist… and more!
• Q&A

PLUS! You will get handouts:

• Mining your personal story Worksheet
• Bio Essay Statement of Purpose Checklist
• Actual examples of Fellowship winners essays & bios

Bhattacharya’s company, Script Anatomy is a TV writing school taught solely by working TV writers and has launched the careers of many writers. Alum have been in every single Fellowship Program (including 5 in 2016/2017) and have sold pilots and staffed on shows such as American Crime, The Handmaid’s Tale, Chicago Justice, The Blacklist, Blindspot, The 100 and more… For more info about Script Anatomy, visit www.scriptanatomy.com