In the Cut's First Webinar | March 29

Hi everyone. I hope you are all doing safe and well during these crazy times. As you know, I made the difficult decision to cancel the event March 15th due to coronavirus precautions. In the past weeks, I’ve been working to organize a virtual event so that you all m. In the Cut is happy to announce our first webinar event, FREE OF CHARGE, available through Zoom. 

Each writer will host an individual webinar and all participants will be able to submit questions through the live chat function. We can only accept the first 100 registrants, so please register ASAP. If you are quarantined with some friends and/or family who’d like to attend, there is no need to register multiple times, simply share the screen together. 

We understand that during these times, everyone is stressed, whether financially, physically, emotionally, or otherwise. We want you continue to perfect your craft and learn. We plan to bring you more online programming during this quarantine period. Thank you!

Next Event Announced | TV Writer's Workshop March 15

We’re excited to announce the lineup for our next event. TV writers of varied levels and backgrounds will share their experiences. Learn about networking and creating relationships, environmental and financial differences between network, cable, and streaming platforms, developing projects, and how writers can market and define themselves in the current climate.

After the overwhelmingly positive response to our first event, we secured a larger location to accommodate more attendees. We’re proud to partner with Blackbird House to host our next workshop. Networking mixer to follow event.

Speakers
1. Safia Dirie, Producer (Power)
SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS: Network TV vs. cable, Sustaining plot lines on popular show over many seasons

2. Raamla Mohamed, Producer (Scandal)
SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS: Developing projects on an overall deal, network TV, sustaining plot lines on a popular show over many seasons, working for the same studio throughout your career

3. Daniel Willis, Story Editor (Twenties, Boomerang) Director (Grey's Anatomy, The Blacklist)
SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS: Balancing directing and writing, how to market yourself and succeed as a multi-disciplined creative

4. Jeanine C. Daniels, Staff Writer (Snowfall) Co-Creator/Partner (Black & Sexy TV)
SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS: Independent content creation, how to transition from online content to TV, balancing entrepreneurship with writing

5. Selwyn Hinds, Writer (The Twilight Zone, Washington Black - In Development, Prince of Cats - Feature)
SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS: Balancing feature and TV writing, working in a mini-writer’s room vs. traditional room, producing live TV, documentaries, adapting pre-existing materials, development

6. Lucien C. Adderly and Robert Byrd; Writing Team (David Makes Man)
SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS: How to create and market yourself as a writing team, cable shows, balancing acting with writing, how to market yourself as a multi-disciplined creative

7. Racquel Baker, Staff Writer (Good Trouble)
SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS: Freelancing episodes, advancing from support staff to staff writer

Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to meet and network with writers from hit TV shows and meet other like-minded creatives.