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231 | A Writers’ Assistant Deep Dive (Part 1)

By The Screenwriting Life

1:32 PM EST on January 9, 2025

JOIN TSL WORKSHOPS: https://tslworkshops.circle.soTo help support relief efforts related to the fires in LA, consider donating to the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation: https://supportlafd.kindful.com/?campaign=1040812Listen as former writers' assistants Maggie Gottlieb, Lauren Halberg, and Jonathan Hurwitz detail their experiences as writers' assistants. They answer the important questions like: how do you actually get a writers’ assistant job, how can you elegantly parlay that job into bigger opportunities, and... the Big Scary Question: can I pitch in the room?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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