INDUSTRY 101 EVENT SERIES

Pivoting 101:
Changing Career Paths
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 | 5-6:30 PM PT | Online

Film school and assistantships aren’t the only ways into a career writing for film and television. Since time immemorial, Hollywood has hired writers from other disciplines–novelists, journalists, graphic novelists–to write scripts. A legion of doctors, lawyers, and other professionals have put down their degrees and stethoscopes and picked up a pen to work in writers’ rooms all over town.

Join us for Pivoting 101​, you’ll hear all about non-linear career paths​, what tools you’ll need along the way, and how to eventually get your story made. We will also discuss the very real fears of pivoting in times of personal and cultural upheaval, imposter syndrome, and combating ageism.