Join ISA's Max Timm and Entertainment Business League's Kaia Alexander as we learn about the business aspect of screenwriting.

Even more than ever, the screenwriting community has been affected by the business aspects of the entertainment industry. Do we know enough about how the industry works? Do we think we know how it works, but there is a sneaking suspicion that reading the trades just isn't enough?

As often as possible, the ISA promotes the need to invest in your education - we can't simply rest on our creative laurels. A writer should be looking to develop their career as a whole, and not just put all of their eggs into one script basket. Join us for an in-depth review of what every screenwriter should know about how they can shape the business side of their career.

We'll discuss:
 - Staffing and getting read by showrunners, reps, and producers
 - How to build a name for yourself through branding, pitching, community building, and querying (Kaia has helped several writers find managers off cold queries)
 - Where the industry is headed after the strikes
 - How to make friends in the industry and find your "wolfpack"

Meet the hosts:
Kaia Alexander is the CEO/founder of the Entertainment Business League and the Entertainment Business School. She was a development executive on many feature films including JUST FRIENDS (with Ryan Reynolds), PEACEFUL WARRIOR (with Nick Nolte), THE GOOD NIGHT (Gwyneth Paltrow & Penelope Cruz), and HACHI: A DOG’S TALE (with Richard Gere). She worked for and was mentored by comedian Garry Shandling. She’s an award-winning novelist for her book about the burning of the Great Library of Alexandria, Written in the Ashes (Harper Collins). As a writer/producer brand is badass, adventurous women. A passionate advocate for diversity, parity and inclusion, Kaia created several scholarships to her programs as well as mentorships for women worldwide. If you ever corner her at a party, be sure to ask her about her passion for surfing. She’s proud to be the BQ in LGBTQ.
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Max Timm has 17 years of experience in developing written material and writers’ careers. His focus with the ISA is to find and support up and coming emerging screenwriters and career-long education. His personal coaching, consulting, and development service, The Story Farm, develops writers and their material much like a studio executive or literary manager would, walking a writer through the development process one draft at a time. His online class, The Craft Course in Screenwriting, offers writers an in-depth yet easy to understand approach to professional full development. In order to connect with as many aspiring writers as possible, he also helped create and launch the ISA’s popular podcast network - an interview-focused podcast, as well as his solo podcast, The Craft. Aside from focusing on education, Max has joined forces with his ISA cohorts to launch a production and development company called Creative Screenwriter Productions where they develop and produce low to mid-range budgeted films written by ISA’s top members.