Curious About Screenwriting Network

Steve Vitolo is the Emmy Award winning founder of Scriptation. He has written for the acclaimed series Black-ish, as well as Hot in Cleveland and Crowded.

We sit down with recent Fast Track Fellow Katie Crone to discuss her award-winning screenplay, her writing process & her experience going to meetings as part of her Fast Track experience

As we call into session this meeting of the Fantastic Story Society, we are thrilled to induct a new member. Her life as a writer and performer has evolved on stage in front of an audience, from Leprechauno to pregnant party girl to mamacita, the diaper diva. She’s a staple of Chicago radio, having hosted shows on the city’s biggest stations. You can currently drive home with here everyday at WCPT 820-AM. You also might catch her on the random episode of the series Chicago Fire. Oh & she even ran for public office recently and is an advocate for individuals with disabilities. She also started With Kind Words, an organization that provides consultation for healthcare providers. She’s kind of done it all. She’s fearless. She’s the newest member of the Fantastic Story Society. Welcome, Patti Vasquez!

AJ Bermudez has utilized screenplay contests to forward her screenwriting career, including Shoot Your Sizzle, where she shot a concept of her thriller pilot, Nightingale.

Wendy Jean Wilkins might have a long history as a writer, storyteller and production crew member. However, it was more recently that she's found her voice as a writer and now her career is reaching new heights.

Minda Wei’s just your typical comedy writer-slash-former supercomputer builder. Her writing explores themes of freedom, love, and the choices we make when anything is possible.

Joey Day Hargrove is a comedy writer, focusing on quirky stories about finding belonging. She’s utilized screenplay contests to build her career. She believes in using laughter to shape culture.

French writer Ariane Hahusseau, an AFI alum, writes empowering screenplays with passionate protagonists. She loves period dramas & dark humor. She’s recently optioned an original script & was hired to write a thriller drama feature.

Emily Wahlund was raised on television (in a good way), initially gravitated towards acting before realizing how important writing was to her personal creative pull. She's currently a mom who writes features, pilots and for video games.

Ryan Shrime has gone through just about any high-end acting training you can name. He's taken that knowledge of acting and character to successfully applied it to his screenwriting career.

Cassie Carpenter regularly leads tours of Haunted Los Angeles and Hollywood. After attending a haunted University in Southern California to major in theatre, it's only fitting! In this episode, we discuss a number of her favorite haunted LA locations.

A later-in-life writer, Marcus writes comedies and dramas across different genres, primarily focuses on exploring the oddities of complex relationships between people in every day walks of life.

Desa Larkin-Boutte's screenwriting journey has taken her working on set, in post-production & in the writer's room for beloved shows including Better Call Saul, The Walking Dead & Westworld, the later of which she is a credited writer.

Annika's impressive and still blossoming career started behind the Berlin Wall. Making her way to America, she's has worked in front of and behind the camera, also working as an assistant to James Cameron.

Multi-hyphenate, Yolanda T. Ross tried to do the corporate life, but creativity and the entertainment industry beckoned her back. After establishing herself as an actress, writing her own stories became her next drive.

Melissa Birks, a past Fast Track Fellow for the ISA is fascinated by history and isn't afraid of macabre history as she's frequently featured serial killers in her writing. Hear how she's used contests to advance her career.

Carlos Gutierrez & Michael Goldenberg are all about taking chances. They aren't afraid to take a big swing or try something edgy in their screenwriting. Carlos & Michael let ya know there's nothing wrong with the occasional 'stunt script.'

Comedy director Jason Woliner has worked on some of our favorite comedies, from What We Do in the Shadows & Last Man on Earth to New Girl & the Borat sequel. He's back with the infinitely fascinating crime mystery Paul T Goldman, now streaming on Peacock.

One time Fast Track fellow and ISA Top 25 Screenwriter to Watch, Peres Owino, has come a long way bother in her career and literally as the LA-based, African-born writer is celebrating the release of a show on Netflix, "African Queens."

Performed in Park City, UT during Sundance. An ambitious painter vaults to fame when Marie Antoinette selects her as a portraitist, but the impending French Revolution threatens her career, her family, & her friendship with the hated Queen