Join Entertainment Career Coach/Talent Agent Consultant Jim Arnoff in an immersive, interactive coaching group for one-on-one coaching, group coaching, networking and resourcing to supercharge your writing career. Bring whatever challenges and topics are on your mind that are getting in the way of your moving forward powerfully in your writing career. 

The Writers Guild Foundation, in partnership with Storyline Partners, hosts this virtual panel examining contemporary Pacific Islander storytelling and representations in film and television.

Join The Business of Creating Institute in partnership with the WGF for a dynamic, interactive panel and Q & A with seasoned entertainment professionals to discuss writing and producing for video games.

On Saturday, September 27, we’re opening the Library for a six-hour writing sprint with our library staff on hand to help with script requests and a community of writers providing the motivation you need to brainstorm, write, revise, or finish that script.

The Writers Guild Foundation, in partnership with Storyline Partners and CAPE, hosts a virtual panel on how representation in the writers’ room leads to culturally relevant storytelling in both individual episodes and seasons of series television.

The Writers Guild Foundation, in partnership with Storyline Partners, hosts a virtual panel delving into contemporary experiences and depictions of systems facing and opportunity youth in film and television.

Systems facing youth are those affected by the child welfare, juvenile justice, and/or homeless systems, while opportunity youth are individuals who are or have previously been disconnected from school and work.

Join Entertainment Career Coach/Talent Agent Consultant/WGF Workshop Facilitator Jim Arnoff in an immersive, interactive in-person coaching workshop for one-on-one coaching, group coaching, networking and resourcing to accelerate your entertainment career. Bring all those challenges that are on your mind and getting in the way of moving forward powerfully in your entertainment career.

The Writers Guild Foundation, in partnership with the Writers Guild of America West and Deadline, presents Sublime Primetime 2025, our annual event celebrating the Emmy-Nominated writers for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.

Join Entertainment Career Coach/Talent Agent Consultant Jim Arnoff in an immersive, interactive coaching group for one-on-one coaching, group coaching, networking and resourcing to supercharge your writing career. Bring whatever challenges and topics are on your mind that are getting in the way of your moving forward powerfully in your writing career. 

The Writers Guild Foundation teams up with Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting for a conversation about writing bold and complex young women authentically. We’ll explore how writers develop these strong characters, how to approach sensitive scenes intentionally, and how they navigate nuances of character personalities, behaviors, and motivations.

Showrunner Sessions is our ongoing event series where we go one-on-one with a showrunner (or showrunning team). For this session, we’ll hear from Julie Plec and Carina Adly Mackenzie, the showrunners behind the Prime Video original series We Were Liars. Learn about Julie and Carina’s impressive journey through the industry, how they run their writers’ room, and their advice for adapting books into a hit television series.

Join Entertainment Career Coach/Talent Agent Consultant Jim Arnoff in an immersive, interactive coaching group for one-on-one coaching, group coaching, networking and resourcing to supercharge your writing career. Bring whatever challenges and topics are on your mind that are getting in the way of your moving forward powerfully in your writing career. 

Showrunner Sessions is our ongoing event series where we go one-on-one with a showrunner (or showrunning team) to find out, “What exactly does a showrunner do?”For this session, we’ll hear from Tony Tost, the showrunner of the Peacock original series Poker Face. Learn about about his journey to the showrunner chair, how he runs his writers’ room, and his advice for writing comedies.

Join Entertainment Career Coach/Talent Agent Consultant/WGF Workshop Facilitator Jim Arnoff in an immersive, interactive coaching workshop for one-on-one coaching, group coaching, networking and resourcing to accelerate your entertainment career. Bring all those challenges that are on your mind and getting in the way of moving forward powerfully in your entertainment career.

On Saturday, June 14, we’re opening the Library for a six-hour writing sprint with our library staff on hand to help with script requests and a community of writers providing the motivation you need to brainstorm, write, revise, or finish that script. Food and drinks will be provided, and those who stick around to the very end will be entered into a raffle to win fun prizes!

The Writers Guild Foundation, in partnership with Imaginable Futures, hosts a virtual Character Creation Lab focused on developing compelling character backstories and storylines through the lens of student parents and working parents. Learn how narratives that depict social issues around higher education, early childhood education, childcare and caregiving, systemic racism, and access to upward mobility provide relatable stories to audiences and how to craft authentic characters with a toolbox of informed research and resources that represent the challenges of the work-family balance.

Dan Erickson (Creator, Executive Producer, Writer, Severance) joins us for another iteration of our ongoing event series, Writers on Writing. We’ll learn how Dan got his start as a writer, how he came up with the premise for the hit psychological thriller, and how the writers room develops the mysterious story arcs.

Join Entertainment Career Coach/Talent Agent Consultant Jim Arnoff in an immersive, interactive coaching group for one-on-one coaching, group coaching, networking and resourcing to supercharge your writing career. Bring whatever challenges and topics are on your mind that are getting in the way of your moving forward powerfully in your writing career. 

The Writers Guild Foundation, in partnership with Storyline Partners, hosts a virtual panel delving into contemporary Native American storytelling and representations in film and television.

On April 16, get an exclusive look Inside the Writers Room with Ghosts, an iteration of our ongoing event series where we gather the writers room of a TV series to learn how their room runs, from how they plan each season and break story to their individual experiences cracking episodes. Learn how the writers approach character development, how they pitch jokes in the room, and their process for crafting funny storylines for their fourth season.

Join Entertainment Career Coach/Talent Agent Consultant/WGA-WGF Workshop Facilitator Jim Arnoff in an immersive, interactive workshop where you will learn the skills to envision your ideal writing career with precision, brainstorm ways to make key decisions fearlessly, produce compelling sizzle reel and create powerful collaborations. You will hear the ways to build that courage to take control,  diminish the fears that have been holding you back and create your own momentum to accelerate the writing career you deserve.

Join The Business of Creating Institute in partnership with the WGF for a dynamic, interactive panel and Q & A with seasoned Entertainment professionals to discuss designing and writing video games and building a career in the interactive entertainment industry.

Join Entertainment Career Coach/Talent Agent Consultant Jim Arnoff in an immersive, interactive coaching group for one-on-one coaching, group coaching, networking and resourcing to supercharge your writing career. Bring whatever challenges and topics are on your mind that are getting in the way of your moving forward powerfully in your writing career. 

Join Entertainment Career Coach/Talent Agent Consultant Jim Arnoff in an immersive, interactive coaching group for one-on-one coaching, group coaching, networking and resourcing to supercharge your writing career. Bring whatever challenges and topics are on your mind that are getting in the way of your moving forward powerfully in your writing career. 

Join The Business of Creating Institute and the Writers Guild Foundation for a dynamic, interactive panel and Q&A with seasoned Entertainment professionals to uncover the world of Film and TV tax incentives. Learn how writers, filmmakers, and producers can leverage tax credits, rebates, and deductions to maximize creative output while keeping production budgets realistic.

In this virtual event series, the WGF Library team gathers acclaimed writers for the ultimate script dissection. Hosted by WGF Librarians Javier Barrios and Lauren O'Connor, we'll take a painstaking look at scripts on screen to analyze and learn about description, dialogue, character voice, plus much more.

Crush your writing goals in 2025 with this year’s first WGF Write-A-Thon! On Saturday, January 11, we’re opening the Library for a six-hour writing sprint with our library staff on hand to help with script requests and a community of writers providing the motivation you need to brainstorm, write, revise, or finish that script.

Join Entertainment Career Coach/Talent Agent Consultant Jim Arnoff in an immersive, interactive coaching group for one-on-one coaching, group coaching, networking and resourcing to supercharge your writing career. Bring whatever challenges and topics are on your mind that are getting in the way of your moving forward powerfully in your writing career.

In this virtual event series, the WGF Library team gathers acclaimed writers for the ultimate script dissection. Hosted by WGF Librarians Javier Barrios and Lauren O'Connor, we'll take a painstaking look at scripts on screen to analyze and learn about description, dialogue, character voice, text on screen, plus much more.