Location: Zoom
Next session: Three part workshop on Jan 29, Feb 5 & Feb 12 – 5pm PT each day
Leader: Jeane Phan Wong
Special Guests: Evan Iwata, Chris Licud
These sessions will not be recorded; you must participate live.
Registration is now closed. Stay tuned for information about future sessions.
Is it really possible to sell a pitch without being an established writer with a long list of credits?
This workshop dives into both the craft and business of pitching from the perspective of lower- and mid-level writers. Unlike most pitch classes—which focus solely on structure and technique—you’ll actually get to hear a live pitch that sold in the room. Subject to guest availability, you’ll also experience additional successful pitches and gain insider insights from an executive on what sells in today’s marketplace.
There are two tiers of participation:
All participants will receive a curated list of resources, including a compilation of pitch documents and recorded pitches.
Pitches succeed or fail based on what happens in the room. To hear real pitches that succeeded is an exceptionally rare opportunity, as is getting live feedback from successful industry veterans. Very few classes offer this kind of access. Don’t miss out—sign up today.
Class One, The Craft, part 1 (Thursday, January 29, 2026 – 5pm)
Class Two, The Craft part 2 (Thursday, February 5, 2026 – 5pm)
Class Three, The Business (Thursday, February 12, 2026 – 5pm)
$90 will register you for all three sessions–you will be able to listen, ask questions, and participate in discussion.
$180 registers you for all three sessions PLUS a slot to live pitch and hear feedback. Subject to time availability, there may also be an opportunity to present a revised pitch. Only 10 live pitch slots are available. When they sell out, you may still register to participate at the $90 rate.
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. Stay tuned for information about future sessions.
About Jeane Phan Wong: A child of Vietnam War immigrants, Jeane is Vietnamese-Chinese. She was raised Buddhist in the San Gabriel Valley with stints in Orange County and a Mormon town in Nevada. Jeane is a screenwriter, playwright, author, journalist, and podcaster. After doing NBC’s Writers on the Verge, she has sold several pilots, a feature, and has experience producing television and has covered prep, set, and post. She has written on Arrow, Freemantle’s Sandokan, and in a roundtable for an Untitled Mattel property. She consulted for Freeform’s pilot Aznbbygrl. She’s currently part of Rideback Circle and the Muses & Melanin Fellowship where she is working on her debut novel. As an instructor and guest speaker, Jeane draws not only from her experience as a working writer, but also from her background as a former feature executive and writers’ room assistant. She specializes in guiding emerging and mid-career writers through the realities of selling their work—an area in which she has extensive first-hand experience, having sold more projects than she has staffed.
About Chris Licud: Chris is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, and Virginia native. Her short film, We Were Meant To, which she co-wrote, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, won the Special Jury Prize at the 2023 Student BAFTA Awards, and won the Grand Prix Award at the 2023 HollyShorts Film Festival. It is now in development as a feature film. Her play Life with a French Bulldog was a finalist for the American Playwriting Foundation’s 2023 Relentless Award Picket Plays, which was initiated by the Writers Guild of America. Chris is the writer/co-director and producer of the scripted horror podcast Something Strange Is Happening, which premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival as part of its inaugural podcast selection. Estuary Films optioned the series, which is now in development for TV. Chris was one of 10 participants selected for the 2020 PGA Power of Diversity Master Workshop for her half-hour dramedy Gringas, which she sold to Hulu. Prentice Penny (Insecure) is executive producing the series. Chris earned her MFA in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute, where she won its 2020 Writers’ Room Ready Award for her half-hour dramedy 24K and its 2020 William J. Fadiman Award for her coming-of-age drama Daughters, which was also a 2021 Nicholl Semifinalist. Before transitioning to film, Chris worked in advertising at the executive level in both creative and strategy for major brands. She also holds an MS in Publishing from New York University, where she specialized in new media experiences and cinematic audio. She served as the Associate Producer of the AFI Screenwriting and Directing Showcases, which segues graduates into the global media industry, and now teaches filmmaking at Chapman University.
About Evan Iwata: An alum of the Warner Bros. Television Writers’ Workshop, Evan Iwata grew up in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where his Japanese-American father and extremely Midwestern mother provided him with a nurturing yet culturally confusing East-meets-Midwest upbringing. Inspired by his father’s photography career, Evan took an early interest in filmmaking, and at age 16 he was hired to create a documentary about Oshkosh’s little-known hip-hop scene. He went on to attend the USC School of Cinematic Arts, and upon graduation he quickly found his way into the writers room, working in support staff roles on series including Starz’s Outlander, CBS’s CSI: Cyber and Pure Genius, and ABC’s The Fix and Emergence. Most recently, he was a staff writer on the upcoming HBO Max sci-fi thriller series Subject To Change from J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot, and he currently has projects in development with ABC, Lionsgate Television, and DreamWorks Animation. Evan is a writer of TV dramas and dramedies that focus on ordinary people dealing with extraordinary circumstances, most often through the lenses of grounded genre, coming-of-age, and family drama. He loves using big ideas to tell small, intimate human stories.
