LAURIE SCHEER, Media Goddess

LAURIE SCHEER, Media Goddess, is a former vice president of programming for WE: Women's Entertainment. She has worked as an assistant, d-girl, and producer for ABC, Viacom, Showtime, and AMC-Cablevision developing and producing all types of content from network and cable series to movies-of-the-week to short films for video games. As a professional speaker, she has appeared at NAB, NATPE, GAPF, Screenwriters’ World, Reel Screen, WIFV, FTX West, UVFA, and the Willamette Writers Conference. She has served as a judge for numerous screenplay competitions, film festivals, the International Emmys and she is on the Advisory Board for the Ebell of Los Angeles Playwright Prize, 2014. Her current interest is in exploring ways to preserve good storytelling within the 21st century transmedia marketplace, and sharing her new book The Writer's Advantage: A Toolkit for Mastering Your Genre (Michael Wiese Productions, 2014) with writers in-person, online, and worldwide.

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