Author: Julia Camara

Julia Camara is a Brazilian award-winning writer/filmmaker living in Los Angeles. She has a B.A. in cinema from Columbia College-Hollywood. Julia is also a UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting alumna. She has written the features films 'Area Q' (starring Isaiah Washington), 'Open Road' (starring Andy Garcia, Camilla Belle and Juliette Lewis), and 'Occupants' (starring Star Trek Voyager's Robert Picardo). Julia's feature directorial debut 'In Transit' won Best Experimental Film four times and is available on Amazon Prime. Julia is an adjunct professor of screenwriting at UCLA Extension.

Writer’s Corner is a place to get to know outstanding writers, talk about the craft of writing, career advice, share horror stories and find out more about compelling films, television shows, plays, etc. There’s so much great content out there being made by female creators, we should all be keeping an eye on these women. Today we are featuring Jorjeana Marie With rural roots and a city awakening, Jorjeana Marie is a born storyteller and lover of variety. Whether it’s writing at Disney on “Mickey & the Roadster Racers”, working as a produced NYC playwright, or as an author and award-winning narrator…

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Writer’s Corner is a place to get to know outstanding writers, talk about the craft of writing, career advice, share horror stories and find out more about compelling films, television shows, plays, etc. There’s so much great content out there being made by female creators, we should all be keeping an eye on these women. Today we are featuring Annie Wood. Annie Wood is a Hollywood native, lifelong actress & writer. The web-series she created, wrote and stars in, Karma’s a B*tch, was Best of the Web on Virgin America and can now be seen in her new series, Instant Karma. Wood was chosen to take part…

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Writer’s Corner is a place to get to know outstanding writers, talk about the craft of writing, career advice, share horror stories and find out more about compelling films, television shows, plays, etc. There’s so much great content out there being made by female creators, we should all be keeping an eye on these women. Today we are featuring Tess Rafferty Most recently, Tess developed Halfway House, an original half hour pilot at WBTV. Her original pilot, I Know Who You Really Are, Bitch, made the WeForShe 2017 WriteHer list. Tess has written for numerous comedy variety shows, including @Midnight, The Comedy Central Roast of…

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Writer’s Corner is a place to get to know outstanding writers, talk about the craft of writing, career advice, share horror stories and find out more about compelling films, television shows, plays, etc. There’s so much great content out there being made by female creators, we should all be keeping an eye on these women. Today we are featuring Marilyn Anderson. Marilyn what’s your personal pitch, how do you introduce yourself? I’m a writer for film, television, books and plays. I’ve also started producing recently, in order to have more control over my material. I mostly write comedy, but I…

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Writer’s Corner is a place to get to know outstanding writers, talk about the craft of writing, career advice, share horror stories and find out more about compelling films, television shows, plays, etc. There’s so much great content out there being made by female creators, we should all be keeping an eye on these women. Today we are featuring Susie Singer Carter Susie, you directed two short documentaries “Women Who Wrote the Way” and “Breaking Good” about women writers. The two films were part of the WGAw’s celebration of Women’s History Month and screened before “9 to 5” and “Something’s Gotta…

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A little over three years ago, my daughter was about to turn one. Probably due to the demanding task of early motherhood, I came up with this crazy idea of making a movie about two people who don’t speak the same language and have to find a way to communicate. This is how “In Transit” was born. My tired, sleep deprived mind trying to find a creative outlet for the first year of motherhood. The more I developed this idea, the less I thought it was viable as a feature film. So, I eventually dropped the aspect of language barrier,…

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Writer’s Corner is a place to get to know outstanding writers, talk about the craft of writing, career advice, share horror stories and find out more about compelling films, television shows, plays, etc. There’s so much great content out there being made by female creators, we should all be keeping an eye on these women. Today we are featuring Alexis Krasilovsky Alexis, I understand you’re a screenwriter, author, director and professor. Can you tell us about your background? I was born in Alaska, as my father was drawn by the romantic notion of becoming a pioneer.  My parents moved back…

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Writer’s Corner is a place to get to know outstanding writers, talk about the craft of writing, career advice, share horror stories and find out more about compelling films, television shows, plays, etc. There’s so much great content out there being made by female creators, we should all be keeping an eye on these women. Today we are featuring Monique Sorgen. Monique, I know you’re a writer/director, but tell us how you usually introduce yourself. I introduce myself as, “Monique Sorgen, I’m a writer-director.” I make a point of including my last name whenever possible—even if nobody else is—because I…

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Writer’s Corner is a place to get to know outstanding writers, talk about the craft of writing, career advice, share horror stories and find out more about compelling films, television shows, plays, etc. There’s so much great content out there being made by female creators, we should all be keeping an eye on these women. Today we are featuring Catherine Clinch. Catherine, What’s your own personal elevator pitch? How do you introduce yourself? The elevator pitch I use depends on who’s in the elevator with me. I have a number of professional identities because – in order to stay relevant…

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It brings me great pleasure to be once again contributing to Ms. In The Biz. In the last few years I have met fascinating women writers, directors and creators. There’s so much great content out there being made by female creators, we should all be keeping an eye on these women. That’s where “Writer’s Corner” comes in. This is a place to get to know outstanding writers, talk about the craft of writing, career advice, share horror stories and find out more about compelling films, television shows, plays, etc. Today we are featuring Stacy Dymalski. Stacy, What’s your claim to…

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Every time I get frustrated with my career or this business in general, I find myself with a new idea for a screenplay. Some times it seems like I need a set back to be able to write something new. A new rejection, a delay in production, another pass from a production company, all those things push me toward creating. My creativity is definitely a glutton for punishment. I think a lot of times my anger works better as writing fuel. Got yet another rejection for my big budget drama? No problem, I’ll just write something new. Something with a…

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Being a screenwriter in the film industry means you spend a large portion of your time networking (yikes, introverts hate this), writing query letters, synopses, loglines, and submitting. It’s a lot of work and as time consuming as writing a script. After all that work you get a call or an email requesting a meeting. They have read your script, they think it’s brilliant, they want to be in bed with you, but there’s a catch, they just want a little development before they move forward. Sometimes I cringe when I hear that word. Development. Also synonym for free rewrites.…

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Last year I committed a film industry cardinal sin for women behind the camera: I had a baby! While it feels like actresses and celebrities get celebrated when they find themselves flaunting a cute baby bump, all I ever heard as a writer/director was that having a baby meant I was going to have to give up my career. That’s probably why I waited so long to even make up my mind about wanting a child. There’s no trial period on motherhood and no return policy on babies, so I had to be sure, right? I had to want it…

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The short film titled ‘Unsolved’ began when I was talking to friend and collaborator Sarah Lynn Dawson about a mutual desire to create something together. We had been working on developing a feature film, but felt compelled to make this short film. I have always been a fan of the film noir genre, of the 1940s era and murder mystery stories. But I had noticed throughout the years, women have had a limited role in those stories. They usually play the wives, girlfriends or hookers. And of course, they are more often than not, the murder victims. So, I decided…

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