Reminder to put on your networking shoes and meet your fellow AANHPI writers this SUNDAY!
Tell us what you’re working on! Tell us what you WANT to work on! And come camera-ready because we will be doing FREE WRITER HEADSHOTS for your writer profiles!
It’s 2026.
Make it your year.
A-Game curious? Come see what all the writers are talking about! Roadside Taco will be hosting our 2026 kickoff mixer! Come meet your fellow writers! Let our team get to know you so we can get you in the right meetings! And we will be doing FREE WRITER HEADSHOTS!
A-Game is excited to announce that your donations are now a tax-deductible contribution! Through fiscal sponsorship from the Asian Pacific Community Fund, a 501(c)3, your donations help AANHPI writers connect with showrunners, reps, and execs! We get writers into rooms!
So absolutely THRILLED to be going to @sxsw.com courtesy of #makingspace! This organization helps disabled job seekers find accessible work opportunities. Excited to meet other disabled filmmakers!
TWILIGHT MAN is a sci-fi neo-noir drama in which a half-alien colonial cop hunts feral members of his own species—until a buried conspiracy forces him to choose between liberating his people and protecting his son.
So excited to see TWILIGHT MAN on this kid with so many amazing scripts. Truly an honor to share such company. These are some bangers!
An AMAZING day at @lionsgate.com for their #StorytellerSummit! Such an amazing team of execs dedicated to telling great stories that resonate with an audience. A huge thank you to the @disabilitybelongs.bsky.social team for their amazing work!
UPDATE:
YouTube video link is up! MENTORSHIP MATTERS WRITERS ALUM - FULL EP 544 - #screenwritingadvice #screenwritingtips #podcast youtu.be/Vfphx5Ap0dY
UPDATE:
YouTube video link is up! MENTORSHIP MATTERS WRITERS ALUM - FULL EP 544 - #screenwritingadvice #screenwritingtips #podcast youtu.be/Vfphx5Ap0dY
SO incredibly thrilled to be selected to receive a scholarship to the SCREENWRITER SESSIONS though Almanack screenwriters and Nantucket Film Festival! This five-week program involves intimate mentorship with some of my favorite pioneers in the industry. So excited to take part!
So incredibly honored to see TWILIGHT MAN be awarded BEST OF IWC! I developed this sci-fi pilot with showrunner Lisa Takeuchi Cullen through the Mentorship Matters fellowship, and I am so thrilled to be recognized by the amazingly talented writers at the IWC!
So great being on the @screenwritersrantroom with @hilliardguess and my fellow #MentorshipMatters alum!
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@joshuakazemi
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@renee_alycea
Listen here:
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Tell 2025 YOU ARE NOT DONE! An amazing A-Game zoom with Jeff Portnoy at Bellevue. “A great script is not enough. You need to have people of value circling your script. When you get enough fans saying your name around town, all of a sudden, everyone wants to work with you.” Thank you, Jeff!
We are so grateful to all the writers that made our ANNUAL A-GAME DIM SUM such a success! Good food. Great stories. Hollywood take note: AANHPI writers have made a shot across the bao.
We had an awesome lunch with Noah Evslin (NCIS: Hawai’i, Rescue: HI Surf) who shared his journey from starting live/tweeting while a producer on Grey’s (!!), to becoming a writer known for his specific brand. “Create kinetic energy” by writing new scripts! Keep writing great stories!
Such an eye-opening talk about working in television with Marc Guggenheim (Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow). “The script that keeps getting you staffed is probably not the script that’s gonna sell.” Be bold! Tell stories that only YOU can tell. EPs want to see your VOICE!
A-Game had an AMAZING lunch with Academy nominees Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson (The Fighter, The Outpost, Air Bud) who keep knocking out hits ON SPEC. “Write parts that actors want to play.” Don’t just have things happen to them. If they make CHOICES — that’s compelling.
A-Game spoke with Michelle Lee at APPLE, who shared with us how she brought PACHINKO to the screen! At APPLE, they are patrons for artists, and are looking for unique voices to tell the stories we didn’t realize we needed. (Like Ted Lasso!) Thank you, Michelle!
Courtney and Diana from AGBO joined us for an A-Game lunch and gave us a peek behind the curtain! What do they look for? A CLEAN BUY-IN on the concept! Make your story easy for them to sell! Thank you, Courtney and Diana!!!
A-Game had the tremendous privilege of lunching with @CaroleKirsch. She shared some amazing advice such as: If you want to be known as a certain type of writer, don’t just TELL people that’s what you want — SHOW them by WRITING the script! amzn.to/4mL8tod
An awesomely funny and candid A-Game zoom with Steven White (Black-ish, Grown-ish) on how to get recognized for your talents, and how to navigate a comedy room. “Look for the holes!” - as a Staff Writer to help fulfill the needs of the Showrunner! Thank you, Steven! #WheresTheBeef
There are some REALLY exciting things happening at HBO Max! Although IP is big right now, VOICE on the page will really get their attention! Thank you, Niki and Jennifer, for giving A-Game such amazing advice!
SUCH an inspiring A-Game lunch with Showrunner Ben Watkins (Cross) about creating positive room culture, finding your way in outside the system, and selling your pitch in the room by INFECTING THEM WITH YOUR PURPOSE. Thank you, Ben!
Just an AMAZING A-Game zoom with Hillary Levi, who shared with us how to leverage the power of your producer! Your producer and execs are your creative partners! “
They’re not saying “no” to ruin your scripts. Their entire goal is to get someone else to say YES!”
A MOST inspiring A-Game meeting with Akheya Andrada at Lord Miller for sharing what a writer can do to advance their career, OTHER than being great on the page: Be open to collaboration! These execs want to WORK with you! And also: provide a 1-page change sheet to show you’re listening!
A HUGE thank you to Clayton Krueger at Scott Free Productions (Alien Earth, Blade Runner 2049) for showing how they champion the creator’s VOICE - that’s how they find the next emerging talent. Make the pitch COMPELLING! THANK you, Clayton
Vivek Kolli shared some amazing strategy advice with us at A-Game! “Not only do you not want to chase trends, but also, look for the ‘White Space’. What are stories that aren’t being told that only YOU can tell.”
THANK YOU for sharing your wisdom with us, Vivek!
Just a fantastically honest conversation with showrunner Niceole Levy about staffing, navigating race/passing/ethnic ambiguity, and the first ten pages: “If it’s the ONLY thing theyre going to read of yours, make sure they know what you’re GOOD at.” Thank you, Niceole!
Such an affirming meeting with MRC (Poker Face, The Terminal List)!
They are big supporters of the CREATOR’S VOICE! They look at it as a long term investment in WHO they want to work with, rather than just a flashy idea. Advice: Now is not the time to write something down-the-middle!
Had an AMAZING A-Game lunch with @vjboydwrites showrunner of “THE MADNESS”, who gave some great career and writing advice. “Don’t submit the script you think they want. Send them the script to at is the most YOU. That’s who they’re looking to meet.”