LIST OF THE EIGHT SHOWS
- THE DIPLOMAT
- BEEF
- WEDNESDAY
- BAD SISTERS
- DAISY JONES AND THE SIX
- TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS
- SHRINKING
- SLOW HORSES
FEATURE
- PAST LIVES
The Story Therapy Teleseminar starts on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, and goes through April 16, 2024 (There is a break during the week of Easter). This seminar is a live and interactive event that includes story instruction, script notes for Level 3, pitching, and an opportunity to get feedback from top working T.V. writers.
Classes begin on Tuesday, March 5 at 7:00 pm PST ONLINE.
Each call is approximately 2 – 2 ½ hours in length. On each call, we will review the notes for two to four writers. You will be able to read their scripts and make notes each week. You will also get to share your notes with those writers directly. It is a way to prepare you for the writers’ room. Five people will sign up each week and get an opportunity to pitch to a guest speaker. All levels are eligible. This part of the program will help you learn from others’ pitching styles and allow you the opportunity to pitch yourself. It’s an invaluable tool. You will learn all the story tools you need to succeed, but you will also gain the opportunity to be in this private community of writers. This community is a precious resource. In it, you can exchange scripts, find accountability partners, form writer groups, and create friendships with writers worldwide. I’ve seen the success of this course first-hand. Many writers who have taken this course have gone on to sell pilots and features, get staffed on TV shows, and get into several prestigious writing programs. To date, 112 pilots have been sold by the writers I’ve worked with. Below are the levels available for this event’s six-week live online portion. Each level adds more to the experience.
LEVEL 1
This includes story instruction modules, six online classes, and the opportunity to pitch to my guest speakers and turn in a 3–5-page pitch document for feedback.
- You get the story instruction modules for Story Therapy. You will have access to these modules for one year from the date of purchase.
- You can participate in all six online classes starting 3/5/24 at 7:00 pm P.T.
- You will receive a recording of the classes.
- You can sign up to pitch to my weekly guest speakers.
- You will also get to turn in a 3–5-page pitch document on your T.V. spec, T.V. pilot, or feature and receive written feedback. After the course ends, you must turn this in for up to a year. This includes a 20-minute meeting to go over the notes.
RATES – LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2
Includes story instruction modules, six online classes, the opportunity to pitch, a one-on-one half-hour Concept Brainstorming Session, TV Pilot Consult (with me), and LIVE FEEDBACK for ONE of the six classes.
* If you want to do Level 2 with a feature script, please email me at jen@jengrisanti.com, and I will send you a link with the additional fee.
(ONLY 10 SLOTS)
- You will also rotate for one of the six weeks to receive feedback on your T.V. pilot. This level includes a one-on-one script consult, a half-hour brainstorming concept session, receiving written and verbal feedback, and a call recording.
- You get the story instruction modules for Story Therapy. You will have access to these modules for one year from the date of purchase.
- You can participate in all six online classes starting 3/5/24 at 7:00 pm P.T.
- You will receive a recording of the classes.
- You will also get to choose which guest speaker they want to pitch.
RATES – LEVEL 2
LEVEL 3
Includes story instruction modules, six online classes, the opportunity to pitch, rotating in for LIVE FEEDBACK during three of the six weeks, and FOUR coaching consults.
(ONLY 4 SLOTS)
- With Level 3, you will get feedback on your T.V. pilot script during three of the six classes. This level includes written and verbal feedback. At this level, you are participating like you are in a writing program.
- This level includes four one-on-one coaching consults with me.
- You get the story instruction modules for Story Therapy. You will have access to these modules for one year from the date of purchase.
- You can participate in all six online classes starting 3/5/24 at 7:00 pm P.T.
- You will receive a recording of the classes.
- Level 3 will get to choose which guest speaker they want to pitch.
RATES – LEVEL 3
| GUEST SPEAKERS |
 MARK GOFFMAN Mark Goffman is currently executive producer and writer for the NBC series THE IRRATIONAL. Before this, he was an executive producer and writer on the Netflix series THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY. Goffman also executive produced and was a showrunner on the hit series BULL on CBS and SLEEPY HOLLOW on Fox. He served as an executive producer and writer for LIMITLESS on CBS and USA’s WHITE COLLAR. Goffman first started on THE WEST WING, where he wrote for several seasons. Afterward, Goffman ran the writers’ room for Aaron Sorkin’s STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP, also on NBC. Goffman has worked on over 200 hours of scripted television, been nominated for two Writers Guild Awards, and won the Entertainment Industries Council SET Award. An episode he wrote of LAW & ORDER: SVU garnered Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for Mariska Hargitay. Goffman’s feature directorial debut is DUMBSTRUCK, a documentary about ventriloquists, theatrically released by Magnolia Pictures. Goffman began his career as a writer in Brussels for the magazine Commerce in Belgium. He has a Masters in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, wrote speeches for state and federally elected officials, consulted to the U.S. military, Intelligence, Department of State and White House. Goffman has a B.A. from Emory University in Economics and Philosophy and served as a Masters Thesis Adviser, Fiction Writing Program, at Johns Hopkins University. His first play, ME TOO, has run in Los Angeles and Indianapolis. |
 LINDSAY GOFFMANLindsay is the founder of Gratitude Production, with projects in collaboration with major companies such as Apple, F.X., Amazon Freevee, Perfect Storm, The Roots, Day Zero, Get Lifted, Jon M. Chu, MGM, and Universal Television. Her recent accomplishments include producing “THE COMPANY YOU KEEP,” a series based on a Korean format, which premiered to rave reviews and is certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Previously, Lindsay championed the hit series THE GOOD DOCTOR after discovering the Korean format early on. The show became ABC’s #1 new series and was awarded the Humanitas Prize. Lindsay actively contributes to various arts and entertainment organizations, mentors the Hollywood Radio and Television Society, serves on the board of the Creative Coalition, and participates in the Media Xchange. Lindsay’s advisory roles include Girls Inc. and One Hope Wine, a purpose-driven community, and she judges at renowned events like the Austin Film Festival and the UCLA Screenwriter Showcase. Her work has been recognized with awards, including the 2022 Anthem Award, and she was nominated for the L.A. Business Journal’s Women Leadership Award in 2023. |
 JAVIER GRILLO MARXUACHJavier “Javi” Grillo-Marxuach is one of the Emmy Award-winning producers of Lost and Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and is currently Executive Producer of the hit Netflix series The Witcher. His work includes stints as writer/producer on From, Cowboy Bebop, Blood and Treasure, Raising Dion, The 100, Medium, Boomtown, and the original Charmed. An advocate of mentorship and education, Grillo-Marxuach and his family have granted scholarships for writers at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and the Creative Writing program at Carnegie Mellon University, and he is co-host and co-creator of the Children of Tendu podcast, an educational series for aspiring television writers. Javi is Puerto Rican; his name is pronounced: “HA-VEE-AIR GREE-JOE MARKS-WATCH.” |
 BRANDON MARGOLIS AND BRANDON SONNIERBrandon Margolis and Brandon Sonnier are a writing/producing team who served as Creators/ Showrunners of the BAD BOYS spinoff series L.A.’S FINEST starring Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba. The Brandons started in the prestigious NBC/Universal Writers On The Verge program. They went on to rise through the ranks for five seasons on Sony/NBC’s hit drama series THE BLACKLIST while developing multiple Cable and Network T.V. pilots. Most recently, the Brandons served as Co-Executive Producers on season 6 of CBS’s SWAT and Executive Producers on season 2 of ALERT on FOX. |
 AUDREY KNOXAudrey Knox is a Literary Manager at Cartel Entertainment. I have clients in film and television, among whom are writers staffed on SINGLE DRUNK FEMALE, GINNY & GEORGIA, and P-VALLEY and are writing for Disney, Netflix, Nickelodeon, and Hallmark. I am an Associate Producer of the Tubi feature film CRUSHED, written by my client Heidi Lux. My client Alanna Francis’ feature ALICE, DARLING, recently premiered at TIFF to rave reviews. I have experience in scripted and unscripted television, on-set, production, and writers’ rooms. |
 MATTHEW SALSBERGMatthew Salsberg is a television writer and producer from Montreal, Canada, who resides in Los Angeles. His writing career began in 1998 with “The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo.” From 1999-2001, he was an Executive Story Editor on “Big Wolf On Campus,” for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award (Canadian Emmy) for Best Writing in a Youth Series. He then went on to staff in 2002 to the NBC series “The Jake Effect” and the 2003 CBS Comedy “The Stones.” In 2003, he sold three stories to season 3 of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and the Pilot “Doorman” to NBC with Broadway Video. In 2004, he was a co-producer on “Entourage”. From 2005-2012, he was a producer, supervising producer, co-executive producer, and Executive Producer on “Weeds”. In 2007, he wrote and E.P.’d the pilot “Me and Lee” for Fox. He was under an overall deal at Lionsgate Television from 2009-2012. In 2011, he wrote the pilot “Whales” for Showtime. In 2014, he wrote the pilot “Fantasyland” for Amazon Studios. In 2015, he was the E.P. and pilot writer for HBO’s “Wilderness,” co-created with Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. In 2017, he was a co-ep on “The Untitled Josh Brolin Project” for WHIP studios. In 2019, he was a Consulting Producer on Showtimes “Kidding”. In 2021/2022, he was a co-executive producer on Matthew Weiner’s Untitled Project for F.X. and sold the pilot “Almost Friends” to Netflix. Additionally, in 2012/2013, he won the World Poker Tour Season 11’s Player of the Year. |
 JIM ADLERJim Adler was born in Miami to a family of Cuban/Honduran immigrants on one side and Mid-Western transplants on the other. He was raised in a bilingual household and spent his childhood summers with family in Honduras. When Jim was 7, his mother moved them to California to live in a new age ashram, part of a religious cult. Having begun college as an electrical engineer, he has a deep interest in science and technology. Jim curates a web group devoted to unusual crime stories, has a passion for espionage, and worries a lot about climate change. He was most recently a Co-EP on THE GOOD DOCTOR (ABC/Sony Pictures T.V.) and worked prior to that on MACGYVER and CASTLE, and he also developed a horror pilot for Starz. He is an active member of the WGA’s Latinx Writers Committee and is fluent in Spanish. |