Suggests: Specificity is Universality: How to Make Your Personal Story A Universal One
Fri, Jan 09
|Los Angeles
Time & Location
Jan 09, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Los Angeles, 7000 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
About the event
The Writers Guild Foundation teams up with Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting for a conversation focused on writing universally resonant stories that come from specific, personal experiences. Hear from writers as they share their process for blending the core themes and lessons they learned from their life experiences into the stories they create and strategies you can use when developing your own projects.
Panelists include:
Frida Perez - THE STUDIO
Annie Weisman - PHYSICAL
Moderated by Dr. Rosanne Welch, Executive Director, Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting.
Doors open at 6:30PM PT. Event starts at 7PM PT. Attendees have the option to join us in person at the WGAW HQ or through our Zoom livestream.