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GEAR UP FOR paid work as a screenwriter for animated series.

You want to write for animated series. But how do you actually move from “I’d love to do this” to being ready for paid work?

Get Ready To Get Hired is a practical career session for emerging writers who want to break into writing for animated shows. This class helps you understand what it really means to be ready: the samples you need, the people you need to know, the rooms you are trying to enter, and the steps you can start taking now.

It is about learning how to put yourself in motion without waiting for a door to open.

You will look at how to build a portfolio, understand where the work is, approach producers and industry contacts professionally, think about agents, write a simple query, and begin shaping yourself into the kind of writer people can trust on a show.

If you are serious about writing for animation, this class will help you stop hovering outside the industry and start taking practical, confident steps towards paid work.

Your Host:
Natasje van Niekerk

Natasje van Niekerk is an international award-winning screenwriter and story editor for animated series. Her experience in TV and film extends to live action, with almost 20 years experience across many genres.

She currently lives in the Irish Countryside with her husband, toddler, two semi-feral black cats and two spaniels.

In her free time she enjoys ... what are you talking about "free time"? She has a toddler and a menagerie of pets: Free time does not live here. If she had "free" time, she would take longer baths.
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