What we’re about
If you're a writer, screenwriter, or filmmaker looking for a way to accelerate your career while doing what you love most, this is the group for you. Meeting two to four times a month, we address both the art and science of profitably creating media that entertains, thrills, informs, or transforms.
About Nancy Fulton
I've been running highly-rated meetups in Santa Monica for Writers, Filmmakers and Creative Professionals for several years. You can learn more about them at www.NancyFultonMeetups.com.
• You may find some of the following resources created for past events useful if you're looking for immediate help with your creative enterprise. You can find them at www.NoBetterFriend.com
How to Legally Find and Accept Money From Investors
(The Best How-To, Practical, Legal, Primer You'll Read)
Budgets, Breakdowns & Cash Flows: The Numbers You Need to Know Before You Produce Anything
(with Audio Recording featuring Nancy Fulton & Producer John Duffy)
Making Google Love You Without Buying Ads
(Necessary for Cost Effective Promotion for Your Project)
Profitably Publishing & Selling Your Book
(Handy for Film & Webseries Merchandising)
We also have lots of free videos on everything on writing screenplays, publishing books, legally true stories, funding production companies, etc at www.NancyFultonVideos.com.
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Free Writer Workshop: Writing a Book or Screenplay in 40 to 80 HoursLink visible for attendees
Unlock the secrets of sprint-writing to dramatically speed up your creative process and produce high-quality screenplays, books (even non-fiction!), and stories faster than ever before. RSVP to get the Zoom Link.
This workshop is perfect for seasoned writers looking to refine their craft, filmmakers aiming to reduce costs and boost productivity, and anyone eager to write compelling content more efficiently.
What You’ll Learn:- Why writing sprints—measured in minutes and hours, not days—are a game-changer.
- How three 50-minute sprints can outpace an 8-hour, unstructured writing day.
- Techniques to consistently write ~1,000 great words an hour.
- The benefits of sprint-writing for editing and marketing, helping you build a sustainable writing career.
- How filmmakers can leverage sprint-writing to craft screenplays, series bibles, treatments, and pitches, while creating additional revenue streams by turning scripts into books.
- How sprinting empowers producers to collaborate effectively with writers and take greater control of their projects.
Why Attend?
For writers, sprint-writing eliminates self-sabotaging habits, boosts productivity, and keeps the creative process engaging and focused.
For screenwriters and filmmakers, mastering sprint techniques enables you to create more content at lower costs, opening up new revenue opportunities.
If you're tired of slow, frustrating writing processes, or you're looking for a way to write better and faster, this workshop is for you.
Free Bonus:
Get the Attorney-Led Workshop on Copyright and Work for Hire Rules that Every Writer Needs to Know recorded workshop to learn how to protect, license, and sell your books and screenplays after you write them.
Even though you own the original works you create as soon as you write them, this workshop explains why registering your work at the government's copyright.gov website is crucial, and you learn some additional rules about pitching your work to producers you will always want to follow.
Spaces are limited—register now and transform your writing process with Smart Sprints!
