When I first moved to Los Angeles to get into movies, I didn't know ANYTHING. But in the following years, mentors proved to be EVERYTHING. People who actually worked in the business, knew their craft, how to teach it.

The best mentors I had taught me not just how to write, but how to write PROFESSIONALLY. How to build a movie around a human, relatable emtional core. How to write dialogue that puts everything in the subtext. How to create entertaining movies with cinematic spectacle around themes that are universally relatable. Some of these mentors were at Pixar.

What I also learned about from mentors is the BUSINESS. How it actually works from an insider perspective. How writers get work, how they get paid, how they build a career, how they learn to grow and adapt to the changing whims of Hollywood. Counter-intuitive things I'd have never figured out. In a business of no shortcuts, working with these mentors was a shortcut.

I sincerely believe there's a ton of talent out there, largely underdeveloped and/or shaped by influences that aren't necessarily the best in terms of both mastery of craft and direct knowledge of the business, which is different today than it was a year ago, let alone 10 or 20.

I created this formal writing mentorship class in order to help writers break through from where they are today to being actual working writers in this business.

In a tough, disorganized, ever-changing business, I see breakthroughs every day, big and small.

It is all possible, and it's my hope that I can help you get there. 

––Jonathon E. Stewart, screenwriter / founder