Introducing Wendy Cohen

I believe in synchronicity. What is it? Here’s Wikipedia’s take:

Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events that are apparently causally unrelated or unlikely to occur together by chance, yet are experienced as occurring together in a meaningful manner. The concept of synchronicity was first described in this terminology by Carl Gustav Jung, a Swiss psychologist, in the 1920s.

I have been extremely busy the last year or so, even more so than usual. A few months back, I began to think about finding someone who could assist me.

While this idea evolved, I received an email from Wendy Cohen. Her background:

* While receiving a B.A. in Media Arts: Writing for Film and Television from Emerson College, Wendy was a P.A. with two production companies in the Boston area, so she has actual field experience.

* Upon relocating to Los Angeles, Wendy interned at Heroes and Villains Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, and “Mad Men,” so she has a background in development.

* She eventually became a writer’s P.A. on “Mad Men,” so Wendy has worked with writers.

* Most recently Wendy has been as a producer’s assistant at Paradigm Consulting.

* Additionally Wendy has developed chops as a script reader.

Looks like an ideal fit! Therefore I am pleased to announce that Wendy has agreed to become my Development Assistant.

Wendy’s responsibilities include assisting me in managing nearly 12,000 GITS posts, helping me to edit a series of books on screenwriting I am writing, researching potential blog content, and given her background in script development involvement in Quest-related producing projects. There are other initiatives in the works to which Wendy will be contributing her time and energy, an especially exciting one I hope to be announcing in the very near future.

I should also note that not only is Wendy a longtime GITS reader, she is also a budding screenwriter, so I will be mentoring her in this part of her creative journey.

What does this mean to you? More and better content on the blog. An expansion into alternate ways of delivering that as well as brand new content. A managed approach to ‘resurrecting’ existing blog content, many posts of which have only seen the light of day one time and deserve additional discussion. And more time for me to be able to devote to story analysis, business trends, and so on.

So please welcome Wendy!

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