The Black List Wants You to Host a Screenwriters Happy Hour in Your Town
Via No Film School:
Since 2014, The Black List has hosted happy hours on the first Wednesday of every month at Melrose Umbrella Company in Los Angeles, where hundreds of screenwriters come, meet fellow writers, hang out, and talk shop over a few drinks.
But we don’t all live in Los Angeles.
So, The Black List wants to expand its monthly happy hours to towns all over the country (and even the world). The Black List will supply promotional materials, marketing copy, access to Eventbrite to manage RSVPs, prizes for your guests and more. Founder and CEO Franklin Leonard plans to visit happy hours that reach RSVPs of 75 or more, so if you’re really successful, you can ask Franklin himself your burning questions about The Black List and its services for screenwriters.
I had a few follow-up questions after receiving The Black List email recruiting happy hour hosts, and Megan Halpern, Director of Events for The Black List was kind enough to illuminate some additional points for us:
NFS: Your email mentions that The Black List currently hosts monthly happy hours on the 1st Wednesday of the month. Are you looking for/expecting hosts in other cities to host happy hours every 1st Wednesday of the month, or would these be one-time events for the screenwriters in their towns?
Megan Halpern: Yes, we’re looking for folks to host monthly events.
NFS: In what ways would you like hosts to “expand the mission of The Black List” in their towns?
MH: In LA, there are endless opportunities for screenwriters to meet and support each other. We’re doing our best to foster that community here and hope that we can help grow that community in places outside of LA, where it might be a bit trickier to meet other writers. Not to mention that screenwriting can be a lonely endeavor — we’d love to create spaces across the country (and around the globe!) where writers can come together to talk about their work, share advice or just take a break from the computer.
These are wonderful networking events, so here’s a chance to make it happen in your home town. And if you can get 75 or more writers to RSVP, you may get Franklin Leonard in the flesh to visit with you.
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