A Call to Action with Rebecca Serle

First Draft Episode #237: Rebecca Serle

Rebecca Serle is a television writer, producer, and New York
Times bestselling author of six books, including When You Were
Mine , The Edge of Falling, The Dinner List, and her newest, In
Five Years, out now. She co-developed the hit TV adaptation of
her YA series, Famous in Love.


Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode




Marianne Wiggins, author of National Book Award finalist
Evidence of Things Unseen and The Shadow Catcher, and a
professor of creative writing at USC




Sigrid Nunez, author of National Book Award-winning The
Friend, was Rebecca’s thesis advisor at The New School’s MFA
program




While Rebecca was getting her MFA, she was an intern and then
an assistant at Foundry Literary and Media




Mollie Glick, previously of Foundry Literary and currently
with CAA, represented Rebecca for her first book, When You
Were Mine




Lauren Oliver, author of Delirium and Before I Fall, gave
Rebecca great advice: “Time is going to pass anyway,” meaning
you might as well get to work.




I plug my BestSelf Journal, which is helping me be more
productive




Kristin Stewart as Bella in Twilight movies; Shailene Woodly
as Tris in the Divergent films; and Jennifer Lawrence as
Katniss in The Hunger Games films




Joshua Jackson and Katie Holmes dated in real life while
filming Dawson’s Creek




Dan Farrah, Rebecca’s manager




Rebecca studied the pilots for Gossip Girl and The O.C. to
prepare to write the pilot for Famous in Love




Erin Malone at WME is Rebecca’s agent




I. Marlene King, creator of Pretty Little Liars came on as a
producer of Famous in Love




ABC Signature Studios has acquired the television rights to
Rebecca’s pilot adaptation of the bestselling book series
Jessica Darling by Megan McCafferty (whose newest book, The
Mall, is out in 2020)




One Day in December by Josie Silver




In Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, Elizabeth Gilbert
discusses the concept that ideas are out in the atmosphere
and can pass from person to person




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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; or Rhett Miller, musician and
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