BPS 230: The Writer's Room Survival Guide with Niceole R. Levy

Niceole grew up under the bright stars of the Mojave Desert before
swapping them for bright lights of Los Angeles. Studying acting at
the American Academy of Dramatic Arts yielded the epiphany that she
preferred writing. She worked as a police dispatcher to pay her way
through undergraduate USC, and then completed the Master of
Professional Writing program, also at USC. An alum of the CBS
Writers Mentoring Program, NBC’s Writers on the Verge, and the WGAw
Showrunner Training Program, Niceole has written on Ironside,
Allegiance, The Mysteries of Laura, Shades of Blue, Cloak &
Dagger, Fate: the Winx Saga, and S.W.A.T.

She also co-wrote a feature, The Banker, with former Allegiance
showrunner and director George Nolfi, available on AppleTV+.
Niceole is currently a co-executive producer on Graymail, which
will air on Netflix, and has several TV and feature projects in
development. The Writers’ Room Survival Guide is her first
book.

Writers’ rooms can be a heaven or hell, depending on a few things.
The best rooms foster inclusive and productive creative flow. The
worst create a toxic stew of bad feelings and doubt. Both kinds and
everything in between require basic knowledge of how the room
works. These fundamentals are best learned before you go in. The
mystery box of the writers’ room need not stay sealed shut forever.
Consider this book your crowbar.

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