Short Bio

Jenna Avery is a certified life coach, writing coach, and the founder of Called to Write — an online community and coaching program designed to help writers make the work of writing actually happen — where she has helped hundreds of writers overcome procrastination, perfectionism, and resistance so they can get their writing onto the page and out into the world where it belongs.

Jenna is also a screenwriter, columnist for Script Mag, instructor for Script University and The Writer’s Store, and story consultant. As a storyteller, she specializes in sci-fi action, climate fiction, and space fantasy. She recently completed a script revision on assignment for a Canadian producer/director on a sci-fi feature and is currently drafting a new sci-fi project. 

Jenna lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, two sons, and assorted kitties (+ occasional foster kittens), and writes about making writing happen at www.calledtowrite.com. Download Jenna’s free guidebooks for writers when you join her mailing list here: https://calledtowrite.com/mailing-list.

Find Jenna online: JennaAvery.com | CalledtoWrite.com Twitter: @JennaAvery

Join the Called to Write community here: https://calledtowrite.mn.co/

Interview Topics

• Are You Called to Write?
• Design Your Writing Life
• Practical Tips for More Consistent Productive Writing
• How to Overcome Writing Resistance
• See Your Book Through to Done
• Quiet Your Inner Critic
• Sensitives & Introverts in the Spotlight
• Navigating the Inner Journey of a Writing Project
• Creative Vibrance: Self-Care for Writers
• Branding, Platform, and Social Media for Writers

Primary Social Media Links

• Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/jennaavery
• Facebook Page for Called to Write: https://www.facebook.com/calledtowrite
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennaavery/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/jennaavery
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennaavery/

Additional Social Media Links

• Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/jennaavery/
• Pinterest Page for Called to Write: https://www.pinterest.com/jennaavery/called-to-write/
• Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/JennaAvery

Longer Writing Bio

Jenna Avery is a sci-fi and fantasy screenwriter and a columnist for Script Magazine. She’s known for her strong female protagonists and her “visceral and cinematic writing style.” Her most recent project is a post-apocalyptic coming of age story for a Canadian producer. She has written two other spec features, completed a rewrite on assignment and for co-writing credit, and has written a handful of short scripts and short stories, all within the SF/F genre.

Jenna is also a certified life coach and the founder of Called to Write — an online small group coaching program designed to help writers overcome procrastination, perfectionism, and resistance so they can get their writing onto the page and into the world where it belongs. Jenna blogs about making writing happen at www.calledtowrite.com.

Jenna is a graduate of the prestigious ScreenwritingU ProSeries, designed by Hal Croasmun, a well-known expert in the screenwriting world. Jenna also completed a year of mentoring with screenwriting expert Chris Soth, who developed the “Mini Movie Method” and whose first screenplay sold for $750,000, and studied with Corey Mandell, an award-winning playwright and screenwriter who has written for major studios and industry players, including Ridley Scott and Universal Studios.

Although her childhood dream was to write, Jenna took a few twists and turns through other careers as an urban designer and life coach, giving her a wide breadth of experience to draw upon in her writing.

Jenna is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she lives with her husband, two sons, assorted cats, and occasional foster kittens. 

Articles and Courses Online

• Columns at Script Mag.
• Columns at Final Draft.
• Courses at Script University (formerly Screenwriters University): Making Writing Actually Happen: Build a Productive Writing Life, week-long writing intensives, periodic offering.
• Courses for Writer’s Digest & the Writers Store: Navigating the Inner Journey of a Rewrite, The Writer’s Store, 2015 & on demand.
• Courses for Writer’s Digest & the Writers Store: 10 Practical Tips for More Consistent, Productive Writing, Writer’s Digest and The Writer’s Store, 2012 & on demand.
• “Fierceness” — article on LifebyMe.com

Writing Projects

• Walk with Father, Screenplay assignment for Faranj, Inc., in progress.
• The Seventh, Screenplay assignment and co-writing credit with Energia Films Corp, 2016.
• Cell Block Zero Gee, Spec screenplay, 2016.
• Starchild, Spec screenplay, 2015.
• Glitch, Short spec screenplay, 2014.
• Angel of Misfortune, Short story, 2011.
• Sci-Fi Circuit and Get A New Story columns for ScriptMag.com, 2012 to present.
• Weekend Writing Inspiration column for Final Draft, 2018 to 2021.

Education & Training

• Master of Screenwriting Certificate, ScreenwritingU.com, in progress.
• Professional Screenwriting Workshops, Corey Mandell, 2013-2014.
• ProSeries graduate, ScreenwritingU.com, 2012
• Certified Life Coach, Coach for Life, 2003.
• Master of City and Regional Planning & Master of Landscape Architecture, 
University of California, Berkeley, 1996.
• Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Studies, 
California State University, Hayward, 1993.

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