Award-winning writer and professor Georgia Jeffries joins Cynthia Bemis Abrams to reflect on her pioneering work in television and screenwriting. From her early magazine articles to Emmy-winning work on Cagney & Lacey, China Beach and Sisters, Jeffries reveals how she broke into Hollywood's writers' rooms and built a career defined by dramatic integrity and feminist storytelling. In this rich conversation, Georgia discusses:

• Her transition from journalism to writing TV scripts on spec
• Championing women writers through her work with the Writers Guild
• Launching USC's first undergrad screenwriting thesis program
• How writing fiction compares to television
• Her 2024 novel The Younger Girl, based on real events in Illinois

Referenced episodes with Cagney & Lacey and Lou Grant writer April Smith are linked in the resources. Resources:

• Georgia Jeffries' website: https://georgiajeffries.com/
• TV Writer April Smith on Lou Grant & Storytelling https://traffic.libsyn.com/advancedtvherstory/April_Smith_mixdown.mp3
• Mrs. America & TV's Dimensional Feminismhttps://advancedtvherstory.libsyn.com/mrs-america-3-dimensional-storytelling

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