Introduce Yourself : Retired FBI Agent now WGA staff writer. by Bobby Chacon

Hello fellow creatives! I am a retired 27 year FBI Agent (1987 - 2014). After retiring from the Los Angeles Field Office in 2014 I moved to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and spent a year decompressing and walking my two rescue dogs along the beaches of Rio every morning. In 2015 while still living in Rio I was recruited to be a tech advisor on a new CBS spin off called Criminal Minds Beyond Borders. I traveled back and forth between LA and Rio for the two seasons that show was on the air. When it ended I was asked to join the writers room on the mothership Criminal Minds as a writers consultant. I did that for the final two seasons of Criminal Minds' 15 year run and I got the incredible opportunity to co-write one of the episodes towards the end of that final season. That experience led me to landing my first staff writing job (and WGA membership) on a show called Crime Farm for HBO Max and Blossom Films. We broke the whole first season and wrote all ten scripts, I co-wrote ep 107 with the showrunner Janine Sherman Barrois (who is an insanely talented writer and showrunner and the hardest working person I have ever met). The show has yet to go into production due to covid. Since that gig ended I have written a police procedural pilot that I am now using as my sample in an attempt to get staffed in a writers room. That pilot placed as a semi-finalist in Stage 32's 6th Annual Television Writing Contest. I have attended, virtually, several Stage 32 educational classes and webinars and used several services such as script coverage through which I made valuable industry connections. I also consult on law enforcement topics in general and FBI stories in particular in scripts and books. I was a lawyer before I joined the FBI and I also provide occasional commentary on tv news and true crime documentaries. I look forward to meeting you all and possibly collaborating in the future. Thanks, Bobby.