Nerissa Dyess

A screenwriter in the Atlanta, Georgia area looking to quit my day job and continue writing full-time, like every writer once upon a time. I've been writing forever, always coming up with characters and story plots. I let life get in the way of passion but the drive and belief in me have never quit, so here I am, back at it again (not in white Vans, but black Huaraches). #iykyk

I earned my Master's in Creative Writing for Entertainment back in 2016, probably the easiest, most challenging, and most rewarding thing I could have done academically. I actually went to school for something I loved. It was easy because I loved it and it is definitely something I want to do. It was challenging because we wrote something new every single month, it was an accelerated program, and the number of texts to read was insane, but yet again, I was in my passion.

Since then, I have written a few shorts, written copy and content for small businesses, blogs, ghost-writing, and other projects for other people, but I am ready to get into my own features, adaptations, and television ideas.

One day, I will have credits along with Shonda Rhimes. You read it here first. (Or possibly from Facebook, but you get the gist.)