Resume/Curriculum Vitae
Carla Iacovetti –Writer
Career Focus
Freelance writer (fiction, non-fiction) Copywriter/editor . Journalism . Ghostwriting . screenplays . Television . Proofreading . Magazine Print & E-zine publications . Blogging . Website copy . Press releases . White Pages . Feature articles . Advertising copy . Business profiles . Bios . Marketing & Social Media
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Experience Summary
. Feature articles & advertising copy/The Chicago Manual of Style
. Broadcast Radio – Wrote and prepared copy for evening news/The Associated Press Stylebook
. International publications—Awarded poet, published anthologies
. Web-based publications & print
. Ghostwriting—Autobiographies, fiction & non-fiction
. Travel Journalism—Central & Northern California beaches
. Magazine print—Copywriting, editing, interviewing high-profile clients, writing business profiles and feature articles
. Newspaper print—Feature articles
. Editing book manuscripts, business profiles, web-content, brochures, screenplays, screenplay treatments and business proposals
. Screenplay/Television writer—Writer's Guild of America, West/Another Chapter (Screenplay), Lease With an Option (Screenplay), Virtuoso (Screenplay), When Life Happens (Screenplay), Napa, The Delicious Life (Screenplay), He's Breaking Up With Us (Screenplay), Extreme Faces, Miracle Cases (Realty television/docu-series/documentary), Plastic Surgery Gone Bad (Reality television/docu-series)
Writing Links
Creative Screenwriting Magazine
Ventura County Reporter
Document Imaging/Noozhawk Santa Barbara
Christmas Through The Ages/Noozhawk
ReadThrough.com/Collaborating Online/Noozhawk Santa Barbara
TastenSeeCatering/Noozhawk Santa Barbara
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Recent Employment
The Cambridge Institute of International Education (2014 - Present) ESL High School Instructor
Bishop Garcia Diego High School, Santa Barbara, CA
Saint Bonaventure High School, Ventura, CA
Santa Clara High School, Oxnard, CA
Kaplan International (2014 - Present) ESL Writing & English Instructor
Santa Barbara Community College Center for LifeLong Learning - (2012 - Present) Writing Instructor
ScreenPlaypen, LLC (2011 - 2014) Consultant & Community Liaison
Ventura County Reporter (2008 - Present) Feature articles
Ventura County Reporter Articles
ScribeMasters (2008 - 2014) Founder, Head Writer
Writing and editing services—Ghostwriting (fiction and non-fiction, biographies and autobiographies), print campaigns, print ads, Internet copy, website content, press releases, editing manuscripts, proof reading, journalism, screenwriting (treatments and editing), screenwriting consultation and social media
KSS Productions, LLC (2010 – 2011) Head Writer
Screenplays, treatments & television series, docu-series and reality television
Website: www.kssproductions.com
Mel Road Entertainment, Inc. (2005-2009) Freelance writer
Copywriting, editing, ghostwriting (fiction & non-fiction) and scriptwriting
K & Co. Media Publicity & Promotions Firm (2007-2010) Copywriter & Editor
Copywriting and editing, press releases, marketing ads and bios.
Luxury Guide Magazine (2007-2009) Head Copywriter & Editor
Copywriting, writing business profiles and feature articles for print publication.
Beach Advisor Travel (2005-2006)—Travel Journalism for a travel website.
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Education
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing
Concentration: Screenwriting
Goddard College . Plainsfield, VT
TESOL Certificate
Anaheim University . Anaheim, CA
Bachelor of Arts, English
Concentration: Creative Writing & Literature
San Jose State University . San Jose, CA
Associates Degree
Concentration: General Education & Journalism
Monterey Peninsula College . Monterey, CA
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Additional Experience
The Writers Store (3-hour webinar)
“Plotting Your Way to a Compelling Screenplay”
The Writers Store (3-hour webinar)
"The Audience's Connection to a Screenplay: Engaging through Conflict"
Santa Barbara City College Center for Lifelong Learning
Writing Instructor
Creative Screenwriting Magazine, Los Angeles (2012 - Present)
Feature Journalist
Writing industry-specific articles on screenwriting and the elements of craft.
Ventura County Reporter, Ventura. CA (2008 – Present)
Feature Journalist
Research and develop compelling, relative articles that reflect community life in Ventura County.
David Zucker Productions, Los Angeles & New York City (2012 - 2014)
Screenwriter
Screenwriting, editing scripts and writing treatments for television pilots
KSS Productions, Nashville & Los Angeles (2011 - 2012)
Head Writer for Reality TV Pilot, Extreme Faces, Miracle Cases
Villanova Preparatory School, Ventura (May 2012)
Lecture on the Writing Process in Journalism
Santa Barbara Screenwriters Association (July 2012)
Lecture on Writing Believable Dialogue for the Screen
Essay, Starting At Ground Zero, a reflection on the process of adult learning and education known as “Andragogy
Paper presented at Goddard College graduate school residency Teaching Practicum Workshop, July 2012
Article, Where There’s A Will – The Dysfunctional Dynamics Surrounding Estate Battles
Published in Ventura County Reporter and The National Wealth Counsel, September 2011
Additional Publications:
Ventura County Reporter, Ventura California
Creative Screenwriting Magazine (online)
Noozhawk of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara California
Elegant Lifestyle Magazine, Malibu California
Luxury Guide Magazine, Carmel-by-the-Sea and Fresno California
Original Screenplays:
Another Chapter (optioned)
Virtuoso (optioned)
He's Breaking Up With Us
When Life Happens
Napa, The Delicious Life (feature film & television pilot)
The Sonnet Makers
Lease with an Option
Rio Rose
A Woman From Somalia
Tiny Bubbles (mocumentary)
All Aboard (short film)]
Off Balance (short film)
Plays
The Coffee Shop
Jonah, Take Two
Backstage
Additional Relevant Experience:
Computer Platforms: MAC-OS & PC/Windows
Internet: Basic HTML, PDF & Audio Files, Search Engines, YouTube, Social Networks (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.)
Software: Microsoft Office Suites, Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Excel, Adobe Photoshop and Final Draft Scriptwriting Software
Websites:
Creative Writing: CarlaIacovetti.com
Freelance Journalism: CarlaIacovettiWriter
Career Focus
Freelance writer (fiction, non-fiction) Copywriter/editor . Journalism . Ghostwriting . screenplays . Television . Proofreading . Magazine Print & E-zine publications . Blogging . Website copy . Press releases . White Pages . Feature articles . Advertising copy . Business profiles . Bios . Marketing & Social Media
________________________________________________________________________
Experience Summary
. Feature articles & advertising copy/The Chicago Manual of Style
. Broadcast Radio – Wrote and prepared copy for evening news/The Associated Press Stylebook
. International publications—Awarded poet, published anthologies
. Web-based publications & print
. Ghostwriting—Autobiographies, fiction & non-fiction
. Travel Journalism—Central & Northern California beaches
. Magazine print—Copywriting, editing, interviewing high-profile clients, writing business profiles and feature articles
. Newspaper print—Feature articles
. Editing book manuscripts, business profiles, web-content, brochures, screenplays, screenplay treatments and business proposals
. Screenplay/Television writer—Writer's Guild of America, West/Another Chapter (Screenplay), Lease With an Option (Screenplay), Virtuoso (Screenplay), When Life Happens (Screenplay), Napa, The Delicious Life (Screenplay), He's Breaking Up With Us (Screenplay), Extreme Faces, Miracle Cases (Realty television/docu-series/documentary), Plastic Surgery Gone Bad (Reality television/docu-series)
Writing Links
Creative Screenwriting Magazine
Ventura County Reporter
Document Imaging/Noozhawk Santa Barbara
Christmas Through The Ages/Noozhawk
ReadThrough.com/Collaborating Online/Noozhawk Santa Barbara
TastenSeeCatering/Noozhawk Santa Barbara
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Recent Employment
The Cambridge Institute of International Education (2014 - Present) ESL High School Instructor
Bishop Garcia Diego High School, Santa Barbara, CA
Saint Bonaventure High School, Ventura, CA
Santa Clara High School, Oxnard, CA
Kaplan International (2014 - Present) ESL Writing & English Instructor
Santa Barbara Community College Center for LifeLong Learning - (2012 - Present) Writing Instructor
ScreenPlaypen, LLC (2011 - 2014) Consultant & Community Liaison
Ventura County Reporter (2008 - Present) Feature articles
Ventura County Reporter Articles
ScribeMasters (2008 - 2014) Founder, Head Writer
Writing and editing services—Ghostwriting (fiction and non-fiction, biographies and autobiographies), print campaigns, print ads, Internet copy, website content, press releases, editing manuscripts, proof reading, journalism, screenwriting (treatments and editing), screenwriting consultation and social media
KSS Productions, LLC (2010 – 2011) Head Writer
Screenplays, treatments & television series, docu-series and reality television
Website: www.kssproductions.com
Mel Road Entertainment, Inc. (2005-2009) Freelance writer
Copywriting, editing, ghostwriting (fiction & non-fiction) and scriptwriting
K & Co. Media Publicity & Promotions Firm (2007-2010) Copywriter & Editor
Copywriting and editing, press releases, marketing ads and bios.
Luxury Guide Magazine (2007-2009) Head Copywriter & Editor
Copywriting, writing business profiles and feature articles for print publication.
Beach Advisor Travel (2005-2006)—Travel Journalism for a travel website.
________________________________________________________________________
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing
Concentration: Screenwriting
Goddard College . Plainsfield, VT
TESOL Certificate
Anaheim University . Anaheim, CA
Bachelor of Arts, English
Concentration: Creative Writing & Literature
San Jose State University . San Jose, CA
Associates Degree
Concentration: General Education & Journalism
Monterey Peninsula College . Monterey, CA
________________________________________________________________________
Additional Experience
The Writers Store (3-hour webinar)
“Plotting Your Way to a Compelling Screenplay”
The Writers Store (3-hour webinar)
"The Audience's Connection to a Screenplay: Engaging through Conflict"
Santa Barbara City College Center for Lifelong Learning
Writing Instructor
Creative Screenwriting Magazine, Los Angeles (2012 - Present)
Feature Journalist
Writing industry-specific articles on screenwriting and the elements of craft.
Ventura County Reporter, Ventura. CA (2008 – Present)
Feature Journalist
Research and develop compelling, relative articles that reflect community life in Ventura County.
David Zucker Productions, Los Angeles & New York City (2012 - 2014)
Screenwriter
Screenwriting, editing scripts and writing treatments for television pilots
KSS Productions, Nashville & Los Angeles (2011 - 2012)
Head Writer for Reality TV Pilot, Extreme Faces, Miracle Cases
Villanova Preparatory School, Ventura (May 2012)
Lecture on the Writing Process in Journalism
Santa Barbara Screenwriters Association (July 2012)
Lecture on Writing Believable Dialogue for the Screen
Essay, Starting At Ground Zero, a reflection on the process of adult learning and education known as “Andragogy
Paper presented at Goddard College graduate school residency Teaching Practicum Workshop, July 2012
Article, Where There’s A Will – The Dysfunctional Dynamics Surrounding Estate Battles
Published in Ventura County Reporter and The National Wealth Counsel, September 2011
Additional Publications:
Ventura County Reporter, Ventura California
Creative Screenwriting Magazine (online)
Noozhawk of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara California
Elegant Lifestyle Magazine, Malibu California
Luxury Guide Magazine, Carmel-by-the-Sea and Fresno California
Original Screenplays:
Another Chapter (optioned)
Virtuoso (optioned)
He's Breaking Up With Us
When Life Happens
Napa, The Delicious Life (feature film & television pilot)
The Sonnet Makers
Lease with an Option
Rio Rose
A Woman From Somalia
Tiny Bubbles (mocumentary)
All Aboard (short film)]
Off Balance (short film)
Plays
The Coffee Shop
Jonah, Take Two
Backstage
Additional Relevant Experience:
Computer Platforms: MAC-OS & PC/Windows
Internet: Basic HTML, PDF & Audio Files, Search Engines, YouTube, Social Networks (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.)
Software: Microsoft Office Suites, Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Excel, Adobe Photoshop and Final Draft Scriptwriting Software
Websites:
Creative Writing: CarlaIacovetti.com
Freelance Journalism: CarlaIacovettiWriter