It seems that all of our students, once they graduate from Dodge College, go on to do amazing things in the industry. Take Kelly Galuska (BA\/Screenwriting \u201906) for example. As soon as she graduated, she moved to New York to begin her journey down her career path.<\/p>\n
While there, she worked as a page at Late Night with David Letterman before moving over to MTV. As an executive assistant in Cable Sales, she worked for a VP who sold Viacom television networks to cable providers across the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started as a temp, just looking for a job, and wound up working there full time,\u201d says Galuska.<\/p>\n
After spending a year in New York, she moved back to Los Angeles to work at a talent agency in their TV talent department. She began getting jobs in writer\u2019s rooms on TV shows, such as a writer\u2019s PA, writer\u2019s assistant, and show runners assistant for various shows.<\/p>\n
Currently, Galuska is working on the NetFlix original series BoJack Horseman<\/em> as a story editor for the show\u2019s second season.<\/p>\n \u201cI had worked on a show called Mom<\/em> on CBS as a staff writer last year. My agent submitted my material, a pilot, to the creator of BoJack, and he responded to it,\u201d says Galuska. \u201cOur meeting went great, and he hired me!\u201d<\/p>\n Galuska credits Dodge College for setting her down the path to TV writing to begin with.<\/p>\n \u201cMy goal was to become a screenwriter when I first came here,\u201d Galuska explains. \u201cI took a TV Writing class that completely changed my trajectory when I realized TV was perfect for me. It’s what I really wanted to do. I even took the class twice!\u201d<\/p>\n Galuski loved learning how television writing worked. The collaborative nature of working together with other writers suited her want to be a part of a creative environment.<\/p>\n \u201cDodge also helped me get some great internships, where I gained valuable experience in entertainment before I even graduated,\u201d she went on.<\/p>\n In addition to the classes, Galuski can\u2019t say enough great things about her professors.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was in Scott Gorden\u2019s class that I decided I wanted to write for television. He was a fantastic teacher, and a great gateway into TV,\u201d Galuski explained. \u201cJulie Bloomberg was another screenwriting professor I learned a lot from, like the basics of story and why it was important to really know your characters. But Jim Macak was the biggest influence in my career path. I learned all the knitty-gritty basics of what makes a great TV episode from him. Jim has been a major guide for me, and really made me feel like this was something I could do as a career.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked for advice for current students looking to follow a similar career path, Galuski said, \u201cKeep in touch with your peers – you’ll all grow up together in the industry, and it’s very comforting to know other people going through the same things you are.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWork hard, and don’t get discouraged…it takes time. Very few people get lucky right out of the gate and land their dream job. Don’t give up,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n And for the writers out there? \u201cMost importantly, always be writing. There’s nothing worse than being offered an opportunity, and not having any current work to show a possible employer or connection. Writing is something you’ll get better at forever, so keep doing it!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It seems that all of our students, once they graduate from Dodge College, go on to do amazing things in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":526,"featured_media":6463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"custom_author_name":"","chapman_pin_hero_slider":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,38,475],"tags":[384,525,29],"class_list":["post-6462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-beyond-dodge","category-screenwriting-programs","category-student-spotlight-2","tag-alumni-spotlight","tag-bojack-horseman","tag-student-spotlight"],"yoast_head":"\n