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It's me, Ben Blacker, the creator and moderator of the Nerdist Writers' Panel.

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It's very helpful to us, and it makes me feel good.

Listen, I've told you before about Michelangelo's screenwriting,

the retreat that I am the teacher of in Orvieto, Italy,

from June 15th to June 28th.

It's still accepting applications, and this is a special message to the ladies.

We have a bunch of sign-ups, but it's a bunch of guys. And a room that is full of gentlemen is no writer's room at all.

I was actually talking to some writers recently who are working on shows,

and everybody had to say how much better it is when you do have women in the room.

I know it seems obvious, but it is a fact.

50-50 is ideal, but even a few can change the discussion, can bring new points of view.

And so I would really urge, if you are a female listener and you think you have what it takes

to be a writer, and you should think you have what it takes to be a writer, and you

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