Season 2 Episode 15: Welcome Steve Cuden!

About this episode

Steve Cuden discusses his career journey and offers advice for aspiring writers.

Join us as we welcome Steve Cuden, a Pittsburgh native award-winning screenwriter, author, director, and producer! In this episode, Steve shares the beginning of his career, how growing up in Pittsburgh impacted his journey, and imparts valuable advice for any aspiring writer! Check out Steve Cuden’s books Beating Broadway and Beating Hollywood plus his podcast StoryBeat at https://www.storybeat.net/ ! Learn more about Steve Cuden at his website https://www.stevecuden.com/ Hosted by Dawn Keezer and Kevin M. Smith. Produced by Jennifer Booker. Edited by Kaden Velasquez.

People in this episode

Hosts: Dawn Keezer, Kevin M. Smith

Guest: Steve Cuden

Topics covered

• screenwriting
• career advice
• Pittsburgh
• film industry
• podcasting

Keywords

• screenwriter
• Pittsburgh
• career
• advice
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pittsburgh Film Office, StoryBeat, https://www.storybeat.net/, https://www.stevecuden.com/

Books & works: Beating Broadway, Beating Hollywood

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