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This episode we are joined by Jessica Blank! Jessica is a writer, director, actor, story strategy consultant, and coach. With her husband Erik Jensen, she is the author of THE EXONERATED, HOW TO BE A ROCK CRITIC and COAL COUNTRY.As an actor, Jessica appeared regularly as the lead's loudmouthed big sister in CBS' MADE IN JERSEY. Additional TV credits include HBO’s HIGH MAINTENANCE, FOR LIFE, BLUE BLOODS, ELEMENTARY, THE FOLLOWING, THE MENTALIST, BORED TO DEATH, RESCUE ME, LAW AND ORDER: CI, THE BRONX IS BURNING, NBC pilot SHELTER, and several more. Film acting credits include THE NAMESAKE (dir. Mira Nair), THE EXONERATED, SLENDER MAN, and over a dozen indies including CREATIVE CONTROL (SXSW Grand Jury Prize), ON THE ROAD WITH JUDAS (Sundance) and YOU'RE NOBODY TILL SOMEBODY KILLS YOU (prod. Spike Lee). As a story consultant and coach, Jessica works with filmmakers, playwrights, television writers, screenwriters, novelists, and nonprofit and advocacy organizations. She has guest taught at numerous colleges and universities including Brown, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Bard, NYU, The New School, Northwestern, Macalester College, Indiana University, Weber State, and Hamline University. She was a founding mentor for the Writers Guild Initiative’s Veterans’ Writing Project and, through that project, taught writing to vets and wounded veterans’ caregivers for eight years. She is a frequent speaker, trainer and panelist on Story for Social Impact, and has a thriving private practice in New York and Los Angeles as a story consultant and coach.If you want to work with Jessica, you an DM her on instagram at @jessicacblank or reach out to her via her website at jessicacblank.com!