Creating, Growing & Selling Your Intellectual Property

Whether you’re writing your first novel, developing a screenplay, crafting a memoir, or building a series with franchise potential, understanding intellectual property has become one of the most important skills a modern writer can possess. In this engaging presentation, Laura Malin explores what IP really means in today’s entertainment and publishing landscape, how to strategically build an “IP pipeline” from a single story, and the essential roadmap for adapting projects from page to screen. She’ll also reveal how writers can effectively position their work by selecting the right comparables and creating the professional materials needed to successfully shop a project--offering practical, real-world insight for writers of every genre and at every stage of their career.

Bio

Laura Malin is one of the top independent Brazilian-American creative consultants, creative coaches, development executives, and writers in the Los Angeles entertainment industry. She has cultivated a record of success as a consultant and advisor by representing production and distribution companies, as well as executive producing projects in Hollywood.

In 2014, Laura established Malin Entertainment in Los Angeles. As founder and CEO of the company, Ms. Malin's best attributes are being a skillful writer, a team leader, a business executive with a growing list of highly rated media productions, and a strong familiarity with global business operations. Aside from the executive position and the screenwriting, Ms. Malin is also a best-selling book author with nine published books in Brazil. Laura has specialized in Writing and Screenwriting at UC Berkeley while carrying a BA in Social Communications from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian-born, Laura was raised in Paris and lives in California with her two daughters.

She's been an active juror for the Emmy International Awards since 2021, a member of the International Academy of Television Arts and Science since 2024, and the president of the jury for the LABRFF film festival (2024-2025).

Who: Laura Malin
What: Creating, Growing & Selling Your Intellectual Property

When: Saturday, May 16, 2026
Time: 9:30 am-12:00 pm
Where: Antonucci’s Restaurant, 24190 Alicia Parkway, Mission Viejo

Admission:
Members $30.00
Nonmembers $40.00

Tickets include breakfast meal and speaker!
Please go to Southerncalwriters.org for tickets and details