Harvard Square Scriptwriters was founded in 1986 by Boston native Laura Bernieri. She returned to Massachusetts after working for ten years in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles. Drawing on her experiences with story conferences and other writing groups she created Harvard Square Scriptwriters to be a development company working outside the studios and networks to provide the highest quality material possible.

Laura realized that too many scriptwriters work alone, almost in a vacuum, while film production is a collaborative art and a collaborative vision.

The techniques she developed help writers get to the heart of their stories. More important, her methods help writers "work outside the white rectangle" and communicate and collaborate with producers, directors, and other artists and craftspeople who will use their script not as a blueprint, but as a map to new and undiscovered visions of reality.

From its beginnings as a group of ten men and women gathered around an oval table in Harvard University's Guttmann Library, Harvard Square Scriptwriters has been dedicated to helping writers nurture, develop, and refine not only individual scripts, but their talents and skills as well.

Steve Gianino, Scott Anderson, and the rest of the Harvard Square Scriptwriters team, continue the tradition of helping writers develop their craft and perfect their vision.