ABOUT LISA & STORYTELLING WITH LOVE
My Philosophy
Storytelling With Love is not just a teaching and learning method, but first and foremost, my Creative Mission.
It’s about guiding writers to craft stories that touch the heart.
Have you ever heard that “Art MUST come from Pain”?
I have. A lot. And I used to believe it. I repeated it like a mantra– honestly it made me feel so bohemienne.
I’d imagine myself being like one of those artists drinking absinth in a Parisian café trying to write my new bestseller.
Cool image, right?
The problem is that chasing the “necessary artistic pain” caused me to be constantly unsatisfied, frustrated and really exhausted. And guess what?
For a very long time, I wasn’t actually writing A. SINGLE. WORD!
When I first met my partner and I told him that I needed the pain to feel the world and be able to write about it... he reacted in a way that I could have never expected.
“Lisa, art doesn’t come from PAIN. It is fueled by LOVE”.
What if I sat down with a nice cup of coffee and wrote what I felt?
What if writing became a satisfying and enjoyable experience?
What if you could write feeling supported? If you could give love to your creation every step of the way?
Well, since then I’ve written scripts non-stop and I’m getting my ASS on the chair for my novel. And guess what?
YOU can do that too!
Storytelling With Love is the ultimate way to help you stop writing for others. There’s no better feeling in the world than watching on screen that story that you want to see.
Write something that makes you proud, makes you cry, and makes you laugh.
With so many options out there, the world is still lacking stories that remain in people’s hearts.
let's get to know each other
I was born in a beautiful island called Sardinia (Italy) and I wrote (and interpreted) my first story as soon as I learned how to handwrite at the age of 5.
At the age of 19 I moved to Bologna, a beautiful Italian city full of culture and University tradition where I began my Bachelor in Drama, Art & Music.
It was during my first year that I attended my first Film Studies Class.The first scene of a movie: a scary chess game between the Knight and Death in Bergman’s The Seventh Seal.
In that moment, something in me changed forever. I knew that that was going to be my path.
When I found out there was something called “Screenwriting” that was the perfect mix between writing stories and film images, I knew who I was. I was going to be a Screenwriter.
I decided to do an Exchange Year at Sorbonne University in Paris. To sum it up: I had to leave in a 8 meter square apartment - (yes, they exist), I had to win a scholarship and pass 16 exams in French, I had to break down over 100 frames of Hitchcock’s Birds in less than an hour.
On the very first week, I had to present my movie story idea to a room full of French students.
I spent nine months working on my French, and by the time my year in Paris ended, I had written my first (shitty) first draft of my script in the city where cinema was born.
Writing by Bachelor’s Thesis in Biopics was fun, but I couldn’t wait for what I had already chosen for my Master’s: A complete analysis of This is Us and The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (Two Screenwriting Masterpieces!), so I started my Master's.
But right a month later I received an email: I was accepted into UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting. With loving, caring, passionate instructors I wrote two feature scripts in eight months and got my Screenwriting journey started.
(And yes, I did my Master's AND my UCLA course at the same time: studying during the day and writing at night. It was Covid time an had A LOT of time to kill).
Towards the end of my Master’s I applied at Das Rund, a Film Company in Vienna where I did my internship in the Creative Department. I was offered a job as the first Screenwriter of the company.
In this city I discovered my love for Acting and attended VETA (Vienna’s English Theatre Academy for two years). Being an actress has enriched my writing in a way that I never had thought possible before.
In Vienna I felt the urge to start my own business. I wanted to spread my knowledge and help fellow writers in the same way that my teachers have supported me, so I hosted my first course.
Now, this journey has brought me to you. To all the storytellers, the dreamers, and the creatives who want to shape their stories with love.
Whether you’re just starting or you’re deep into your screenwriting adventure, I’m here to guide you, to share the knowledge that my amazing teachers passed on to me, and to cheer you on every step of the way.
I have aways believed that:
THE OFFICIAL PROFESSIONAL BIO
A WRITER, ACTRESS, SINGER & creative writing coach
Lisa Camilla La Colla combines professional experience with world-class training: University of Bologna: Bachelor’s in Drama, Art & Music and Master’s in Cinema, Television & Multimedia Productions; UCLA: Professional Screenwriting Program; La Sorbonne University (Paris), CUNY (New York Staten Island), NYFA (New York Film Academy); VETA (Vienna's English Theatre Academy) Full-time Acting Diploma.
After moving to Vienna in 2022, Lisa launched her first Screenwriting Workshops for emerging writers in developing scripts for screen.
In 2025 she founded Storytelling With Love, an online teaching platform based on her teaching philosophy that has empowered +50 alumni to craft compelling narratives.
Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)
On Writing (Stephen King)
The Screenwriter's Bible (Dave Trottier)
Healing Through Words (Rupi Kaur)
Atomic Habits (James Clear)
All Manifesting Books I can find
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder)
Some like it Hot (Billy Wilder)
La La Land (Damien Chazelle)
Legends of the Fall (Edward Zwick)
This is Us (Dan Fogelman, NBC)
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (Amy Sherman Palladino, Prime Video)
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