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Super excited to share that my feature script STRAYS, GAYS & HOLIDAYS was selected as a finalist in Stage32's 1st Annual Holiday Movies Screenwriting Competition! I loved writing this one and I am super honored to be recognized. Congrats to all of the other finalists!
Congratulations to the winners of our Holiday Contest, Ashley Bower, with her winning script STRAYS, GAYS, & HOLIDAYS!
And thank you to all the amazing writers that participated in this year's contest and made it the most competitive edition yet!
Check out all the placements here:
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Congratulations on winning, Ashley! :D
Thanks to Amanda and Richard sending me a hand to reactivate another Stage 32 account after my tower went to the computer cemetery, I can say I'm beginning to readjust my presence here. Thank God, I have all my screenplays in the repair shop's file so everything isn't at a lost. The only thing I nee...
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Welcome back. I second the call for backing up your work having lost more than a few scripts for similar reasons over the years. Glad you recovered most of it.
Welcome back! Always good to keep a copy of your fdx and pdf script files in a cloud drive like Dropbox or Gdrive, in case of emergencies. I lost one of my scripts years ago because I spilled water on...
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Hey All! I was wondering post-WGA strike landscape, are there any major trends all Writers in TV and Film should be made aware of and start thinking of or adopting in their writing/story/pitching? Thanks!
Hey, Andy Yang. I keep hearing that companies are looking for procedural shows. Also, a lot of producers and directors are looking for micro-budget scripts and low-budget scripts. Mainly Contained scr...
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To Maurice’s point, yes the next wave is definitely AVOD which is conducive to broadcast / cable-style episodic content, so specs should hit act breaks hard and be a fresh take on marketable genres.
Check out article in new Harper's Magazine "The Life and Death of Hollywood: Film and television writers face an existential threat
" by Daniel Bessner - overview of how and why Hollywood has changed o...
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I’ll start. let’s talk about the elephant in the room.
"I don’t even know who you are anymore."
"Great, and I guess you want us to go in there, huh?"
"I don't think we're in Kansas anymore."
“Cover me. I'm going in.”
No - not what you'd wear in a casual ballgame: my question is about how, or indeed whether, to pitch shorts.
I've written several TV pilots and one feature. I usually research relevant production companies and people to contact and and then generally get some engagement when I want to talk about an i...
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My best tip is to network with indie producers, indie directors, and actors, Steve Mallinson. That's how I sold four short scripts to a producer on Stage 32. Most of the shorts I watch are made by ind...
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Sometimes film school directors that don't write look for scripts to film. Also, film students that are purely on the production track that don't write anything will sometimes buy scripts. I haven't l...
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Hellooooooo!
I’m making good progress on my screenplay! I started two days ago and I’m already 50 pages in (I have a scene by scene outline that helps me)! It got me thinking: how many pages should I be writing per day, especially if I have a full time job? I don’t want to overdo it, but I also don’t...
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Congratulations on the progress, Vincent Caruolo! 50 pages in two days is impressive! I don't think there's a "page count per day" standard. Write how many pages a day that you want. Some days I write...
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That's awesome!! You write as much as you want. Sometimes the words just flow to page and you can do plenty. I have a fulltime job so I can only write a bit at a time. I just think about scenarios and writing at my job, and then translate it to page when I get a moment.
Vincent, you're on FIRE!
Congratulations to you for firing off 50 pages in 48 hours...and here's wishing you tremendous success on your screenplay (and future works)!
Agree with everyone here - just keep writing and et it flow as it does. The key is getting to the end so you can see the whole of what you’ve created and then start rewriting and polishing. way to go!!
If I manage to do one page a year I am doing pretty good.
In today’s blog, Miquiel Banks (screenwriter, film/theatre journalist, and story analyst) talks about the first three levels of the 9 Levels of Story: Cosmic, Culture, & Life. This blog is part of a three-part series.
www.stage32.com/blog/the-9-levels-of-story-part-1-cosmic-culture-life-3705...
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Thanks for sharing Maurice.....
You're welcome, Miquiel Banks. It's helpful for new writers. Experienced writers too.
Hello! Any writer, agent, producer or someone would like to read my screenplay? Looking for feedback or any advice I can get. Thank you.
Here's my logline :
While traveling across the country with her ailing father, a troubled young woman entrenched in a life of killing undergoes an unexpected shift...
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Hey, Michael Joseph. Have you thought about getting feedback through Stage 32 (www.stage32.com/scriptservices)?
You did great with the first part of your logline ("While traveling across the country wi...
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I'm curious. How many pages do you attach to the loglines you have on your profile? I feel hesitant to post a full script to a logline. I feel that if someone wants to have the full script, they should have to pay for that and schedule a meeting. Not in that order. The meetings normally come first....
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U think posting a LOGLINE and SYNOPSIS is okay.Any prouder or production company interested in your idea will reach out to you and request the whole script or you meet and discuss it further.
David Sho...
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David Shorb Producers aren't generally, if at all, trolling the internet for loglines and scripts. What you are doing is putting them somewhere that makes the information available when you are in a p...
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ok, thank you for for all the responses. It gives me a lot to think about.
I don't bother anymore because I am not trying to sell any of my screenplays. But I wouldn't worry about someone here stealing it. However make sure you register it with the LoC like Christopher Phill...
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You're welcome, David Shorb.
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Charlie is a such a terrific mentor and manager. This is a great lab for any writer looking to get their pilot script written. Thanks, Sydney Summers!
Excited to delve into Charlie's 1-Hour Pilot Lab this weekend!
Looking forward to the lab beginning this weekend :)
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Congratulations!!
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Congrats and best of luck.
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Congrats!
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Bravo, Ashley! Congrats to you :) Best of luck to you.
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Congratulations on winning!
Best wishes,
Bruce Sloman