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Tips and Tricks for Creating a Narrative Podcast in 2021

A Love Letter to 2020: Tips and Tricks for creating a Narrative Podcast in 2021 I was going to start this blog with a clever send-up of all my missteps and foibles in the production of my podcast, Piercing Time, of which there were many. It was going to be a funny, wry and rueful story, with all of the tried and true ingredients that charm and engage readers on the page. But then I realized that I wanted to write a different kind of story, one about faith and friendship across continents and t...

Tips and Tricks for Creating a Narrative Podcast in 2021

Inspiration and the Will To Work

Happy February, Stage 32! By now, I think most of the readers on this site know me pretty well! For those who don’t, I’m a screenwriter, a playwright, a director, a producer, a script doctor of growing repute, a game designer, a novelist, and in all respects a worldbuilder and storyteller. By now, I’ve worked as an executive for more than a decade and I’ve written more than 40 feature film scripts.  My personal backstory is a bizarre and twisted odyssey of life-shattering experiences, ranging...

Tennyson Stead
Tennyson Stead
3 years ago
Inspiration and the Will To Work

An Open Letter to Screenwriters Everywhere

Please, Think About What You Write I understand that times are tough right now. You feel you have to write towards trends. What's hot. What's popular. Where the industry is headed. Believe me, I get it. But, please, I beg of you, for the love of all that is sacred, please do not write more quarantine dramas right now. No romances during a pandemic. No more "Love in the time of Corona" type stuff. Please, for the love of God. We are about to be inundated with this genre and it's infuri...

Rob McNeil
Rob McNeil
3 years ago
An Open Letter to Screenwriters Everywhere

Stage 32 + Netflix TV Pitch Workshop: Now Available On-Demand for FREE!

Happy Monday, Creative Army! Last week, we hosted our FREE Netflix TV Pitch Workshop, and I am thrilled to report that we had 25,763 entertainment creatives (screenwriters, filmmakers, actors) and professionals (managers, agents, development execs, producers) from over 175 countries register for this epic virtual event. Christopher Mack, the Director of Talent Investment and Development at Netflix, provided over three hours of exclusive insider information and tips on how to pitch to Netflix a...

Stage 32 + Netflix TV Pitch Workshop: Now Available On-Demand for FREE!

Coffee & Content: The Making of "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom" & Can You be an Introverted Director?

Happy Sunday Creative Army! What a week here at Stage 32. We had over 25,000 people from 175 countries register for our Netflix TV Pitch Workshop on Thursday. Christopher Mack, Netflix's Director of Creative Talent Investment & Development, gave over 3 hours of information and inspiration about how to pitch to Netflix. In case you missed the live event, no worries, you can watch the full presentation on-demand here. Thank you so much to everyone who watched and shared this epic virtual event,...

Coffee & Content: The Making of "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom" & Can You be an Introverted Director?

Read the 2021 Golden Globes Nominated Feature Screenplays

Hello Stage 32 Community! I wanted to share with you the screenplay nominees for the 2021 Motion Picture category of the Golden Globes.  The Golden Globes will take place virtually this year on Sunday, February 28th, 2021. The event will be hosted by Tina Fey, tuning in from the Rainbow Room in NYC, and Amy Poehler, who will be hosting from the Globes' usual home at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angles, CA. Download the ones you find interesting - these links will expire soon! Enjoy! Promising...

Alan C. Baird
Alan C. Baird
3 years ago
Read the 2021 Golden Globes Nominated Feature Screenplays

Casting: An Actors Perspective - Part 4: All About Relationship

After three and a half years of being a reader in multiple casting offices in Los Angeles, and participating in more than 10,000 auditions, I'm sharing with you the knowledge and insight I've gained by being a fly-on-the-wall in the room with casting director's, directors, producers, and showrunners. So take the journey with me, and discover some insider secrets that will help you manage your fears and expectations, as well as give you an edge as soon as you walk in the audition room. Episode...

Jon Snow
Jon Snow
3 years ago
Casting: An Actors Perspective - Part 4: All About Relationship

9 Things You Must Include in a Director Resume

It goes without saying that the entertainment industry is unlike any other. It is fast-paced, creatively challenging, ever-changing, exciting, and extremely competitive. Entertainment professionals, especially directors, are constantly taking on new projects, looking for new work, and finding new opportunities to expand their portfolio of experience. Many people aspire to become an entertainment director, but very few will actually make it to this highly coveted role. If you have been lucky enou...

Mike Podesto
Mike Podesto
3 years ago
9 Things You Must Include in a Director Resume

Battling through Struggles, While Keeping Busy in a Busy Industry

The entertainment industry has been a major part of my life ever since I was super young. My first experience in front of a camera was child modeling. As a kid, my parents had me acting in various community theatre plays and musicals until I eventually signed with an agent to begin my work acting in television and movie productions. My experience in the acting industry includes Degrassi, Party Mamas, Splatalot, and more. I experimented with radio broadcasting for a little while and had my own on...

Corey Dixon
Corey Dixon
3 years ago
Battling through Struggles, While Keeping Busy in a Busy Industry

Tips on Breaking Into the Entertainment Industry from Talent Manager & Producer Brian Dobbins (BLACK-ISH)

Happy Tuesday Stage 32! We recently had the pleasure of chatting with talent manager and producer Brian Dobbins (Black-ish, Grown-ish, Mixed-ish) about how to break into the entertainment industry. Between his own successful career as a producer and as a talent manager to some major A-listers (Martin Lawrence, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Anthony Anderson are on his roster) Brian has helped countless careers blossom in this highly competitive industry.  In this interview, Brian talks about how he...

Taylor C. Baker
Taylor C. Baker
3 years ago
Tips on Breaking Into the Entertainment Industry from Talent Manager & Producer Brian Dobbins (BLACK-ISH)