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Welcome Stephen Dampier! Great to have you in the community!

Welcome aboard, Stephen!

It's never too late to write a script for this and sell it.

Pay me a lot of money and I guarantee I'll spend it.

Welcome Stephen Dampier. Please feel free to reach out to the Stage 32 education team directly at edu@stage32.com for guidance on our world-class entertainment education!

Welcome, I am new too and I understand the hesitation to display private information, even a picture, Im over 50 and I get it.

Here is a way to think on it, if hundreds of people are ok with it, it's probably safe, give it a try. If you have a poor experience make a change. *Connections here are the keys to the successfulness of this industry.

Goodluck. Looking forward to reading your content and seeing it produced.

I was working on a short script but I finished it and it was because I wanted to make something better than a horrible film I saw Nick Waters

Thank you Sydney Summers

Sounds like you're growing as a writer, Nicholas P. That's great!

Thank you Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, Nicholas P.

Welcome to the community, Dave Anthony. Here are two blogs that can help you find success on Stage 32:

www.stage32.com/blog/navigating-stage-32-for-your-best-experience-3095

www.stage32.com/blog/how-to-network-successfully-on-stage-32-3356

Stage 32 has a Job Section you can search for composing jobs (www.stage32.com/find-jobs). The section is updated regularly.

I suggest adding a profile picture. It'll help you build relationships/network on here and if you have a picture, your profile will show up when someone searches for you.

Great to connect Dave Anthony. I recommend you check out these courses that I think will be of interest to you:

https://www.stage32.com/webinars/Film-Composing-Master-Class-with-Terenc...

https://www.stage32.com/webinars/How-To-Produce-And-Sell-Songs-For-Film-...

Please feel free to reach out to the Stage 32 education team directly at edu@stage32.com for guidance on our world-class entertainment education.

Welcome to the community, Michael Pietrowski. Here's a blog that'll help you navigate Stage 32 (www.stage32.com/blog/navigating-stage-32-for-your-best-experience-3095), and here's a blog for up-and-coming screenwriters (www.stage32.com/blog/the-questions-up-and-coming-screenwriters-need-to-a...).

Welcome, I am doing the same--first script and as green as they come. This is a great place, full of awesome, supportive people! What is your pilot about?

WelcomeMichael!Nice to meet you. Glad you're here.

Welcome Michael Pietrowski! Nice to meet you:D

Great to connect Michael Pietrowski. What genre do you like writing in? Please feel free to reach out to the Stage 32 education team directly at edu@stage32.com for guidance on our world-class entertainment education.

Welcome to the community, Julie Conner!

By all means Julie Conner. I'd love to stay connected. You never know... :-).

Julie Conner, welcome to this wonderful community.

Thank you Carina S. Burns !

Welcome to Stage 32 Julie Conner! Please feel free to reach out to the Stage 32 education team directly at edu@stage32.com for guidance on our world-class entertainment education!

Good for you, Saif Eddine Regragui! Your creativity is endless. I'm sure you will do well.

Thank you, Robin Gregory for your kind words, It mean a lot to me !

Congratulations Saif,glad for you,waiting and keep going

Thank you, Fatema Elmahdy for your support. It mean a lot!

Very cool, big congrats Saif Eddine Regragui !

Welcome, Glad to have you here!

Great to meet you Sir :)

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome. I'm so thrilled to be on Stage32!

You're welcome, @Oluyinka Davids. Are you working on any new projects?

Welcome Oluyinka Davids. I am a write genre films. I have really been exploring mythos from the African continent. My award winning horror screenplay THE EYE OF OWUO was based an African myth. Love to hear more of what you're working on.

Thanks for sharing, Max Sappa, and nice to meet you!

Awesome, Max Sappa! Thanks for sharing!

Sorry. I have missed these lovely messages... thanks everyone... you're kind and lovely too :) Have a great day!

BTW - now you can find the same video (s) on Rumble as well. Here they are: https://rumble.com/c/c-4774173

How did I miss such a great introduction from a fellow Italian, Max Sappa ! It is very nice to meet you and thank you for sharing such valuable tips and presenting them so clearly :)

Great to meet you, Sachin K Pal. Poetic introduction.

Thank you Sam Sokolow !

Thank you for the kind words Sachin K Pal. I am so excited to bring more representation I wish I had growing up and make people feel less alone.

It's lovely to meet you too Morne Patterson ! :)

Thanks Nick Waters ! Hope everything is well with you.

Thank you Rebecca Ann Bentley for your inspiring dedication to increasing representation. Your commitment makes a positive impact.

Terrence Sellers Hello again, Terrence. I’ve just watched The Rise of Mera episode and loved it. I have so many questions!

How did you get involved in the project?

How long did it take you to plot the story - scenarios, symbolism, characters?

How do the YT episodes link to the Xtreme game?

Are there any other Transmedia elements to the story?

How do you hold the narrative together across different media?

I’ll stop there!

Thanks for being a part of the IYW experience!

Hi Terrence Sellers! Thanks for sharing!!

Hi Terrence Sellers , Happy IYW! Great to hear about all the positive momentum.

Geoff Hall Thanks for checking it out. I'll try my best to answer your questions.

1. How did you get involved in the project?

This is actually a very long story. But the short version is that I am quite possibly the only Ivy League trained screenwriter that is also a native English speaker/writer with a professional tech marketing background and a large writing portfolio currently living in Taiwan. All these elements came together at the same time along with a bit of good old fashioned nepotism, or networking as we like to call it. ;)

2. How long did it take you to plot the story - scenarios, symbolism, characters?

Originally, Xtreme Saga was meant to be only animation. Before I wrote the pilot, I plotted out the first season as a 13 episode arc. That probably took me just under a month. Before we started production of the first episode/pilot, I wrote 3 30 minute episodes. They cut my budget when we were still producing the pilot, so I actually had to squeeze all of the original first season highlights into the first episode. However, there was talk of a feature during that whole process, so I actually wrote a feature based on the original season outline I'd written. But then they let me write a novel to fully tell the story that the animation was meant to be. So I outlined the novel based on that original season 1 outline and the feature script I'd written.

I've spent about a year writing the novel. It's nearly finished at 29/36 completed chapters.

3. How do the YT episodes link to the Xtreme game?

The YT episodes don't link to the game. That was produced before I was brought in to write the animation. I'm actually the one who came up with the title 'Xtreme Saga'. As the company's name is XPG (Xtreme Performance Gear), they like to use Xtreme in everything they can. But the game is not canon and really has no story. But we do hope to make a game based on the novel eventually.

4. Are there any other Transmedia elements to the story?

Currently, the project includes animation, novels, and web comics. On top of that, Mera is involved in a lot of other projects including streaming shows, product presentations, merchandise, and product licensing of her image. Another important transmedia aspect of the story is that many of the characters, objects, and concepts are named directly after products produced by XPG. For instance, the character Xenia is named after XPG's laptop product line. Prime is the name of their system management software. A lot of the symbolism and characters is taken directly from their products, which I also play a major role in naming.

5. How do you hold the narrative together across different media?

This is something that I have thought about a lot. It's very difficult to do when you have a limited budget and different people with completely different goals and indicators of success. And personally I think we could do a lot better job than we have/are on this topic.

The way it currently works (it did not start out this way) is that the novel is the foundation for everything. The story starts with the novel, as it's the most detailed version of the plot. I write the novel alone. The novel chapters are given to the comic storyboard writer, and he produces the first draft of the comic and the storyboard designs. I then rewrite the comic dialog for continuity. The animation, which I also write alone, but with much more oversight from the other producers on the project, is little vignettes from the novel that don't fall perfectly in line with the novel, due to budget and time constraints.

I think everything could be a bit better aligned, but the differences in budget, productions times, and the people involved in each medium cause a lot of struggles to keep everything running together at an even pace.