Authoring & Playwriting

For all the authors and playwrights in our community, a place to discuss, share content and post tips and advice.

Geoff Hall
Philip K Dick: A Day in the Afterlife

Here’s a BBC Arena Documentary from 1994, about PKD, or perceptions of PKD.

If you feel that you struggle with rejection, then think of PKD receiving 17 rejection manuscripts in one day! It seems that his answer to rejection was to write some more. That may be a lesson for us to embrace.

His mission h...

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Roberta M Roy
How effective is advertising the novel on which you have based a screen play on Lincoln Writes?

Reviews of Lincoln Writes are mixed and they funnel their money through non-Lincoln writes connections. Have any of you ever used them? If you have, how was that experience?

Ty Strange

Never heard of Lincoln Writes, Roberta M Roy. Hopefully someone here has and can share their experience.

Stage 32 Member And Producer Team Up For Feature Film by Al Fenderico

This is an incredibly inspiring story of how one screenwriter dealt with loss through writing and where he landed. Encouraging read for all. Thanks Al for sharing with us!

https://www.stage32.com/blog/stage-32-member-and-producer-team-up-for-fe......

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What Elements of A Script Really Drive Up Your Budget?

This is your last call to join today's webinar on What Elements of A Script Really Drive Up Your Budget?

In this exclusive Stage 32 webinar, we will dissect and identify the elements of your script that can unexpectedly inflate production costs across various film genres. These elements are often hid...

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Set Yourself Up For Success With The 9th Annual November Write Club by Emily J!

We’ll be officially launching November Write Club next week on Wednesday, November 1, here on the blog. When we do, your first task will be to state your November goal.

For more, check out Emily’s blog post here:

https://www.stage32.com/blog/set-yourself-up-for-success-with-the-9th-an......

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Sam Sokolow

This is super cool and positive. Sharing with my network. Here's to a creative and productive November! Thanks, Leonardo Ramirez!

Stage 32 and the American Film Market Join Forces for 2023! by RB

I'm thrilled to announce today that for the 8th straight year, Stage 32 and the American Film Market have partnered to bring new opportunities and access to attendees of America's largest film market!

This 2023 American Film Market takes place from October 31st to November 5th in Santa Monica, CA.

For...

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Kenneth Adrian Ellis

Wonderful "co-ops"!

Laura Preble
I'm new here...

But I wanted to ask...my situation is that I have a novel that's been published, but it is now out of print. I've asked a few people who have literary agents (I've had them in the past, but not now) and they all say that once something is out in the world, even if it's out of print, no agent will ta...

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Erin Leigh

Hi Laura! So I was in a similar boat a few years ago. I had a novel out in the world and the publisher ended up closing that arm of their company, so I asked for the rights back. I ended up putting it...

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Jonathan Jordan

Laura Preble some others have weighed in with good advice here so I'm just going to confirm. Yes, so long as rights reverted back to you (which they should have), you can certainly self-publish. That'...

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Sam Sokolow

Great advice from the community here. Agree that as long as you get the rights back free and clear you can self publish and breath new life into the book. Did you get reviews when it was published? Those can help with your marketing if so.

Laura Preble

Sam Sokolow: Yes, I did get reviews, although mostly on Amazon. 50 plus. Self publishing seems to taint the work, though, from what I've seen. I guess I'll wait to see if the screenplay is picked up somewhere...that might give me some leverage.

Stage 32 Presents: The 10th Annual Austin Film Festival Rooftop Bash! by Ashley Smith

The Bash is BACK! Stage 32 is back at the Austin Film Festival - and to celebrate - you're invited to the 10th Annual Austin Film Festival Rooftop Bash on Friday, October 27th, starting at 8:30 pm.

This year's event will take place back on the exclusive rooftop bar of the Speakeasy, which overlooks t...

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Sydney Summers

Thanks for sharing with the community!

Leonardo Ramirez

You are very welcome, Sydney Summers . Sounds like a blast!

The Future of Film School is Here!

After years of hard work and weeks of teasing and whispering about our BIG news, we're finally announcing the next wave for Stage 32. In true Stage 32 style to disrupt the industry, we are taking on traditional film school and launching official Stage 32 Certification.

https://www.stage32.com/blog/th...

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Ashley Renee Smith

Thanks for helping to spread the word, Leonardo Ramirez! We want to shout about this amazing opportunity from the rooftops!

Leonardo Ramirez

Ashley Renee Smith Just saw the massive billboard in NYC on IG. So cool!!

Stage 32 Takes over Times Square + FREE Virtual Summit Today with Oscar & Emmy Nominated Producers

Today we are proud to present a FREE Virtual Film & TV Production Summit featuring speakers from HBO/MAX, Emmy-nominated hit show THE BEAR (Hulu), Academy-Award nominated producer (MUDBOUND), Emmy-nominated hit show GENIUS (Disney/NatGeo), Screen Ireland, Ramo Law, Catalyst Studios and more!

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Ashley Renee Smith

I'm so excited for the Summit!

Stage 32 Presents: Global Film & TV Production Summit

So excited for tomorrow's virtual Global Film & TV Production Summit hosted by Stage 32 as part this week's celebration of the launch of The Stage 32 Certification Program!

Please join us tomorrow at 9am PT for this exclusive FREE virtual summit where top executives from the entertainment industry c...

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New Stage 32 8-Part Lab: Create All The Tools You Need To Sell Your Holiday Romantic Comedy

The holiday season will be here before you know it and audiences will be clamoring for new lighthearted television holiday romantic comedies to enjoy with the ones they love. With these movies in such high demand on networks like NBC, Hallmark and Lifetime and streamers like Netflix and Paramount+,...

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