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Check out today’s blog and celebrate with members who had success on Stage 32 in March! If you also had success on Stage 32 last month, congratulations! Feel free to post about it in the blog comments.
www.stage32.com/blog/celebrate-the-march-2024-stage-32-communitys-succes......
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My mother was from Beckley WV so I spent every summer there. Isolated on a mountaintop two hours from civilization by way of treacherous windy roads, it seemed the perfect locale for a murder mystery. Add my years of memories of racism there, and I created all African-American female Leads. A retire...
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"Beckley" sounds thrilling, Lawrence Whitener! And fantastic location for a Murder Mystery! Hope it advances in the contest.
Hello, I’m Sergio. I admit I’m fairly new to this, but I aspire to become a screenwriter and film director.
Mixes
That's great, Sergio Cardenas. I like to mix genres too. Mostly two genres, but sometimes three genres.
Here are two great blogs for up-and-coming screenwriters:
www.stage32.com/blog/the-questions-up-a...
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Hi, Sergio! Welcome to the community :) I am here on the education team if you have any questions regarding our education offerings (Classes, labs, webinars) or need any recommendations. Email us at edu@stage32.com
Welcome, Sergio Cardenas!
Hi Sergio Cardenas - it's great to meet you. What are you working on at the moment that you're excited about?
Stage 32 is excited to welcome Colleen back for her upcoming lab!
In this interactive lab, you will take your female-driven one-hour television pilot from concept to completed script. You will receive direct and personalized feedback on your work throughout the eight weeks so you walk away from this...
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Tomorrow April 3rd, Stage 32 is hosting a FREE Script Breakdown webinar called “Deconstructing the Script: Oppenheimer (2024 Best Picture Oscar Winner)”!
12:00 P.M. PST/3:00 P.M. EST
Stage 32 Executive Liaison Nick Phillips will guide you through the main story engine introduction, character arc intro...
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a new sci-fi crime job is literally starting to form in real life: Astroforensics! https://interestingengineering.com/science/scientists-study-blood-patter......
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Thanks for sharing, Travis Seppala. Sounds like a "X-Files," "Twilight Zone," or "Black Mirror" episode. Or a future season of "True Detective."
Fascinating. Thanks for putting this out here, Travis. I have a client who's written a murder mystery set on another planet and in the crafts that get the people there and back. Will be sending it on to them.
what are yalls best tips for adapting a book to film? (I wrote the book, it's unpublished)
Bill McCormick The question seems to simple and self-evident to me.
Screenwriters can invest time and money into contests, coverage and pitch meetings till they grow frustrated, but there's nothing qu...
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Preston Poulter I'm not disagreeing with you. I have several comics out now and one being developed for film. It's a wonderful medium.
Books are written in adjectives, screenplays are written in verbs.
Don't shy away from the "adapt" side of things. Sometimes you need to compress, omit or combine ideas, events, characters etc. in order to maintain the narrative flow. Shows and movies like Chernobyl...
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Adaptations can be challenging, and an amazing experience as well. I was hired to adapt an 800 (yes, eight hundred) page historical novel into a screenplay. The first thing I did was read it over a co...
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Really looking forward to this webinar, as a fan of BEEF myself :) In his 90-minute online webinar, Eric will guide you through the pilot script of Beef, examining why everyone loves this cautionary tale about two horrible people. He will explore the ingenious character development, break down the s...
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Couldn't agree more Emily J !
Do you have an awesome TV drama pilot script to take the industry by storm? Send Stage 32 your logline!
The top logline will be given a FREE CONTEST ENTRY to Stage 32’s 4th Annual Television Drama Contest. And the TOP THREE LOGLINES will be entered to win the GRAND PRIZE at the end of the year.
The...
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Thanks for the reminder Maurice!
You're welcome, Sydney Summers.
Yup I submitted :)
Hey everyone! I wanted to congratulate our fellow community members who had scripts requested through Stage 32 pitch sessions last week. We are thrilled for the opportunities for the following writers to have their scripts read by CAA, Passcode Entertainment, Lewis & Harris Productions, and more! Pl...
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57! :D Congratulations, everyone!
Super excited to learn that my quirky low-budget heist script, INDIAN WELLS, CA, has been selected for an OWA!!! Thank you, Stage32!!! (I hope this isn't an April's Fool joke.)
Congratulations! I am very excited for you!
Francisco, Is there anywhere I could read script? Best, Jed. jedpower@verizon.net
Castro is killing it! BRAVO, MAN! Keep up the good work.
Congratulations!
Congratulations! Sending you good vibes and keep up the good work.
I am new here.
Please suggest a screenwriting manual which describes how to fill the middle part of the screenplay. Because screenwriting manuals often tell little about this problem. I have read tens of screenwriting manuals. None concentrated on this. Many avoided it.
Partly to sort out my notes f...
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Dear Christopher, I wrote my manual in such a way that it should be useful no matter what genre. Is that what you mean?
https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Screenwriting-Blue-Books-Book-ebook/dp/B00BF7WSNO/
https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Second-ACT-Building-Conflict/dp/0941188299/...
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Göran Johansson yes. That's helpful.
Dear Michael, I have read the second book. I was disappointed. The first book I have not read.
Göran Johansson I agree about the second book. The first book is part of the Blue Book series by William Martell. I highly recommend everything he has written and would go so far as to say it is one o...
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