I'm writing a solo fleece road trip script. Some of the driving will be by motorcycle so I want to add an imaginary friend for travel conflicts and dialogue. Fight Club, Ghost, Castaway (Wilson!), Calvin & Hobbes... any other suggestions I can study?

I'm Puja an Actor, Filmmaker, Voice Over Artist and Writer from India and presently working on the post production of my first film SEED CLUB. I'm looking to collaborate and connect with likeminded people.

Stage 32 is family. We're family. As writers we're consumed with being writers. Let's lighten the mood. Greatest era of movies?!!! I, personally like the old westerns. Wyatt Earp wasn't filmed with an HD camera and he was still a badass. Doc too. I vote 90s. BAD BOYS, Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, Home Alone, Jurassic Park, Forest Gump, Titanic, and Friday. I could add Toy Story, The Lion King, and The Matrix. Scream, Dumb and Dumber. Okay I'm done. I could go all day. What are your thoughts?

I've reworked the logline for The Club of Silence and I'm hoping this one hits the targets?

Embittered by betrayal and loss, an old west bad guy on a quest for revenge pauses in a prairie town to visit a brothel, but when he encounters an insatiable nymphomaniac demon disguised as a prostitute he’s caught up in a struggle for his soul.

Yes? No?

Hey everyone! Wanted to make sure you all saw the awesome pitch sessions we have coming up! I know for many people we're entering the 'holiday season' when things start to slow down, but you can be using that time to get feedback on your pitches and scripts! And if pitching more or perfecting your pitch was part of your November Write Club goals, you definitely don't want to miss these! >> https://www.stage32.com/scriptservices/pitch-sessions?affid=ejlounge

If you need help figuring out who to pitch to, just shoot me and the Success Team an email at success@stage32.com and we can help you out :)

Wednesday, Nov 15

Theresa Burkhart Gallagher, Feeding the Monkey, Award Winning Producer Who's Screened At Cannes and Austin

Specializes In: All Genres - FEATURE FILM & TELEVISION scripts

Credits Include: SCHMOOLIE THE DEATHWATCHER set up with legendary producer Joshua Bachove, BEING FRANK starring Jim Gaffigan

Michael Schulman, Feature Story Analyst, Amazon Studios; Former ICM, WME, Netflix & Development For Michael Mann

Specializes In: All Genres, especially Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Horror, Rom-Com, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Faith/Inspirational, and True Story - FEATURE FILM scripts

Credits Include: RUSHMORE, THE SIXTH SENSE, MUNICH, ALI, THE AVIATOR, and TEXAS KILLING FIELDS starring Jessica Chastain

Saturday, Nov 18

Samm Haillay, Tribeca-Winning Producer, films have premiered at Cannes, Venice, Sundance, Tribeca, Toronto and London Film Festival

Specializes In: All Genres - FEATURE FILM scripts

Credits Include: ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS, AUTOBAHN, ABANDONED HEIGHTS, and PROMISE

John Dunne, Manager/Producer, Independent Artists Media

Specializes In: Drama, Low Budget Comedy, Horror, Thriller, Action, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and True Story/Biopic - FEATURE FILM scripts

Credits Include: LOVE MY DAD starring Patton Oswalt, represents clients with projects set up at Imagine Entertainment, CAA, XYZ Films, Spyglass Media, and Bazelevs

Zac V., Creative Executive, Zach Cregger's Production Company

Specializes In: All Genres - FEATURE FILM & TELEVISION scripts

Credits Include: BARBARIAN, upcoming COMPANION starring Jack Quaid and Sophie Thatcher, and WEAPONS starring Pedro Pascal

Shannon Vayo, Producer/Development Executive, Works With Hello Sunshine, Sony, Amazon Studios, Apple, The CW And CBS

Specializes In: Dramedy, Rom-Com, Adaptation, and Female-Driven - FEATURE FILM & TELEVISION scripts

Credits Include: THE MORNING SHOW, SURFACE, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, YOUR PLACE OR MINE, RIVERDALE, THE GOOD FIGHT, MOM, and the CHARMED reboot

Libby Meyer, Creative Executive, Masproduction (Michael Shamberg)

Specializes In: All Genres, especially True or Inspirational/Empowering - FEATURE FILM & TELEVISION scripts

Credits Include: WET LANDS starring Anthony Mackie and Heather Graham, COLD PURSUIT starring Liam Neeson and Laura Dern, and INTO THE BADLANDS

Julie Winograd, Producer, Works With Amazon, AMC, Disney+, Hulu, Peacock, 20th Television, UCP, Universal International, And WBTV

Specializes In: Character-Based, Drama, Horror,Thriller, Action, Sci-Fi,Fantasy, Holiday, Western, True Story/Biopic - FEATURE FILM & TELEVISION scripts

Credits Include: LOCKE & KEY, FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY, and RICHARD JEWELL

Sunday, Nov 19

Dallaslyn Lamb, Literary Manager, RAIN Management

Specializes In: All Genres, especially Thriller, and Young Adult - FEATURE FILM & TELEVISION scripts

Credits Include: Represents clients writing on WARRIOR NUN, SELENA: THE SERIES, THE BLACKLIST REDEMPTION, and Jennifer Godson after she won Stage 32's 1st Annual Female-Driven Screenwriting Contest

Daniel Seco, Literary Manager and Partner, Empirical Evidence

Specializes In: Horror, Thriller, Action Comedy, Rom-Com, Grounded Sci-Fi, 1/2 Hour Dramedy, Hour Drama, 1/2 Hour Comedy, and Biopics - FEATURE FILM & TELEVISION scripts

Credits Include: formerly with the Motion Picture Literary Department of CAA and regular consultant with Netflix

Great advice for screenwriters by Manager Scott Carr.

https://www.networkisa.org/articles/view/dont-write-scripts-write-movies...

Been a while since I've been here, but here goes.

I'm a lawyer-turned freelance writer-turned-fiction author. I'm originally from Queens, NY, but my teen years were spent in various places.

I've been writing screenplays since 2009 (or before, maybe?). I started off writing mysteries, so my first efforts at screenwriting reflected that.

Here are a couple of loglines for the first scripts I've written:

Feature (thriller): A desk jockey FBI agent risks losing his job when he starts a rogue field investigation into his ex-wife's murder, which uncovers ties to a terrorist group infiltrating the government.

Pilot (one-hour drama): A young DC-based information consultant lands what seems to be the perfect gig. However, even though the job challenges her already strained relationships, failure to cooperate with the client could be deadly.

Here's one for my novel, DAMAGED GOODS, which was nominated for a Shamus in 2021: A female Marine veteran with PTSD and an opioid addiction is hired by a wealthy man to find his missing daughter. However, she quickly finds herself in over her head when she finds her client's partner has been murdered.

Now I seem to leaning toward writing comedy or dramedy. Possibly sci-fi. Even horror.

Short (horror): A mystery author who achieves great success must contend with a paralyzing case of writer’s block and harassment from online trolls, who torment her to the breaking point.

Pilot (half-hour dramedy): A grieving widow who enjoyed fleeting success as a self-published author must decide whether to join an all-female group creating a web series that challenges stereotypes about older women. Her perceptions, which seem to be compromised, are further challenged when she wakes up in an alternate reality.

Feature (comedy): An alienated albino teen girl does everything she can to befriend the school’s most popular girl, and by doing so, risks losing her most valuable allies.

Web series (action): A mystery woman uses skill and cunning to infiltrate and eliminate a hierarchy of criminal traffickers, working her way up through the ranks, until she finally confronts the big boss.

I've also considered starting a smartphone filmmakers' club. Maybe.

Or maybe I'll just write about one ... :)

Cheers!