R.C. Terrill: Screenwriter, 3d animator and editor in Austin, Texas.

Totally hear you R.C. Terrill. Same here. I was away for a very long time but came back to the creative sphere and glad I did. I hope that you’ll stay active in our welcoming community. You’re part of the family now and I’m glad you’re with us.

Hi, R.C. Terrill. "Life sometimes drags you down but I want it to much." I like that! It sounds like dialogue for an Underdog or Sports movie.

I’m a Stage 32 Lounge Moderator. I wanted to let you know I moved your post from the Introduce Yourself Lounge to the Your Stage Lounge. You can talk about this ("Life sometimes drags you down but I want it to much") and other things in your introduction post, but you need to introduce/reintroduce yourself to the community. You could check out other posts in the Introduce Yourself Lounge to get ideas for your introduction post. Let me know if you have any questions. Happy writing!

https://www.stage32.com/profile/1096554/about where to expand ideas n collaborate ... Because I’m down to share asap

Kenneth Lui break a leg on the new project, it sounds like a lot of fun. Thanks again for this AMA.

crazy ideas for an alien movie coming up.. race cars to theme park .transformers . avenge. Stars at war in the dark crazy movement .. n need must" another dino movie breaking recoRds of eating n mountains tasty psychedelic smoke mountains water nature.. treensform bugs.. gen gods vs gods n elements wind earthquakes storms volcano monsters nukes-aliens n +dinos +ideaths

Please allow me to rant here for a moment... I just saw this trailer...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk2OJZHutBM

I am in NO way offended by the nature of this film, it is a modern day Lolita... I'm totally okay with it...

BUT...

I was given some grief for my script 'The Aught've Biographaphy' because a brief three second, non-sexual kiss between my main characters...

It's okay, one day I will get my budget and have my film made...

The trailer for the film is on my page, if... you'd like to see it. Thank you..

We now returned to our regularly scheduled posts...

Hector Valle My answer to your first - and other questions: Because the pack of hyenas in cancel culture and the pack of hyenas in woke culture are not about open minds history or art. They are about political narratives and don't want you to think of anything else at any time. And the pack of hyenas who "greenlight" film in the studios are out of touch, cynical and incapable of determining the difference between art, entertainment, social commentary and propaganda - nor do any of those groups care for anyone else's freedom of speech or expression.

Actually, I see it more like 'Shark Tank', those 'investors' could not care any less about your business model or how it's going to save the world. Their interest is in getting the most control of your company for the minimum investment. 'Hollywood' is no different, they want a winning lottery ticket without having to work for it. If they can 'sell' your art, entertainment or social commentary, they will and cut you out of the loop. It's all bout economics. No one wanted any part of the 'Terrifier' franchise... until the film topped over $15 million worldwide!

you may also want to search "Star Trek + 4D chess" ... I know they usually play 3D chess there, but considering the 4th dimension is actually Time itself... if there's anyone who may have developed at least a theorhetical concept of how to play it... it would be Trekkers. ... that being said, As Sallie said curiosity stream is an excellent resorce as well. ... and lasltly... considering that the fourth dimension is Time... you may want to look at political and military stratetgies through the ages. Look at the Southern Strategy for instance, which was initiated I believe in the 60s? but was initiated as a "long game", which, 60 years later, is currently reaching a tipping point in sociopolitics and the concept of creating a religiocorporate totalitarian state in which only the 1 percent actually have any freedoms or autonomy. I wish you the best of luck in your quest. :D

Frankly I wouldn't. The preciousness of writing something you've personally experienced or good at is you know details about the stuff no one else could possibly know...and if you have a imagination to dramatize that on a paper, it's a jackpot...

I'd tackle a situation like this with self-reflection. I've made the mistake before of trying to write about things which interest me but I don't fully understand. There's really only two realistic routes to take; 1) dumb the content down and try to side step the details, 2) get out while you can.

It's easy to suggest doing research online, but that's easier said than done and full of pitfalls. There's this old joke about Reddit how, if you take the most popular post about a field you have no experience in, it sounds incredibly insightful, and if you take the most popular post about your field it sounds ridiculous. The net leans heavily toward misinformation overall.

There's certainly a degree of tolerance however, which is subject to genre, format, and target audience. I've been getting scenes of Ford vs Ferrari coming up on Facebook reels lately and I can barely watch it due to how unrealistic it is, but it's not made for me. If I wanted accuracy, I'd watch a documentary.

The solution comes back toward the old adage "write what you know", which in turn goes back to living an interesting life that inspires your stories and themes.

The perfect balance is always going to be individual. There's this really interesting chapter in Joe Eszterhas' book about going through this. He was a proper journalist before becoming a screenwriter and for projects like F.I.S.T he would go and live the life of his characters, in their word, for months before even putting pen to paper, but he was also throwing up every morning from stress. One day, when facing a project about a topic he knew nothing about, the producer told him to just make everything up. He thought it was absurd, but went ahead and had the best writing experience he'd had to date, plus stopped throwing up from stress. He later wrote Basic Instinct, which was procedurally inaccurate but rich in other areas he had a lot of life experience in. That balance worked well for him.

Great to see Stage 32 members meeting up, R.C. Terrill.

More fuel to feed the creative fire. I like that, R.C. Terrill! Glad you all had a great time!

How cool is that R.C. Terrill! Looked fun!

That's awesome! Great to see the community together!!

Nice to meet you, R.C. Terrill . What a nice picture of you and Ashley Renee Smith ! Big smile on this side looking at it :)