Jeffery Mack: Author in Phoenix, Arizona.

That’s so good Erik Bianco and I am happy you shared also. Yes, but patience, hope, resilience, persistence, are mindsets that we face in all professions and it’s good to have them ;) It means we are in the game :)) I am cheering for you also!

Thank you Sandra. And good luck with your project.

I am also cheering for you Erik Bianco :)) Step by step we will find the right team :))

Happy weekend.

Welcome Danelle & Good Luck!

You're very welcome! I'm so glad my words resonated with you. Feel free to reach out anytime—I’m always happy to help and connect! Looking forward to hearing from you soon and have a great week, Danelle!

Drongo Bum Oh, now it's personal abuse. Poor baby. I didn't accuse anyone of anything they aren't guilty of. I speak from experience. of which you can't seem to understand. It's like seeing that someone is incompetent or mentally incompetent and then saying it's the best version of this person ever. I never said reader were keeping me down? no. I told of one experience I had with someone, but I'm not blaming him for anything. I'm not blaming you for anything except being a royal pain because for someone with 45 years of experience, which is getting more pathetic or entertaining every time I remind you of your resume, you seem to have a really hard time understanding context and content. Calling people out for the stupidity they wish to display is not being offended. I'm just making statements of facts and as I tried to apologize for taking a more personal view of your inane comments, you just can't let it go.

So let me try to put this in layman's terms and this is is a factual comparison so try not to be offended but you are about as important to me as a dust mite on a flea's ass. I don't care about your existence. I will never care about your existence nor do I ever need for our lives to cross paths ever again. If you find enjoyment going back and forth with me, you truly have a pathetic and sad life. Now am I being mean and insulting or is it just my opinion?

Since you seem to love having the last word, go ahead and run wild. I promise I won't respond unless you cross the line. I wouldn't do that. Cowards that like to hide in shadows are only brave until the light hits them.

Alright, Head of Community stepping in here. This conversation has clearly strayed far from its original purpose. Arguments like this do not benefit anyone and only serve to damage reputations.

On a platform like Stage 32, there are always eyes on these discussions—fellow creatives, potential collaborators, and industry professionals. How you handle disagreements here goes a long way in showing others whether they would want to work with you, give you feedback, or even just engage in conversation with you moving forward. Professionalism and respect should always come first, even when you don’t agree with someone.

If you don’t like a post, there are plenty of others to engage with. From this point forward, the discussion should focus entirely on the topic of the original post—whether or not you are interested in participating in a screenplay exchange.

If the argument continues past this point, this thread will be removed. Let’s keep this community constructive and supportive.

Hello Philip, I'm Shayla. I am looking for a screenplay exchange. If you're interested please let me know!

As an ADD brain, I am easily distracted, so after trying alt rock, orchestra, techno, trance, I am settling on ambient, electronica, meditative music and Tibetan bowls. I can dissappear for hours into that creative zone. Ommmm

One of the first of the ambient genre to hook me was David Bowie's "The Mysteries", from there Brian Eno, Grabek, and many others.

Mike Clarke I find music often engages my mind too much to write. It depends on the music and if I'm already super familiar with it or not. Often ambient music is the best. I found this channel to be great: https://somafm.com/deepspaceone/songhistory.html

Tucker Teague, Thanks for the link. I'll check it out. I have an Amazon playlist, that I use. https://music.amazon.ca/user-playlists/021e2c9c48df4836b786f80ba84cb8fdc...

An alien invasion starts as people party on the roof.

Title - "The 7 Hour War: A Half-Life Story"

Regular people find themselves hopeless in an all-encompassing terror… until they learn about a hero who has inspired people, Gordon Freeman, so they must traverse Hell on Earth to link up with his movement.

Think: "Cloverfield" meets "Independence Day"

Why this Story Now? To get Gabe Newell to finally make "Half-Life 2: Episode Three"

Hey, Billy Kwack. That'd be messed up. I can see that scene working in a Crime, Action, or Thriller movie.

I like it, Michael Dzurak. I thought about INDEPENDENCE DAY and CLOVERFIELD when I made this post. And where's the HALF-LIFE movie, Hollywood???

You're welcome, John C. Bounds.

Depending, I sometimes just use the good ol fashioned "V.O. ((Voice Over)) parenthetical, for the person speaking. Never got any negative feed back on that : o )

Love a tactical font color change in a script Dan MaxXx. Always gets me excited

A few years ago a friend who I'd known for 20 years said I needed to face the FACTS that because of my age and location no one in Hollywood was ever going to be interested in my work. When I called him out on that he said it was just a FACT I should accept. It was the last conversation we ever had. If they won't support you they don't deserve you.

You're right, Bill Albert. People who got into screenwriting late and live all over the world have made careers for themselves. Sorry you lost a friend, but glad you didn't listen to what he was saying.

I agree to an extent. Being entertaining and communicating your story clearly are the main goals for every script. But also writers should embrace standardization and the industry standard screenwriting formatting techniques. They are not limits, they are the boundaries of how seriously you will be taken. And they are your friend. So much more than you know.

Like one of my mentors used to say: "A script's formatting captures the precision with which you're thinking about your project."

Great to hear it was a positive experience. Yes its true the bigger the company the slower they tend to get back to you, but when you consider they're reading several of your projects as well as loads from other people pitching them you can understand why! When you send them a follow-up email its good to be mindful of this, they'll certainly appreciate it.

Remember that it takes a while before you get that big request. I get sad when I look at all my pass rejections but I just remember to remind myself that everything takes time.

Correction. It takes time, a good team behind you, and a well packaged project.

InkTip is legit. I've used InkTip, Coverfly and now, Stage32, when it comes to posting my scripts and submitting for OWAs. IMO, Stage32 is a better platform than the other two.

They only show your sctipt to producers if you are a premium member, and that will cost you arround $ 350 per year. So, NO, thanks. Took me half an hour to download my script for nothing!! It's hidden. Bollocks!!

I've known people who have had their work optioned / produced from inktip. However, they did not make much money (if any). On the flip side, if you're trying ot get your name out there, it's an option.

I have not seen it, but listened to the Fresh Air interview with the director, where they also played several of the songs.

Two things struck me:

1. The songs are bad. Apparently they are deliberately discordant to reflect the messed up mental state of the Joker. Phoenix can't really sing, and Gaga uses a very small voice. So it is a bit like nails on chalkboard, and not in an interesting way, at least to me.

2. The director clearly worships Phoenix (understandable), but apparently this also meant that Phoenix had an unusual amount of input, frequently brainstorming and rewriting scenes on the shooting day. The script already had two writers (one of them the director), so it sounds to me like nobody was ultimately steering the boat and keeping the overall view of where the thing was going.

I saw it. I get artistic vision and I see what they were trying to accomplish. But this felt more like a stage play shot on film. It's a hard left turn from the first movie which is why I think a lot of people will not connect to this right away. There is no service to fanboys (not that that's a bad thing) And it's a far cry from anything resembling a back story to a classic comic villain. The dialogue is very dry, the pacing is slow....this whole story could have been told in an hour.

It seems to me that the Joker 2 movie was trying to repeat the La La Land movie. But for some reason they didn't tell anyone about it. Apparently they were afraid to scare away the old audience, but they could not attract new viewers. Perhaps other viewers would be interested to see the gloomy noir La La Land.

Thank you all for your comments. I will look into that overlapping of text. I think it only occurs on a mobile. It is OK for a tablet or laptop.

You’re right. I opened it on my phone

looks great. Easy on the eyes

Welcome to the community, Mark Huffman. Congratulations on all the success! Hope the producer finds a showrunner!

I think you're gonna love Stage 32. Here's a blog that'll help you navigate the platform: www.stage32.com/blog/navigating-stage-32-for-your-best-experience-3095

And here are blogs about networking: www.stage32.com/blog/tags/networking-41

22-song musical based on the cosmic horror of H. P. Lovecraft - um, one word, WOW. Welcome to stage 32. Writer myself also looking to network so welcome aboard!

hi Mark Huffman! So glad you're here! Have you submitted to any of the Stage 32 contests or Writers' Room OWAs? You're clearly a very talented creative! Feel free to shoot me an email at success@stage32.com if you have any questions about the platform and how best to use it :)

Hell yeah! Congrats everyone!

Awesome, great job y'all!

Congratulations to everyone!