Chez Wise: Author and screenwriter in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Brian Onley
Good writing vs. what we have now

This is a critical review of an older movie which defines the difference between very good writing and not so very good writing. So for sanity sake, just have another look at your script. Cheers my friends :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hYE_N4HTco...

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Chez Wise

"Attention spans are shorter" is a lie that keeps repeating as an excuse for bad films. "Anatomy of a Fall" was 2.5 hours long, with 70% subtitles. "Oppenheimer" and "Avatar" (1&2) were 3 hours. Great...

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Craig D Griffiths

Good write is just good writing. Popular forms and structures change.

Remember when in the late 90’s it was “get to the action” nearly no first act. Then in the 1940’s massive first acts.

We need to be...

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Joseph Thibodaux

There was a dry spell for a few years, but good movies are returning to the forefront. As a novice scriptwriter, I watched Field of Dreams as a scriptwriter and was truly impressed with the writer, W. P. Kinsella's efforts.

Michael Olderr
Basic question, but how do you guys keep yourself dedicated to writing?

I know the key to writing is to write a little bit every day, whether script-related or not. But how do you guys keep yourselves accountable?

Bill Albert

I keep a wall chart marking the number of pages I write every week. The weeks that are blank I sometimes feel guilty about.

Preston Poulter

I make comic books and enjoy selling my work to new customers.

Evelyn Von Warnitz

The passion for finding words in touching sentences. Keeping the flow coming from your heart and soul. Plus what touches you deeply. Feeling your characters when they wake you in the night. This incredible sense of creating worlds maybe someone can join one day.

Chez Wise

Thanks for sharing your experience, and insight. Love this: "How it’s changed in the last decade" SO TRUE! I am a lifelong learner. I am constantly picking up gold nuggets, in articles, videos, books, blogs, critiques, and classes. I look back on my techniques and structures from the past, (the ones in the drawer, and the ones I sold) and cringe.

Chez Wise

I never knew these options were out there! Thank you for sharing. Fantastic to hear from a fellow female service member, USMC for me. I will definitely be checking these out and sharing them with other veteran writers. Remember "The Code" and what a lame disaster that was for technical inaccuracies,...

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Richard "RB" Botto

Hi Chez. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 1,000,000+ members representing every country on the planet making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth.

This is a network for you, built by you. Like m...

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Amanda Toney

Hello Chez -

Welcome to the community! I'm Amanda Toney, the Managing Director at Stage 32. Since 2013 I've been proud to oversee Stage 32's Next Level Education, which provides you the most up-to-date tools necessary to become a better creative.

Over the years Stage 32 has worked with over 500 industry executives and professionals to teach online webinars, classes and intensive labs exclusively for you - our Stage 32 community. We bring you instructors who have worked directly on some of your favorite films, TV shows or theater productions to teach you in-the-trenches information that you won...

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Marcos Fizzotti
Rod Burke
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Richard "RB" Botto
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