Matt Watters: Author in Sydney, Australia.

OMGGG!? I haven't been on Stage 32 for a bit but have seen all the notifications of this Now-Public Forum on AI Screenplay Review or whatever we should call it; I just read everything from the past month or so. I absolutely Love every thought and every word that everyone has posted here. Dang, too bad I missed the off-topic and disrespectful comments Craig Urquhart and E Langley got into, though. ;) This ongoing discussion-slash-debate is massively interesting -- I hope it continues, because Grok, GPT, and who knows which others are, as Craig said, moving at the speed of light -- in SOME direction. I think what that direction is might be one of the main questions. How truly useful and in what contexts these AI creatures expose their personal brilliance and enlightened nature (haa) over time will be fun to watch. Possibly painful, too.

the dead must stay dead. we must all demand that the resurrection of the dead with voice and body by artificial intelligence be stopped. let's stay human, that's all we have left in this too artificial world. It is our dignity, it is respect for our race.

Agreed, Emanuele. I do think there's a place for AI in the realm of operational knowledge and the endless thought processes involved with that kind of knowledge -- allowing the human mind the room to be -- if willing -- freed up for more creative cognitions (the stuff that most of us don't "believe" AI is or will be capable of touching). IF we don't completely screw up and destroy ourselves first...out of the lack of respect for the human race that you mention.

Max V. Sanne Hi Max, I’m sorry that you had to go through this. Wow, $4000! Maybe we should begin thinking that the higher the price tag, the more likely we are to be entering Shisterville.

I didn’t pay anything like that. A few hundred dollars, if I remember correctly, but still, you pay for something and you expect to receive what you pay for. I hope no one else on here has gone through that. Just be warned not to trust them.

AVOID at all costs - or it will cost you :)

I've had many come to me to pick if the pieces of the disasters they create, and they lost thousands with no recourse. One gal lost over $10,000 and what they gave her was absolute garbage.

Not recommended.

Unfortunately, it's quite a bit more complicated than it seems, Matt Watters. But Stage 32 members are always welcome to promote their crowdfunding campaigns to other members in the Stage 32 Your Stage Lounge or on your Stage 32 Wall to your network!

Ashley Renee Smith I'm sure it is. Seed&Spark seem to be generating lots of interest.

Thank you everyone, this is all incredibly helpful. The last pitch and query I did, I streamlined the important stuff and it worked so yay !!!!!

It has to be a balance of both Sami Garcia and another thing you need as well is a big social media prescence: tell them how many subscribers and views you have on YouTube; How many folks follow you on X and Instagram, Or? The daily engagement for your film idea. Because they want an audience already built in which would make their job much easier and marketable. Hope this helps. Cheers!

There's a saying in acting: Book the room, not the project. Any time you're pitching, win over the room and you'll win in the long run. A lot of people liking YOU goes a long way towards your success, moreso than having one great script. You're selling yourself, your personality, your brand, your mind, your creative process, your boundless ideas more than anything.

Echoing CJ Walley's top paragraph, relationships = reads. Treat relationship building and networking as part of your job every day. I've said it often, but even having created this platform, I am still scratching and clawing like everyone else to get my work out there. That will never stop no matter how successful you are. That's why I dedicate an hour toward networking on this platform every day and have for 13 years.

3 things you can do:

1 - Post material (articles, blogs, videos) you found interesting. I'm sure you're always looking to improve your craft or learn more about the business. Post the things that caught your attention.

2 - Get involved with other people's posts. Don't be a lurker, be a collaborator.

3 - Get involved with Introduce Yourself posts. Just head over to that Lounge and meet new and interesting people to the platform.

I could list 50 others, but you get the point. Get yourself out there, embrace the long game and let things happen organically.

I defintely advise adding your loglines to your profile for others to see, I think another great way is to get involved with The Writers' Room many member work together to read each other's script and a great way to build relationships! Join for a free month here: https://www.stage32.com/writers-room

I agree with CJ Walley and RB. Also we have a really great webinar that you will find helpful with this exact subject: https://www.stage32.com/education/c/education-classes?h=branding-and-selling-yourself-as-a-screenwriter-how-to-stand-out-get-read-and-build-a-successful-career

As some of you know, I had a film go to #4 on Amazon Prime US. We had something like 71 million minutes streamed in a month. Around the same time, a guy on YouTube was sharing his earnings after he had a video go viral and get a very similar number of views. The YouTube earnings where 10x higher before anybody got a cut. Pretty shocking. It's a catch-22 though, because you have to try and get those views in the first place and can't rely on the luck of the algorithm. Plus, YouTube can just demonetise and/or deplatform you at will. I had Amazon Studios do that do me (back when their website existed) and it's heartbreaking to just have all your hard work deleted one day.

Being a content creator's its own creative strategy requiring its own time allotment. It can devour time that would be normally spent on being a writer.

Making YouTube videos is a very large time commitment, so if you go down that road be prepared for many tough hours at your computer. YouTube ain't easy or automatic. You gotta earn a lot of those views the hard way because the algorithm doesn't work for you for a while. However, if you have a great, unique idea for a channel, web series, video essay series, what have you in the world of content creation, YouTube is an amazing place to use as a platform to get it out there. Who knows what can pop off for you and it's a terrific place to put together an interesting portfolio of work!

Hello Lukas, brilliant introduction, my friend.

Glad to have you on board. :)

Welcome Lukas! Let's make a masterpiece!...Or, at least some great works first. Y'know, chip away at the excess on projects before we get that sculpture :D

Welcome, Lukas Strautins!!

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Congrats Matt Watters

I stand firmly with Miyazaki: https://youtu.be/7EvnKYOuvWo?si=M3YPY9S0SbYF5sEO and Uta Hagen's rant https://www.andrewwoodla.com/uta-hagens-righteous-rant-on-the-state-of-a... Please DONT EVER call yourself an artist if you create with AI. If you call yourself something else, I'm Ok with it.

Oh my farking Gorbachev, look at this shite.

https://x.com/Nicolascole77/status/1809212033461629310

Jaye Viner Which is exactly why we need to add our voices to the conversation. A lot of creatives are young in their craft and don't understand the ramifications. If these people are allowed to normalize AI, then not only creatives, but all of humanity will suffer.

I have my IMDb, https://www.imdb.me/sam

Claude Gagne My website has gotten me jobs that I'm sure I wouldn't have gotten without it.

Maybe, Sam Iwata Aka Liu has a better place. Why not IMDB? Is it free? I better look into it. What's that other place called that has business' advertise?

Ashley Renee Smith First of all - congratulations on writing a fantasy novel! It is no easy task! I am almost done with book two of my fantasy trilogy and it has been quite a journey. In the writing world - we usually have plotters (those who outline) and pansters (those who sit down and write what pours out of them, without prior structure). For me, I am a panster. My motivation for getting in front of the keyboard is that I can't wait to find out what happens next :) Of course, my books go through at least 2-3 revisions, but I find that method works for me. Having studied my craft for years, I am delighted that a 3-Act structure with proper beats usually naturally unfolds. I think about my current scene and let it roll around in my head the possibilities for the next one, and it just pours out when I start typing :) The great thing about being a writer is that we can find out what works for us personally. That said, I am currently considering adapting my science fiction novel to a screen play - but I could not imagine attempting a screen play without an outline. I think it depends on the artist and the medium as to what works best :)

I agree that it's medium and sometimes even story-dependent, Nancy Golden! I've always been more of a pantser in the past. This is actually the first time that I've attempted this detailed and complete of an outline. Being that the world is so complex, I wanted to challenge myself to really think it through before starting so that I don't hit a wall later. it's new for me, but it's been rewarding in a different way so far.

How exciting! Have fun with the world building! My son also writes fantasy, and he outlines everything, too. I must agree it can get confusing to keep all of the different elements, factions, subplots, etc. in one's head straight. I can't walk away from my book too long or I have to start rereading it to remember where I am and what I have done, so there are definitely advantages to an outline. Best wishes on your current endeavor!

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Another excellent AMA exec, Ashley Renee Smith. Joshua is extremely plugged in.

Copyright applications must disclose whether the application includes AI-generated material and the extent of its use. However, a writer could modify material originally generated by AI to such a degree that it meets the standard for protection. It will be difficult to distinguish if a writer has used Plotdot and Nolan AI in their screenwriting process. This would be applicable for entering screenwriting contests as well. BTW, Richard "RB" Botto have you seen the post in the financing lounge by Morgan Leo Shnell about Stage 32 starting a crowdfunding platform? Has this idea been raised before?

Morgan Leo Shnell All over it!

Great idea and should have been done long ago...waiting for a response from RB...

Again share this with everyone. Hollywood is burning.