David F. Schwartz: Screenwriter.

Tucker Teague
Paul Schrader Says He Asked ChatGPT for Film Ideas and They Were All ‘Original’ and ‘Fleshed Out’

Another AI and filmmaking story in the news, and this time with one of cinema's masters, Paul Schrader.

"Why should writers sit around for months searching for a good idea when AI can provide one in seconds?”

There's a lot of legitimate concern about screenwriting, the use of AI, and a changing landsc...

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CJ Walley

That feels like a bit of a reach, especially when you consider that AI can be saving days/weeks/months of combined human and machine effort. It's only going to get more efficient too, as we've seen in...

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Zee Risek

Whether it's a painting, a drawing, a song, a novel, or whatever, the whole point of art is that the artist created it. A person looking at the art could say, "Wow! You did that?! It's amazing." I jus...

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CJ Walley

Zee Risek, yeah the power of sentiment is under-appreciated in discussions like this. There's certain things AI cannot replace, not because it's necessarily bad at them, but because there's something...

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David F. Schwartz
Script consultations

I've had three great script consultations this year and wanted to thank Stage 32 for making those available. Each call resulted in actionable notes and gave me a chance to have a dialogue about my work which I prefer to written notes.They've also given me a chance to put my scripts into people's han...

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Maurice Vaughan

Glad you had great script consultations, David F. Schwartz! I had one a while back, and it really helped me improve my script. I plan on doing another one.

Jason Mirch

Awesome! Love to hear it David F. Schwartz - this is what Stage 32 Script Services is all about! We want to shorten your path to success so your wins are our wins! Keep it up!...

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Kenneth Michael Daniels
To compromise or not

Question for the group: is it better to stick with your gut instincts and attempt to make the film you’ve envisioned, but for a smaller budget, or should one try not to be overly precious about things and make fundamental changes to your work in an effort to make it more marketable and attract more investment dollars?

Debbie Croysdale

Agree @Christiane Don’t censor idea into an “either/or” but maintain a crystal clear core. Obviously core idea may not be the most marketable depending on execs trends at time but if funds are availab...

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Christiane Lange

Debbie Croysdale That is exactly my strategy at the moment. Gearing up to apply for state funding for a short. I have a director attached and we found a producer to support the application yesterday....

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CJ Walley

It's impossible to answer. The future you who sold their script, because they made budget-related changes, will tell you it was right to make a compromise. The future you who saw their idea executed p...

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Tommy Luca
Epiphany

I was going through email and company paperwork for New Jersey, when I seen an invitation for this link we are all here on, and it suddenly occurred to me that so much time and resources is wasted on typing up stuff to say online for collaboration especially if most of the time nothing happens, when...

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Leonardo Ramirez

Tommy Luca You’re not the villain. But neither is Stage 32. The post does seem to be a mild attack on something that means a lot to many people. Still, I don’t think they would have reacted in trying...

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David F. Schwartz

Tommy, the only thing you’ve gotten out of these responses is that you don’t want to work with people who get a sense of conspiracy thinking in the post? That’s a missed opportunity. I don’t know if y...

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Dale Reynolds

I agree, Tommy Luca. Here is a bit from me which I hope you will look at. I'd love to talk with you about projects. Dale Reynolds screenwriter playwright writdale@gmail.com

Screenplays and Stage Plays...

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David Abrookin
This Week in the Writers' Room: 13 Writers Selected for OWAs, 6 OWAs, and the Pitch Tank with Elena B!

Hey Friends,

A lot of excitement going on in the Writers' Room this week! We had 13 writers selected for Open Writing Assignments (OWAs), we have 6 OWAs closing next Wednesday, 9/20 at midnight! We are also welcoming Elena B.., Producer on GINNY & GEORGIA, to the Pitch Tank webcast this Wednesday at...

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Sam Sokolow

Awesome! Congratulations to all of the writers on this list. There is so much amazing talent in this community!!

Gloria Katch

Sorry, but what's an open writing assignment again? It sounds like I'm back in school!

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