It has been a while since I posted on Stage 32. The last few months have been a roller coaster. Thankfully, I've found my next steady paycheck and can hopefully get back to the major project I was working on going into 2025.
Though originally from Los Angeles, I'm a Taiwan based screenwriter and nove...
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Back in December, I was contracted to write a book featuring 2 unrelated horror novellas. Though I had already written multiple full-length novels and feature-length screenplays, I'd never written a story that was more than 20K words, but less than 40K. Though there were many delays in the process t...
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Congratulations on finishing your first novella, Terrence Sellers! Rooting for you to finish your second one by August!
Congratulations!!
Congratulations, Terrence Sellers!
I rewatched Geri's Game from Pixar for the first time in years. It's the short that originally aired in theater before A Bug's Life back in 1997. While the animation is very clearly dated, it still looks good enough to enjoy. But what really stood out to me was the quality of the storytelling. Thoug...
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I don't see the need for animation to "trump" a well written script, it should all work together. A wonderful script can be ruined by bad animation and a lot of great animated stories are done with boards and not scripts. It's magic when both are at the top of their games.
I think this is why so many fell in love with Pixar - they really understood storytelling. I think at that time, general audiences had forgotten about the magic of short-form storytelling, though, and...
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My youngest is Autistic and Gerri's Game and Presto would have him in stitches. I actually spent a pretty penny back in the day buying Pixar Shorts on Itunes so he had things he could watch on my laptop whenever we went on long trips or visited relatives.
Nearly two years ago, I was cast for an indie feature being shot here in Taiwan. The project suffered many delays and I even had to audition a second time for the same role a year after being offered the role. This week, they finally shot one of the scenes I'm in. While I have been on many sets, as...
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Hey, Terrence Sellers. Congratulations on performing the scene for your first feature role! I’m a Stage 32 Lounge Moderator. I wanted to let you know I moved your post from the Acting Lounge to the Yo...
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Congratulations!
I don't normally write anything under 60,000 words, but I was contracted to write a 20,000 - 40,000 word novella, which I've been working on for the last month. Nearly finished with the first draft, and I'm really happy with how it's turning out. I'm sure the producer will want changes, but it's rea...
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Congratulations on being nearly finished with the first draft, Terrence Sellers!
I’m a Stage 32 Lounge Moderator. I wanted to let you know I moved your post from the Authoring & Playwriting Lounge to t...
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If I knew I could write a novella this much faster than a full novel, I'd have written way more of them by now.
Hello Fellow Creatives,
I haven't had time to post here in a few months. It has been an interesting last quarter, filled with ups and downs. Finally, after nearly 4 years of working on this project in various forms, my novel 'Xtreme Saga - Book 1: The War for Rig' has finally been published in physic...
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Hi, Terrence Sellers. 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 these things in your i...
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Maurice Vaughan I look forward to hearing what you think of the book!
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Morgan Aitken Ipg My primary market is probably USA, if I'm being honest. But I've been fortunate enough to get a lot of work at local companies that target global audiences in English. That said, for...
Expand commentMorgan Aitken Ipg My primary market is probably USA, if I'm being honest. But I've been fortunate enough to get a lot of work at local companies that target global audiences in English. That said, for my personal projects, I absolutely feel that living in Asia has made it very difficult to make the right connections and take advantage of certain opportunities that would be available to me if I was living in the US. This is especially true for meet-ups, seminars, and writing fellowships.
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Thanks, Terrence Sellers. I write Fantasy, so why not write an Urban Fantasy script?
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Thanks for your honesty Terrence Sellers ! As a former LA-ite (Santa Monica); now a digital nomad on the run to be with my partner, I completely concur with you on the necessity of actual face-to-face...
Expand commentThanks for your honesty Terrence Sellers ! As a former LA-ite (Santa Monica); now a digital nomad on the run to be with my partner, I completely concur with you on the necessity of actual face-to-face connection and physical presence within one's community/tribe/industry/colleagues.