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How Stage 32 Was An Essential Tool For Making My Short Film!
More Pitchin’, Less Bitchin’: How I Found Representation & Partnerships Through Stage 32!
How To Stay on Top of Casting Directors, Agents & Producers with Google Alerts
Coffee & Content: The Secret To Opportunity Is Building Relationships
3 [Frightening] Writing Fails to Avoid in a Horror Script
Stage 32 Certification Welcomes Zagreb, Croatia!
My 10 Favorite Horror Movies & What They Taught Me About Screenwriting!
How to Have a Healthy Relationship with Criticism of Your Art/Work
Avoiding the Rabbit Hole: Story Research Tips
Coffee & Content: Dealing With The Misery Of Rejection
I Shot a Movie. Now What?
Last year I wrote the blog post How I Shot a No-Budget Ghost Comedy Feature in One Week. The TL;DR of it is I’d been dying to make a movie, I’d been writing a lot and waiting on news, got sick of waiting, so I wrote a script, assembled a team, rented a house, fed everyone, and then shot the thing with very little sleep. I also amassed a fair amount of credit card debt. Why? Because this is what I love and I wanted to do it. I’d tried crowdfunding campaigns in the past,…
How I Shot a No-Budget Ghost Comedy Feature in One Week
When I was 10 years old, I stayed home sick from school (totally faked it) and watched 'Army of Darkness' on the USA Network. Little Nick's mind was blown. Since then, I've wanted to make movies. Specifically, wacky sci-fi/horror comedies. If you know me, you know I'm a writer, and I spend a good amount of my time focusing on my writing. I have scripts out to production companies for the first time in my life, and the waiting can start to feel like a very long time. So I started out 201…
Announcing Our 4th Annual Comedy Writing Contest
So you think you can dance write comedy?TM Then great! Find out if you really can. Especially if the only people who've told you "you're funny" are small children. Because let's be real, they'll laugh at anything. Just any silly face. Any bad impression. Slinkies. Sure, they're great self-esteem boosters, buy they're terrible gauges for top-notch comedy content. Stop trusting this--> And enter Stage 32's 4th Annual Comedy Writing Contest. Now open for submissions! Whether you&rsqu…
Announcing Our 4th Annual TV Writing Contest
It's almost the most magical time of the year. You know what I'm talking about. All the bright lights, the festive decorations. That's right! Pilot season. Which means we're happy to announce our 4th Annual TV Writing Contest! Stage 32 contests, simply put, are the best in the industry - giving you unparalleled opportunity for exposure. TV is bigger than ever, streaming has allowed more original voices to be broadcast around the world and with the future holding opportunity in an unn…
Top 10 Pitching Mistakes & Advice From Shane Black
As part of the writing services team at Stage 32 handling a lot of the pitch sessions, I get a lot of questions about pitching, as well as some pretty keen insight into what executives like and dislike about pitches. Before me, Allen did the same thing and therefore experienced the same growth in KNOWLEDGE (said with an echo). So together he and I came up with a list of the ten most common mistakes we see in the pitches here. We then had a brutal fist fight to see who would have to go on…
3rd Annual November Write Club: The Key is to Just Write
The ides of November are here and it's time to count pages. I'm at 44, and have been for about week. I felt stuck and haven't quite progressed in my latest feature. This one is new for me, and it's scaring me a little. I typically write comedy, albeit horror comedy, sci-fi comedy, action comedy, and things that are full of humor and don't take themselves too seriously. I wanted to challenge myself this month by writing one of my favorite genres of all time, the sci-fi adventure film. Yes…
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