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Stage 32 + Mark Creative Management Partner For Exclusive Opportunity for Writers to Land Representation!
Stage 32 + AFM 2025 Education Partnership - Join RB & Celebrate 10 Years!
Coffee & Content: Opening Doors & Taking Control of Your Creative Path
Insider Intel: A-listers Are Dead. Long Live A-listers.
A Reader's Notes On Script Scoring
Coffee & Content: Reinvent the Story, Reinvent the Industry
Coffee & Content: Why Your Next Step Matters More Than the Perfect Step
My Stage 32 Story: Persistence, Healing, & Creative Breakthroughs in Year 3
Wearing Many Hats As A Creative
How Stage 32 Script Services Make You A Better Writer
Stage 32 + AFM 2025 Education Partnership - Join RB & Celebrate 10 Years!
Happy Tuesday, Creative Army! It’s that time of year again — the time when the business of film truly comes to life. Today marks the start of the 2025 American Film Market (AFM), and I couldn’t be more excited to celebrate what this event represents — not just for filmmakers, screenwriters, and producers around the world, but for Stage 32 as a community. This year is extra special for us because it marks Stage 32’s 10th year as the official Education Partn…
November Write Club Week #2: Insights From The Stage 32 Matchmaker — What You Should Look For In A Collaborator!
After spending 10+ years at Coverfly, Imagine Entertainment, ICM Partners, Paramount, and now that I’m heading Stage 32’s Development of Services. I've seen thousands of creative partnerships: the ones that lead to produced projects, and the ones that fall apart before they even start. One of my key roles for the past seven years has been matchmaking: connecting writers with the right producers, directors with the right material, and creatives with the collaborators who will …
Coffee & Content: Go Where The Opportunity Is
Happy Sunday, Creative Army! Have you had a creative weekend so far? Whether you’ve been writing, filming, editing, or simply dreaming up your next big idea, I’ve got some inspiring content to fuel your passion and keep you moving forward. So grab your coffee, and let’s dive in. This week’s featured video comes from Film Stack: When an Actor Didn’t Care About Fame. Viggo Mortensen didn’t become an actor to chase fame, he became one to tell stories. …
A Reader's Notes On Script Scoring
My name is Stephen Notley. I'm a screenplay contest reader as well as a screenwriter, so I've written and received loads of script analyses (also known as "coverage"). With this experience on both sides of the coverage game, I thought I'd offer some thoughts you folks might find useful. My last blog post was called "A Reader's Notes on Proofreading," which I thought was a nice, simple, straightforwardly objective subject on which to chat. This time, though, I'm going to try to d…
The Making of After All Part 3: The Actor’s Journey
Finding Myself in After All When I first read the script for After All, I was deeply moved by how honest and human it was. The story follows three generations of Southern women navigating family, trauma, love, and loss, and I could see my own Texan family in them. Their dialogue, humor, and the quiet strength behind each of them all felt familiar and true. What struck me most was how the script found humor even in the most painful circumstances. That’s real life. No matter how he…
How to Win Big at The 2025 American Film Market!
Happy Thursday, Creative Army! The countdown is on — next week, I’ll be heading to The American Film Market (AFM), and I can’t wait to reconnect with so many of you in Los Angeles. Every year, AFM brings together thousands of creatives from across the globe — filmmakers, producers, writers, executives, and financiers — all there for one reason: to make things happen. As the official education partner of The American Film Market, Stage 32 is proud to contin…
Insider Intel: Your Logline Is Your First Impression—Make It Count
In today’s market, one thing has become crystal clear: your logline is everything. It’s your first impression, your calling card, and often your only shot at capturing an executive’s attention in a crowded marketplace. We’re seeing more and more that executives are sparking to high-concept ideas rather than slice-of-life projects. Why? It’s “easier” to market. A clear, compelling concept that can be explained in one sentence is what gets scripts…
Get Ready for The 2025 American Film Market!
Happy Tuesday, Creative Army! Every November, the entire global film industry converges for The American Film Market (AFM) — the premier film acquisition, development, and networking event where more than $1 Billion in distribution and film financing deals are closed each year on completed films and those in every stage of development. More business-oriented than any other motion picture event, AFM is where thousands of professionals from all corners of the industry come together…
November Write Club Week #1: How To Find & Build The Creative Community That You Need!
Happy Monday, Stage 32 Community — and Happy November Write Club! If you’re new to Stage 32 or hearing about November Write Club for the first time, here’s the scoop: November Write Club is our month-long creative challenge where members from all over the world set personal goals, stay accountable, and support one another as they work toward finishing the year strong. Whether your goal is to complete a first draft, polish a short film, edit a reel, or simply reconnect …
Coffee & Content: Building Creative Projects Brick by Brick
Happy Sunday, Creative Army! Have you had a creative weekend so far? Whether you’ve been writing, filming, editing, or simply dreaming up your next big idea, I’ve got some inspiring content to fuel your passion and keep you moving forward. So grab your coffee, and let’s dive in. This week’s featured video comes from Vanity Fair: How EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick Created “Golden” From KPop Demon Hunters. EJAE and Mark take us through a rare, intimate look…
Social Media: 3 Tips To Build A Personal Brand The Healthy Way
Where does your career end and your personal life begin? Where does your digital world end and your real-world begin? As a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (EMMYS), I’ve been lucky to be invited to a lot of For Your Consideration screenings and events around Hollywood over the years. At an FYC screening for WESTWORLD a few years back, Jonathan Nolan, the co-creator of the show, had some very insightful words about the dangers of “people becoming brands&r…
The Love of Death & Destruction In Media
In these dangerous times of excessive greed, cruelty, and oppression in too many places around the world, we count on our artists and activists, policy-makers, and regular people to recognize and counter this Love of Death & Destruction. Why does it happen? How can we best address it towards that ideal of “The greatest good for the greatest number”? Some of you may be creating fiction pieces, historical, contemporary, or futuristic, about oppression, killers, war, and…
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