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Coffee & Content: Global Opportunities Are Increasing!
The Rise & Struggle of Independent Filmmakers: Sustaining Creativity in a Studio-Dominated World
November Write Club Week #4: Congratulations, You Got Through the Door! How Are You Keeping it Open?
Coffee & Content: Reframing Rejection as Part of the Journey
Announcing the 2nd Annual Period Piece Screenwriting Contest
Celebrate the November 2024 Stage 32 Community’s Successes
Embracing Unexpected Opportunities In Your Career
5 Tips For Writing Your Life Story
Why Write About Your Experiences Through Fantastical Lenses?
Why Filmmakers Must Study Birdman: Lessons in Screenwriting, Dark Humor, and Storytelling
Coffee & Content: Pitching Hacks No One Is Talking About!
Happy Sunday, Creative Army! Have you had a creative weekend so far? I have some content here for you that is sure to get the creative juices flowing, so grab your coffee, and let's dive in. First up, in this interview with Film Courage, Writer, Director, & Producer Tendayi Nyeke is sharing her 3 techniques for pitching effectively. Tendayi's multi-genre creative work has been awarded internationally. She’s a former broadcast executive who helmed several award-winning shows a…
The Secret To Writing Incredible Fiction
If you’re a writer—whether you’re a writer of books, short stories, poetry, screenplays, or stage plays—you’ve likely gotten in your head a time or two about your writing. I can’t tell you how many times a story sat in my head for days, weeks, months—or even years sometimes—simply because I couldn’t get it to come out on the page as genius as it was in my head. There’s this ridiculous idea we have as writers that our genius …
Join Us for the 10th Annual November Write Club!
FOLLOW @STAGE32 & @STAGE32SCRIPTS ON INSTAGRAM TO WATCH THE STAGE 32 TEAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCRIVENER GIVE AWAY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS OF PRIZES & SOFTWARE LICENSES LIVE EVERY FRIDAY IN NOVEMBER AT 10AM PST / 1PM EST! All of the inspiration & support that you need to crush your creative goals this month! Stage 32 is rooting for you! Stage 32’s biggest and most feel-good challenge of the year is BACK! Our 10TH Annual November Write Club is here to help you find the p…
Red Carpet Roll-Out: November 2024's New Executives at Stage 32!
Happy Thursday, Stage 32 Community! Our Stage 32 Team has been working diligently to bring in as many new resources and opportunities as possible to enrich your experience here in our community! At Stage 32 you have direct access to award-winning industry executives and professionals who have produced, developed, and represented acclaimed projects such as ALBERT BROOKS: DEFENDING MY LIFE, GOD & COUNTRY, NEW AMSTERDAM, DO NO HARM, EMERALD CITY, THE MAZE RUNNER, FOREVER MY GIRL, DA…
Stage 32's November 2024 Education Schedule!
Happy Wednesday, Stage 32 Community! I hope that the last month has been joyful and productive for you all! Our Stage 32 Education Team has certainly been hard at work to bring incredible education opportunities and resources to this fantastic community. This November, you'll have the chance to learn from knowledgeable industry executives, award-winning writers, producers, directors, consultants, authors, actors, and representatives. Impressive creative professionals who have worked on…
Stage 32 Has Been My Most Significant Guiding Force
In 2021 I woke up one Saturday morning and decided to turn the memoir I was writing into a TV series. I’d never tried screenwriting before and had no idea where the inspiration came from – but was determined to make it happen. “How To Write A Screenplay” I started Googling, “How to write a screenplay.” I found a few free online courses, read a few scripts, and dove right in. Within a few days I had completed my first TV Pilot – however awfully …
How To Set An Intention & Achieve Your Entertainment Goals
Very early in my career as a storyteller, I adapted a few practices that relate back to lessons I learned from my yoga practice. This came about because I had a break-down/break-through moment during my second year in art school. The result of creating several projects with less-than-desirable results was devastating. I felt miserable. I put my whole self into every aspect of the work, and when it failed, I felt internally as if I had failed. Hence, began my search for something that wou…
Coffee & Content: Hollywood's Obsession with Ambition!
Happy Sunday, Creative Army! Have you had a creative weekend so far? I have some content here for you that is sure to get the creative juices flowing, so grab your coffee, and let's dive in. First up, in this video essay by Thomas Flight, he’s analyzing Hollywood’s obsession with the theme of ambition, by taking a closer look at praised projects that are centered around this theme like The Bear, and contrasting it with its opposite, Wim Wenders and Takuma Takasaki’s f…
Scaring Up Funds: How to Acquire Investors For Your Horror Film
We’ve all heard the stories. Paranormal Activity, a film with a budget slightly less than a used Honda, made $193 million worldwide and launched a profitable franchise. That film’s progenitor, The Blair Witch Project, had a $60K budget and turned out a $250 million box office haul. The most profitable films from 2010 to 2015 were all horror films. 10. The Last Exorcism ($68M gross vs. $1.8M production budget) 9. Annabelle ($257M vs. $6.5M) 8. Chernobyl Diaries ($37M vs…
Set Yourself Up For Success With The 10th Annual November Write Club!
Hello, Stage 32 Community! I’m currently writing to you from the Austin Film Festival where I’m working to tell as many creatives as I can about Stage 32 and all the cool things happening here on the platform! If you’re attending AFF this year, be sure to stop by our table at registration and say hi to me and our Community Manager & Writer's Room Producer, Kay Ross. We’ll also be hosting our 11th Annual Rooftop Bash at the Speakeasy on Friday, October 25th, …
The Little Screenwriter Who Could: Tenacity In The Face Of Rejection
Giving up. It’s a phase, I believe, that all good writers grapple with at some point. "It’s too hard." "I’m not good enough." "Maybe I should have been a banker." These are all thoughts that have crossed my mind (except the banker part) at one time or another throughout my many years as a writer. Thoughtful, calculating, creative, innovative, imaginative – all qualities that make a great writer - can harvest overthinking, and insecurity, and make us question our v…
My 10 Favorite Horror Movies & What They Taught Me About Screenwriting!
There are sooo many incredible Horror movies. It’s really hard to pick ten favorites. And my “10 Favorite Horror Movies” list changes a lot. I recently watched some movies that could be on this list one day. Here are my favorite Horror movies, why they’re my favorites, and one screenwriting tip from each movie. You can use some of these tips for other genres. And SPOILER ALERT- the below contains spoilers about the films!!! 10- THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS The…
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