Authoring & Playwriting

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Ashley Renee Smith
November Write Club Week #3: Set Yourself Up For Success With Feedback On Your Project!

It's officially Week 3 of Stage 32's 10th Annual November Write Club in partnership with Scrivener and this week we're talking about Setting Yourself Up For Success With Feedback On Your Project! Learn more in today's blog and jump into this week's challenges so that you're eligible for Friday's FRE...

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Dave Borland

At my age in my very late 80's, it so exciting to have a play going to be produced here in Pittsburgh that I began to write 40 years ago. "Angel of Mercy" is my play about the courageous woman labor o...

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Geoff Hall

Dave Borland Hi Dave, that’s amazing to hear of your success. Here’s to a successful run at the theatre.

Ashley Renee Smith
Don't Miss Tomorrow's Instagram LIVE Prize Giveaway!

Join Us LIVE this Friday on Instagram (@Stage32 & @Stage32Scripts) at 10am PST for this week's November Write Club prize giveaway! We're giving out 2 great prizes! Not entered to win? You can still join in!

Start by reading & commenting on Week 3’s BLOG- https://www.stage32.com/blog/november-write-cl...

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Ashley Renee Smith

If you missed the LIVE, you can watch the full video here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCr1TjTyCkZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&......

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Geoff Hall

The best IG Live ever!!! ;-)

Dustin Lee
Lesser known sources of creative ingenuity...
Lists & Lizards
Lists & Lizards
In nature's vast classroom, one of our most unlikely writing teachers scurries across sun-baked rocks: the humble lizard. Its survival strategy-run fast, stand still-contains a profound truth that eve…
Ashley Renee Smith
Don't miss out on today's Stage 32 November Write Club LIVE Instagram Q&A!

Don't miss out on today's Stage 32 November Write Club LIVE Instagram Q&A with Screenwriter, Director, & Actress, Marla Sokoloff (The Merry Gentlemen, Rosé All Day, Betrayed By Love, Sweet On You)! Marla will be sharing advice, insights, and stories from her experiences growing up and working in the...

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Ashley Renee Smith

You can also ask Marla any questions that you have for her in thi...

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Ashley Renee Smith
10 Steps For Brainstorming A Novel

Hey, Writers!

I was just watching this great video where author, Sara Cannon is sharing her 10 steps for brainstorming and developing a new novel idea.

Do you have any tips of your own that help you brainstorm at the very start of your writing process?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PWcP2BTQGMo...

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Leonardo Ramirez

I really like her tips Ashley Renee Smith and the story map idea. It's hard to pinpoint how I come up with an idea when it's usually a really small thing that is at the core of the story that just hit...

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Ashley Renee Smith

I know all about worldbuilding getting out of hand, Leonardo Ramirez... LOL!

Leonardo Ramirez

Yes, I've your work, Ashley Renee Smith. Yours is more like Universe Building! LOL. I love it!

Ashley Renee Smith

It's a sickness. I must be stopped. Lol!

Leonardo Ramirez

Hahaha! Too funny Ashley Renee Smith !!

Cyrus Adenya
Perfect deception

Perfect Deception

Prologue

Alex is a genius technologist cum medical expert whose innovative services were once rejected by a prestigious bank due to reasons ranged in bias and prejudice. The reputation was at stake, but more significantly, a burning desire for revenge was born that day. Determined...

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Terrence Sellers
Always Fighting the Word Count

My current WIP was supposed to be 60 - 80K words. I'm currently on chapter 19, and I'm confident this will end up being 90 - 95K words. Longer than I wanted for an Urban Fantasy, but not so long that people will flat out ignore it before considering the story.

Every book I've written comes out much l...

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Maurice Vaughan

I can relate, Terrence Sellers. Some of my scripts come out longer than I planned for them to be, even though I made detailed outlines, but sometimes it's better that my scripts turned out longer....

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Maurice Vaughan

Great to meet you, Moses Alizadhe. You could post your loglines, synopses, and scripts on your profile. Producers search profiles on here for projects. Click the gear symbol in the top right-hand corn...

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Terrence Sellers

Moses Alizadhe I wish I knew how to get a script sold. I'm sitting on 8 I'd like to sell lol

Bill Albert

I had the same problem. My books always go a lot longer than the average novel. At 90-95 it might not be a problem. You might be able to trim it down doing a second draft. My book ended at 160,000. Yes, a problem. I ended up self publishing.

Terrence Sellers

Bill Albert My first novel, which is part of a trilogy, came out to 100,000, if you don't count the lore appendix. But 120,000 if you do count it. I'm still querying it, but have gotten no bites. I ma...

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Terrence Sellers
Book Printing Question

Do you count picture pages in the page number count?

Imagine chapter 1 is 12 pages of text. You start at page 1 on the right side with a blank left page 0, as usual.

Chapter 2 starts on page 13 and would normally be on the right side right next to the end page of chapter 1 (page 12).

But say you have a...

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Bill Albert

Yes, You count every page from beginning to end. If the picture on page 13 goes with chapter 1 then start chapter 2 on page 14. If you clearly headline each chapter you don't need to leave a blank page between the two.

Leonardo Ramirez

I've always counted the picture pages, Terrence Sellers. Headlining the chapters helps as Bill suggested.

Terrence Sellers

Bill Albert Ultimately, this is what we went with. As I do headline the chapters, it was very easy to implement counting the pictures as pages in the standard counting....

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Ashley Renee Smith
Don’t Miss This Friday’s Stage 32 Community Wrap-Up & Prize Giveaway LIVE on Instagram!

Don’t miss this Friday’s Stage 32 Community Wrap-Up LIVE on Instagram with Head of Stage 32's Community, Ashley Smith, & Community Manager/ Writer's Room Producer, Kay Ross! You can tune in on the @Stage32 or @Stage32Scripts Instagram accounts every Friday at 10:00 am PT/ 1:00 pm ET, to keep up to d...

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Ashley Renee Smith

If you missed it LIVE, you can watch the full video HERE: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCZyjH-yzQ6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&......

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Randolph Randy Camp
Write With Heart

Whether you’re a journalist covering a story for your local paper, an aspiring screenwriter, or a student working on your class assignment, write with your heart. Second guessing and self-doubt are two obstacles in writing we must overcome. When I was writing ‘Coreville Park a Reggae Novel’ it took...

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Maurice Vaughan

Great backstory for 29 Dimes a Love Story, Randolph Randy Camp! You're right. Second guessing and self-doubt are two obstacles in writing we must overcome. I was working on a script today, and I secon...

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Leonardo Ramirez

I love that backstory Randolph Randy Camp. And yes, very much agree when you say write from the heart. We forget how unique our voice is so second-guessing ourselves surely derails us from being trans...

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Leonardo Ramirez
New Feature: You Can Now Build Your Stage 32 Education Wishlist!

We've heard you loud and clear that because there is so much to choose from in Stage 32’s industry-leading educational library, you want to be able to save some of your favorite education opportunities to go back and visit later. Well, now you can! Check out today’s blog here:

https://www.stage32.co...

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Ashley Renee Smith
Don’t Miss Out On The November Write Club Week 2 Challenges!

Hey, Writers!

Make sure that you’re participating in November Write Club’s Week 2 Challenges so that you’re eligible for this week’s free prize giveaway! The prize will be announced during Friday’s Instagram Live at 10:00 am PT/ 1:00 pm ET.

You can find this week’s challenges outlined in the blog post...

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