Screenwriting

Hi Tomás,

I love your project and I was really intrigued by the concept you’re exploring. I’ve worked with a range of manuscripts, helping writers refine their stories and prepare them for publication, and I’d be glad to offer guidance or feedback if it would be helpful.

Are you currently drafting, or have you started revising? I’d love to hear more about your story and any parts where you feel extra guidance would make a difference.

Looking forward to learning more about your project.

Best regards,

Arlane.

Hi Arlane,

Thank you for your kind message and for taking interest in my project. The story is called Heart of Africa and it’s a dramatic series set in Africa that explores themes like power, family, betrayal and love, with different storylines developing across the seasons.

At the moment I’ve already drafted several parts of the story and I’m continuing to expand and refine the narrative structure. I’m always open to feedback, especially regarding character development and pacing, so your guidance would definitely be valuable.

I’d be happy to share more details about the story and hear your thoughts on it.

Best regards,

Tomás

Thank you for sharing more about Heart of Africa. The direction you are taking with themes such as power, family, betrayal, and love gives the story a strong base, and the multi-season structure creates room for meaningful character development and evolving storylines.

It is good to hear that you already have several sections drafted and are now working on refining the structure. At this stage, careful attention to how scenes are arranged, how characters develop over time, and how each storyline connects can make a noticeable difference in how the story reads as a whole.

I would be glad to review your material and provide detailed feedback, with particular focus on character development, pacing, and the way your storylines link together. If you are comfortable, you can share a sample or a section you would like me to start with. I will go through it carefully and share clear, practical notes that you can apply as you continue working on the series.

If there are specific areas you would like me to pay closer attention to, please let me know.

I look forward to reading your work.

Arlane Whitmore

Thank you so much for your thoughtful feedback — I truly appreciate the time you took to engage with Heart of Africa. Your observations about structure, character development, and interconnected storylines are exactly the areas I’m currently focusing on as I refine the project.

I’ve already drafted several sections, and I’m now working on strengthening the narrative flow and ensuring that each character arc evolves in a meaningful way across the broader story.

I’d be glad to share a sample with you. I’m particularly interested in feedback on character development and how effectively the different storylines connect and build momentum.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts, and thank you again for your openness to engage with the project.

Best regards,

Tomás

Hi Komal Basra - it's an honor to meet you and we're glad you're with us on Stage 32. Here’s a great post that will help you navigate Stage 32: https://www.stage32.com/blog/how-to-successfully-navigate-the-stage-32-p... It's all about relationships, staying active in the lounges and meeting other scribes.

Komal, welcome — and a script rooted in standing against injustice is exactly the kind of material that travels.

I'd recommend starting by getting professional coverage on your script so you know exactly where it stands before you start pitching. From there, the Stage 32 Success Team at success@stage32.com can help you identify the right executives and next steps for your specific material. Reach out and tell them what you have — they work with writers from all over the world and would love to hear from you.

Thank you so much, Geoffroy Faugerolas, for your kind welcome and valuable advice.

My script focuses on standing against injustice and the courage to speak up for what is right. Your encouragement truly means a lot to me.

I will definitely look into getting professional coverage and will reach out to the Stage 32 Success Team as you suggested. I’m grateful to be part of this community and excited to continue learning and connecting with filmmakers from around the world.

Hi Salustiano,

I love your project and I was really intrigued by the concept you’re exploring. I’ve worked with a range of manuscripts, helping writers refine their stories and prepare them for publication, and I’d be glad to offer guidance or feedback if it would be helpful.

Are you currently drafting, or have you started revising? I’d love to hear more about your story and any parts where you feel extra guidance would make a difference.

Looking forward to learning more about your project.

Best regards,

Arlane.

You charge? Arlane Whitmore

Yes, I do.

I’m quite selective with what I take on. I focus on work where I can clearly see how to strengthen what’s already on the page.

You can share a bit about your project.

This is genuinely good news and you're right to feel the momentum since most cold emails go nowhere. A request is the beginning of a process, not the end of one. Executives request a lot of scripts. They read far fewer. They respond to even fewer. So the goal right now is to stay calm, stay professional, and keep moving — because the worst thing you can do is stop everything and wait for this one person to determine your fate.

Send the script promptly — within 24 hours if you haven't already — with a clean, brief cover note. No overselling, no lengthy recap of your conversation, just a warm and confident delivery. Then put it out of your mind as much as you can.

Give it three weeks before any follow-up. If you haven't heard back by then, one short, professional check-in is completely appropriate. Something like "just wanted to make sure the script came through and see if you had any questions." That's it. One follow-up. After that you wait again.

In the meantime — and this is the most important part — keep going. Keep pitching. Keep submitting. Keep getting the script in front of other people. A request from one exec does not mean you stop pursuing every other avenue. In fact, having multiple people reading simultaneously is the healthiest position you can be in. It protects you emotionally and it creates the kind of momentum that tends to attract more momentum.

Geoffroy Faugerolas This was a very thoughtful response. I am currently in week one and a half of waiting. Your advice was sage and I will be following it—quite literally, actually: I would love for you to read the script. I’ll have you by page one.

Tomás Daniel its a super interesting premise that has a ton of cinematic potential. It will be a challenge to display that shift on paper so an aligned director would be a must more than usual even in this case.

Darrel

Thank you so much! I completely agree — finding a director who truly aligns with the vision is crucial, especially for capturing the shifts and nuances in the story. I’m really excited about the challenge and the possibilities this film holds

I'll try now: Raven Wibberly and Robin Chase have always done everything together: Like from birth! These twins (Raven's married name is Wibberly) joined the Air Force to see the world. They ended up becoming flight surgeons together and focused on epidemiology & . They go to the hotspots around the world where there are wars, confilcts, strange outbreaks, mysterious deaths etc.. and have a unique knack for seeing the story behind the story. Raven is the whimsical one of the two, everything seems to come easily to her and her intuitive powers lead them to clues. Robin is a bench scientist so all about postulating theories. Raven's husband (Mitch Wibberly) is a helicoptor pilot also in the Air Force assigned to this dynamic duo and works around the clock (much to his delight & exhaustion) keeping these two ladies safe and solving crimes before anyone else can get hurt!

I'll go with Oren Turtletaub.

Oren is a man of evergreen stiffness whose life is dedicated to the eradication of “unnecessary vibration.” As a biomedical engineer in a crumbling, state-funded hospital, he is pathologically devoted to order, calibration, and silence, and has little interest in the humans around him. But when he develops hyperacusis, the hospital transforms into a sensory torture chamber, and the patients begin to seem to him like loud, leaking bags of meat forever ruining the sonic feng shui of his sterile basement workshop. Driven to a state of surgical extremism, Oren begins “optimizing” the hospital’s mortality rate, quietly decommissioning patients whose life-support monitors beep at a frequency he finds offensive.

The horror lies in Oren’s absolute lack of malice; he isn’t a serial killer by trade, just a man who believes that a quiet hospital is a healthy hospital, and he’s willing to pile up the bodies until he can finally hear himself think.

Genre: Dark comedy / horror

Phil Leasure this sounds gripping and truly frightening!!

These are all fantastic Libby Wright Phil Leasure and @Thomas

I love the question.

I don’t force myself to think too much when naming my characters—whatever comes to mind, I accept, hhh. Since they are aliens, anything that feels strange is good enough for me.

Thanks for sharing James!

It's not everyday you can learn the craft from a senior agent. Great opportunity!

I couldn't agree more Geoff!

It's already shaping up to be a great lab!

I am looking forward to getting my treatment started with Davina on Saturday!