Screenwriting : Special Edition VIP Webcast with Eric Williams, Manager/Producer @ Zero Gravity by Emily J

I'm working on three features and six pilots.

28 An FBI agent who’s recently lost a child in a mass preschool shooting finds himself the sole negotiator with the female leader of a paramilitary group who has taken 50 family members of U.S. Senators hostage in the U.S. Capitol, demanding the repeal of the 2nd Amendment in 24 hours.

80 and OUT When a musical theatre-obsessed, cancer-ridden woman and her closeted gay best friend (also terminally ill) embark on a cross country adventure in a 2 million dollar R.V. complete with helicopter and hot tub, their family members try and stop them from their goal of pulling a “Thelma and Louise” and driving into Lake Tahoe.

Also Michelangelo 86-year-old Michelangelo cannot figure out how to finish his greatest, final masterpiece until an 11-year-old shows up on his doorstep and teaches him a few things about art and life.

Golems A 14-year-old boy in Terezin Concentration Camp discovers he possesses the supernatural power to bring the Golem of Prague back to life to help him and friends fight the Nazis.

The Johnnys. Philadelphia, 1902. Two sophomores in high school break the basketball color line, changing the game and themselves forever.

Šindi Before the world’s greatest soccer player can win the woman he loves he must take on Hitler, but first he must take on himself.

Hi, we haven't formally met, but have corresponded as I recently won the Stage 32 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Screenwriting Contest. I am focusing on that project, entitled Time Tourists, and looking forward to my meetings in L.A. in February. From the contest win, I now have an agent interested in repping the project and submitting to U.S. prodcos. We are just finalizing the list. So the contest win has already generated some results and I am looking forward to keeping up the momentum!

Hey there, g'day from New Zealand. I'm a produced TV writer with a long history of working as film/TV crew. I have an LGBT-themed rom-com I'm shopping; has had a lot of great feedback; not sure if I can find a home for it. Exploring holiday rom-coms (doing a Stage 32 course on it). Also interested in political/social issue mini-series & drama. Casting about for where to put my focus next; looking for representation & hoping to be able to say no to production accounting gigs! LOL (Next up: Spartacus...)

All completed. All have been in Top Lists on The Black List.

I've written a dramedy TV pilot/podcast/book titled THE ADMISSIONS GAME, about the frenzy around elite college admissions. It has a badass female protagonist, a former secretary in the Yale admissions office who launches a private college admissions consulting business. Her superpower is getting any client into the Ivy League by any legal means possible.

Finishing up a 1/2 hour single cam comedy featuring LGBTQIA+ characters to add to an hour long dramedy featuring women's football and a Greek Myth feature centered on an Amazon warrior.

Shopping a feature screenplay, which is a contained psychological thriller called 'Blood in the Water'.

It's The Father (2020) meets Memento (2000).

In a claustrophobic apartment, a man plots the financially motivated murder of his bed ridden mother, while struggling to navigate between his hallucinations and actual reality.

I am currently doing another pass on my screenplay Skidmarks. Hoping to have it done by the end of the year. I've been given some excellent notes from Stage 32 consultations. I have one more consultation to get tomorrow with Natalie Goldberg. A few weeks ago, I had a very energetic conversation with Cindy Villareal who was very interested in the script, asked me to email her and keep in contact. She was supposed to give me notes in hope of moving forward with her. Since then, she has ghosted me. Two emails and one text message to her and no response. I plan to produce this movie = just now in final stages of having a movie (my 2nd as producer) completed / it's in final post.

Greetings! I recently completed a short film project in London called The Music Box and I am at present working on a feature film for the BET Network. I have several producers and actors interested in my period piece based upon Frances Burney, an amazing author who was first to publish with a mainstream publisher and thus opened the door for female writers such as Jane Austen (can you tell that Frances is my hero?). I wish everyone great success and I am grateful to be part of this community. Slainte! Jim

Currently Im working on a piece that is a buddy thriller/comedy/murder investigation. Two women in their 40s who meet at their friend's funeral and they go from there. Im very much in love with this because its based on actual events that I was a part of.

Hello

I'm in pre-production for an animated short with a Los Angeles-based and develop a series for kids with a European Animation studio.

I'm looking to get representation for my 2 live-action dramas.

1. Down to Freedom

Grounded sci-fi prestige drama with an Arthouse feel, and mother and daughter as female leads.

2. Remedy

Urban Family and Sports Action Drama

centered on a mentally challenged girl and her boxing half-brother.

I tend to swing for the fences—

Global warming.

Animal dignity.

LGBTQ+ rom-com.

But, I also write more traditional items— car action, story based on true events (I have the life writes), military action , etc.

All 11 of my features and pilots have made the quarters, semis, or finals at various contest, including Nichols, PAGE Int., Austin FF, Fade-In.

currently juggling 3 TV pilots and 1 feature film

Well, that was amazing! You guys brought such great questions. Please make sure you send each other network requests to stay in touch...and keep in contact with one another on this post!

Hello everyone. I'm developing Monkey Business an action comedy feature based on the screenplay written and to be directed by Tom Dey (Shangahi Noon, Failure To Launch).

An hour very well spent. Fist to hear Eric's enthusiasm AND the trail of "pass" tears. And then to hear about the paths that my fellow writers are traveling. I'd love to stay in touch, but it's hard. Maybe the New Yorkers can meet up. I saw another person from Brooklyn (Steve). I know we can find a place to meet. Anyone else? Hearing T.D.'s story was a lesson - you have to have something someone can sell now. Regards to all, and thanks again Amanda and Emily.

You're so welcome Carole Ryavec - if you wanted to take the lead to plan a Stage 32 meetup in New York City we can help you out with sending out an invitation to the creatives in our community there. All you do is pick a place (usually a bar) where the group can go, post it in our meetups section and then everyone can meetup there: https://www.stage32.com/meetups

Whoa. Thanks DT. I was born and raised in Philly and didn't know about it. Though I was not a big movie fan until later in life. Thanks so much for this lead.

Amanda Toney I'm game to help with a get together.

Steve Fisher - wonderful! Where are you located?