Daniel Barnes: Screenwriter in Indianapolis, Indiana.

GENRE: Comedy
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A broke writer attempts to network on Stage32 in hopes to make movies with like minded individuals. Heartwarming and meta af. Tragedy was not a genre option.

Susan Mcgregor/ Aka Susan Ruggiero

Sounds like a reality show for screenwriters who want to break in- I, Susan Mcgregor (aka Susan Ruggiero ) wants to break in, so does Sally Doe, etc.

GENRE: Action, Sci-fi
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In the future, corporations own what's left of Earth's viable resources, privatizing governments until a miracle discovery on Mars threatens to revive the planet. 

GENRE: Sci-fi, Thriller
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A widow uses her government clearance to access experimental time travel technology in order to stop her husband's death, but is caught in a temporal loop where she takes solace in killing the murderer day after day. 

GENRE: Drama
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A father struggles to keep it together after finding his newborn child is suffering from heroine withdrawal, exposing dark revelations about his spouse. 

GENRE: Action, Crime
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A disgraced vice cop takes on the cartel and his former team after suffering brain damage from a gunshot wound that has left his memories shattered and his reality warped.

GENRE: Action, Thriller
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After losing his job, a former tech security engineer turns to a violent path of crime that ultimately leads to him becoming the world's first super villain.

GENRE: Action, Crime
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A homicide detective teams up with a vampire in pursuit of a demonic killer through New Orleans' supernatural underworld.

Daniel Barnes

The fallout over The Interview is a massive censor-shit on freedom of expression and speech. Ridiculous. As creatives we thrive on such a platform. This is bigger than the financial bottom line. This is a threat to our given right to create.

Daniel Barnes

Hey writers, what's your ritual or method for your first draft? I like to have a single glass of scotch along with a movie within the genre of the script I'm working on in the background on mute, and I'll listen to an OST relevant to the emotion or charge in the scene I'm writing. Your turn.

Daniel Barnes

Serious about writing? Then we can chat. Time to overhaul some pages for a deadline. It's raining, my coffee mug is full (whiskey free - Vonnegut would shame me), and that damn cursor is taunting me. No need for fear, the words are mine. This blank page is dead, time to bring it to life.

Daniel Barnes

Follow me on twitter - @dan_barnes where I love to talk story and screenwriting.

Hayward Crawford

Amazing. The solid big points I will take away: It rarely takes more than a page to recognize that you're in the presence of someone who can write, but it only takes a sentence to know you're dealing with someone who can't. Which brings us to an ugly truth about many aspiring screenwriters: They thi...

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Daniel Barnes

Couldn't agree more, any serious writer that has worked as a reader for any management/script acquisitions company, or given notes on the multitudes of bad scripts floating around the Hollywood strato...

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Robert Frederick Busick III

I will not read your fucking script. Just kidding, I had to do it ! Your comments will show others how not to think and write, I'm going to leave writing to some body else for now !

Hardy Awadjie
Migrating to LA

I've heard countless stories regarding those that have gone to LA and ended up going back to their hometown or staying in LA but saying "The demand far outweighs the supply" and had to revert working full-time to pay for rent, etc. I've always thought making the move to LA from Seattle would be ques...

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Simon © Simon

That was my point. Cheap pay for small gigs, with no real future to them. IF you have a real agent with real connects who can get you infront of real people then by all means. Classic example YOUR TV...

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Simon © Simon

I Gotta go buy a lottery ticket.

Daniel Barnes

People will argue the old adage that luck is simply when preparation meets opportunity. In Hollywood, there is some truth there, but luck is a major factor. That said, luck may get your foot in the do...

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Daniel Barnes

Took a hiatus from writing for nearly four months, and as with everything - if you don't use it you lose it. Time to pick up the pen again and get back to it!

System Admin

Hey Daniel, I'm the CTO and lead developer at Stage 32. Please let me know if you have any questions or feedback about the site. I'd love to hear your comments! To get started with Stage 32 and understand all the features and resources the site has to offer, please check out the Getting Started section and our FAQ.

Richard "RB" Botto

Hi Daniel. I'm RB, co-founder and CEO of Stage 32. As an actor, screenwriter, and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work and attracting attention to their projects. That's why we created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 125,000+ members strong spanning 180+ countries making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth. This is a network for you, built by you. Like most things in life, the more you participate, the greater the rewards. We ask all new members pay it forward an...

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