Christine Torres: Screenwriter in Los Angeles, California.

Joe Campbell Jr.

Thanks for this article, Chris. Very informative for all writers, including those just getting started like me.

OK, here's my question about one aspect which this article didn't cover at all: what about politics??? In particular, what about the well-known affiliation of WGA-East with the AFL-CIO (a labor union which is notorious for its corruption and its promotion of leftist, anti-American politics which hav...

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Christine Torres

The Guild does not tell you what to write. That's up to you and the market place. But if you find that you don't want to benefit from collective bargaining, you can refuse to join. Quentin Tarantino is not a member of the WGA and he seems to be doing just fine.

Dennis Kitainik

Excuse ME?! The marketplace?! The kind of politically correct garbage which is being made these days has NOTHING to do with the marketplace -- people DO NOT WATCH that crap (as the ratings for this ye...

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Jill A. Hargrave

You forgot to mention that if you work for a signatory news organization, you are required to join the WGA. At least that's how I became a member back in the 1980s when I worked as a news writer for an ABC News division.

Christine Torres

Thanks for pointing that out! You must have some amazing stories to tell!

Tasha Lewis

Thank you Christine for this informative piece, Joining today

Christine Torres

Congrats!!!

Tasha Lewis

Great benefits!

Laurie Ashbourne

If you write for animation, WGA coverage is prickly, so do your research.

Christine Torres

You are so right, Laurie. There's a whole additional blog in the different kinds WGA Caucus memberships (animation, Independent Film, Video Games, and nonfiction, to name a few) and their respective r...

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Rashika R

Hi Chris! Love this! So very happy that you shared this. You always give the best WGA advice when we chat. I always hang up like, Damn Chris knows her stuff. I've got work to do! lol Thanks again!!

Christine Torres

It’s always a pleasure to speak with you!!! Hope you are well.

Rashika R

I am! Same to you!

Kibibi Monie

Please give me some feed back on "TAKE A KNEE" Please give me your honest opinions . https://vimeo.com/348940577?ref=em-share

Kibibi Monie

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Dennis Kitainik

This is AMERICA-HATING TERRORIST PROPAGANDA, and this will only serve as an excuse for white racists to hate all of you! (And if the majority of you actually share these views, then they're not that far wrong to do so!)

What is the script about? Is it about trashing our heroes in the Border Patrol, as I suspect it is?

Mike Roberts

Who knows? Don't jump to conclusions

This is awesome. Very inspiring.

Stage 32 is awesome! Congrats Christine!

Christopher Kearney

Not sure how to friend you on Stage 32, but here I am. :-)

Christine Torres

sent you a request!

Christopher Kearney

Found ya! :-)

Donn Swaby
About to Do a Crowdfunding Campaign, Looking to See Who's Done This Too

Hey guys, Donn Swaby here. I am in the middle of planning a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds to do a proof of concept short of my feature, to then help raise finances for the feature. In pre-production on the campaign video, using seed&spark's platform. Who else has done a crowdfunding campaign?...

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Julie Stern

How do I get a message to RB directly?

Donn Swaby

Julie , who is RB?

Cory Parella

Lol RB is the founder. He might take a while to respond but he nearly always does.

GENRE: Thriller, Crime
LOGLINE:

Set in Arizona on the US/Mexican border, this crime drama follows two Border Patrol agents who succumb to temptation when they find a large pile of drug cash. Problem is, they’re not the only ones after that money.

Nathaniel Baker

Rated this logline

Nathaniel Baker

LOVE IT!!!!!

Brian Calabrese

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Christine Torres
Writer/Producer

So, I just got booted off of twitter this week for being a bot. How can I be a bot? reCAPTCHA confirmed I'm human! Anyone else having this kind of identity crisis?

Christine Torres

Blah blah blahbity blah

Richard "RB" Botto

Hi Christine. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 325,000+ members representing every country on the planet making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth.

This is a network for you, built by you. Li...

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