Taylor Evans's Lounge Discussions

Good Luck Taylor!

Welcome and good luck Taylor.

I signed up for a written pitch and was wondering where will this pitch meeting be held? Is there a specific program they will use (like webinar)? I'm wondering "where do I go?"

Taylor, you register and then send your written submission in .pdf to Joey at the time of the executives appointments or close enough. I try to send my written pitch about 5 minutes ahead of the scheduled time... with who it's for in the subject line ie. Submission for Andrew from Sylvia... So Joey can spot them right away. The other options are a phone pitch or a skype pitch.. that you book ahead when you register. Good Luck.

Oh my gosh! Thank you so much you guys!!

I like to try different genres. I have tried fanstasy, horror, sci-fi, political drama & children's.

Sarah like your views on writing. it is a art form of one emotions

I think that free range story creation comes before genre boundaries and every writer ought to explore each realm in turn. Some genre will be more comfortable for writers than others and eventually, every writer will find his place in the writing world. I’ve tried several but somehow, I manage to feel best in the paranormal genre, comedy, relationship and feel-good drama genres. I often mix and match. Personally, I don’t like horror, docudramas or dark drama. That’s just me.

Paranormal genre, one of my favourites, although I thought that was also horror

Personally, I write what I have lived. It's top-of-consciousness, and (at the time) it's a time when I'm an expert on it (before time washes away the memories).

I’m not much for the blood & guts horror stuff but I’m very much into the psychological drama/romance storylines (Hitchcock sort of stuff.) I’d like to look at the logline and a story synopsis.

Oh it isn't blood and guts! I shall send you the logline

Thanks for the advice Beth! :)

@Beth - technically three scripts but one of them has had the option lapse ;-( So two currently optioned and good point re adding it to the sucesses, happened at the end of April so probably should! And thanks for the kind words re the articles, just paying it forward. Anthony

The "Producers are watching" comments make this discussion sound like a psychological horror. "They may not comment, but they're around"... tan tan tan. "They are here"...

"Pay it forward" really is the best approach. :) Anyway, please do post your success, Anthony. It's great news. :) And, Ally, yeah, it does sound a bit creepy, but the point is we do have worldwide membership with people from all aspects of the industry and from all different levels with a variety of experience. Put yourself out there. You never know, right? ;)

Hello Beth, I only pointed it out because it's a hilarious coincidence, plus the topic of the discussion is a psychological horror. I was just kidding about the creepiness. Stage32 is a great resource and I'll be sure to keep the lurking producers in mind. Thank you.

I personally migrated from FD to Fade In which reads and writes to FD and the other "standards". It costs quite a bit less and does everything I need to do as far as writing spec scripts, and as someone pointed out there's really no difference when it comes to submitting a PDF. Also the updates are done in a timely fashion and are free if you bought the software. It's a win-win situation so far.

Sorry Guys - I have been using Final Draft for years. I am on version 8 - which is rather creaky by today's standards but I like it - and it is industry standard. No - I was just curious about a screenplay option for Word - as I had never heard of such a thing. Thank you for giving me the low down. I will stick to FD - and contemplate upgrading to a version that talks back. Sounds fascinating - and a damn sight easier than trying to get the local screenplay meetup group to read aloud your latest draft.

My mind.

Andrew, I used FD8 for many years and just recently updated to FD9. 8 was very comfortable to work with and It appears that 9 just made it more complicated but not better. It could be that I just haven’t figured it out yet. 8 talks back and reads your script in those strange computer voices.

Doug: I like FD 8 as well. And newer doesn't always mean better. The talkback tool is great for helping catch omitted words.