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Laura Ackermann is having a 24-hour AMA in the Filmmaking/Directing Lounge! The AMA is focused on “When Should Filmmakers Pursue Publicists & PR Opportunities?”
Laura is the CEO/Founder of Advantage PR, Publicist, & Branding Expert (Charisma Carpenter, Anna Lamb, Rushi Kota). She’ll be answering qu...
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Steve's on my Linkedin, I had to post this. :)
this letter never gets old! love it…
I saw this when he posted it. So encouraging!!!
Having just saw Alien in a theater last week it has held up wonderfully. Bad luck for American International.
Never give up! This made my day!
Bill Albert That "scene" still gives me the shakes.
Hey friends, today is the Regular Deadline for the 2nd Annual Palm Springs Women in Film & Television Stage 32 Short Script Competition. So now is the time to get your short scripts in for the chance to have your script made into a short with a budget of $10,000!
https://www.stage32.com/happy-writers...
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Thanks for letting us know
I'm polishing mine up. I plan to submit.
Best of luck to you Anita!
This is more a thought than an actionable item.
We see someone get a shock from an outlet as a child. Perhaps we are scared of that room, or of holding a fork. Because the shock happened in a particular room and the person stuck a fork in the socket.
But that is an understanding based purely on obser...
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Excellent advice, Craig D Griffiths! The note under the note/the note behind the note. Karen "Kay" Ross talks about that a lot (www.stage32.com/KRoss). Great minds think alike....
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Hey everyone! I wanted to congratulate our fellow community members who had scripts requested through Stage 32 pitch sessions last week. We are thrilled for the opportunities for the following writers to have their scripts requested by STX, Bluewater Lane Productions, Won Way Media, LINK Entertainme...
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Congratulations to everyone who got a script request and meeting request!
How can I sell my screenplay? Paying for coverage, consultation, and contests doesn’t seem to work. Any thoughts?
Hi, Mahyar Rasi. My best advice is to network/build relationships on Stage 32. Here are blogs about networking: www.stage32.com/blog/tags/networking-41...
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Find a producer with great connections that can help you get your project packaged with great talent and/or a great director. And then you can shop the project and pray that a buyer likes the script,...
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scriptrevolution.com is a start. Then you have to start trying to build some connections. How? That is different for everyone.
Laura Ackermann will be having a 24-hour AMA in the Filmmaking/Directing Lounge tomorrow, focused on “When Should Filmmakers Pursue Publicists & PR Opportunities?”
Laura is the CEO/Founder of Advantage PR, Publicist, & Branding Expert (Charisma Carpenter, Anna Lamb, Rushi Kota). She’ll be answering...
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I remembered that I was a Quarter Finalist in the Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards back in 2022. To be completely honest, I don't even know if anybody takes those awards seriously or not. Just thought I'd toss it out in case anybody sees some prestige behind them.
I got some of those and they don't mean anything to me, personally. However, it does mean you took the time to write an entire professional script in correct formatting and a level of structure that w...
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I submitted my first written pitch, it went in Sunday, won’t hear until June, fingers crossed
Congratulations on your first written pitch, Justin Groats! Let us know how it goes.
Hey All! I'm looking at the Feature Script / TV Script 2-page coverage from an Executive (for $150), but also the 30 min call and 60 min call (upwards of $250).
Does anyone know if we do the cheaper 2-page coverage option, are we able to email the Executive about the notes after receiving them if we...
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Check out The Screenplay Mechanic. Much better than any coverage I ever got here and I ordered at least 8 feature reads on S32. Also Andrew does respond to follow up inquiries on the notes he gives. H...
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try the newest script service vouched by heavy hitters. The site guarantees human readers. Whether spending more $ helps or not to a script deal/rep/option/job- no site can promise that.
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I agree with Maurice. Reach out to the success team at success@stage32.com and they'll lead you in the right direction.
Hey Andy! You and I have been emailing at success@stage32.com - I am happy we're able to connect here as well. You have a lot of great questions and I hope that I was able to answer them all! For othe...
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hello Andy Yang we can communicate +255 629 311 640 email glory.zitatugmail.com
Hi, all! What are your tips on landing a rep? How did you land your representation? What do you think helped you? Do you know any agencies looking for clients?
Any wisdom you can offer would be greatly appreciated!
Most of the time anyone I've known who got repped had written something really great, like transcendent from the rest of their portfolio and because this was easily recognizable, the script was passed...
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One thing you can do is to keep writing and educating yourself in your craft. Getting representation isn't a one-way street, the representative wants to be confident when putting you up for jobs as it...
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I do all my own representation. it's a lot easier
Make comic books, and let the reps call you.
Hey Eric - I am a Writer Consultant with Stage 32. You can reach me at success@stage32.com - I've seen a lot of Stage 32 writers land representation and the thing they all have in common is a positive...
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So thankful to find out my dramedy, GUS, is a Quarter Finalist!!! Congratulations to all Quarter Finalists!!! Thank you, Stage32!!!
Congratulations on "Gus" being a Quarter Finalist, Francisco Castro!
Francisco, way to ROCK! Here's wishing you even more success with "Gus!"
Wow! Congratulations to all Quarter Finalists and you Francisco Castro!!
Congratulations, Francisco Castro! To you and all the quarterfinalists. Wishing you huge success with GUS!!
Congrats! This is big news and well deserved I am sure. The Stage 32 contests receive a record-breaking number of entries every round so to place is a testament to your writing.
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