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Don’t miss this Friday’s Stage 32 Community Wrap-Up LIVE on Instagram with Head of Stage 32's Community, Ashley Smith, & Community Manager/ Writer's Room Producer, Kay Ross! You can tune in on the @Stage32 or @Stage32Scripts Instagram accounts every Friday at 10:00 am PT/ 1:00 pm ET, to keep up to d...
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Whether you’re a journalist covering a story for your local paper, an aspiring screenwriter, or a student working on your class assignment, write with your heart. Second guessing and self-doubt are two obstacles in writing we must overcome. When I was writing ‘Coreville Park a Reggae Novel’ it took...
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Great backstory for 29 Dimes a Love Story, Randolph Randy Camp! You're right. Second guessing and self-doubt are two obstacles in writing we must overcome. I was working on a script today, and I secon...
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I love that backstory Randolph Randy Camp. And yes, very much agree when you say write from the heart. We forget how unique our voice is so second-guessing ourselves surely derails us from being trans...
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We've heard you loud and clear that because there is so much to choose from in Stage 32’s industry-leading educational library, you want to be able to save some of your favorite education opportunities to go back and visit later. Well, now you can! Check out today’s blog here:
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Hey, Writers!
Make sure that you’re participating in November Write Club’s Week 2 Challenges so that you’re eligible for this week’s free prize giveaway! The prize will be announced during Friday’s Instagram Live at 10:00 am PT/ 1:00 pm ET.
You can find this week’s challenges outlined in the blog post...
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Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter, Meg LeFauve (Inside Out 1 & 2, Captain Marvel, The Screenwriting Life) and Emmy-Nominated Screenwriter, Lorien McKenna (Tab Time, This Thing Called Love, The Screenwriting Life) are sharing their advice, insights, and stories from their experiences working as writers an...
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Mary Helen Norris shares some of her favorite books that writers should read in today's blog, like “Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood” by J Michael Straczynski and “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft” by Stephen King. www.stage32.com/blog/7-books-that-every-writer-should-read-39...
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Stage 32’s founder and CEO, Richard “RB” Botto, shares two videos in today’s blog.
In the first video, best-selling author Brandon Sanderson shares tips and tricks for overcoming “writer’s block.”
In the second video, RB shares advice on what to do when you experience writer’s block.
Grab your coff...
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In today’s blog, Joel Syder talks about the differences between writing for the stage and writing for the screen, plus what they have in common. www.stage32.com/blog/writing-for-the-stage-vs-the-screen-3911...
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Head of Stage 32's Community, Ashley Smith, & Community Manager/ Writer's Room Producer, Kay Ross will be announcing the November Write Club Week 1 Prize Winners Live on Instagram! You can tune in @Stage32 or @Stage32Scripts Instagram accounts at 10:00 am PT/ 1:00 pm ET, to keep up to date on all of...
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Anyone who missed out on today's LIVE Instagram wrap-up and the November Write Club Week 1 prize winner announcements, can find the full video HERE: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCHyHJeyYmw/?utm_sou...
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In today’s blog, Giovanna Silvestre shares her journey of publishing her first book, Confused Girl: Find Your Peace in the Chaos. And Giovanna gives tips for mastering rejection. www.stage32.com/blog/the-art-of-rejection-lessons-from-a-first-time-auth......
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My current WIP is an Urban Fantasy, as I've come to the conclusion that Magical Realism is not taken as literally as I think it should be as a designation. But there is a romance sub-plot that concerns 2 of the 3 major characters/narrators and develops from nothing to a full-fledged relationship by...
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Hi, Terrence Sellers. Since the romance is only a subplot and your book is absolutely not about the romance, I think you should call the book an Urban Fantasy.
Yeah, I agree with Maurice, Terrence Sellers . Though I find most works nowadays cross multiple genres, which is the mark of a good book. My rule of thumb is that whatever the logline for the movie pi...
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Agree with Maurice Vaughan here. Let the subplot stay a subplot. Otherwise, readers will feel tricked into buying something they didn't actually want.
You always have to watch as the genre definitions change. Urban Fantasy has taken three major forms over the years. And for a long time Magical Realism just meant that you were writing Urban Fantasy b...
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This writing thing is a tumultuous and unstable business. I had four novels published traditionally and was working on my fifth. Out of the blue, my publisher informed me she was going out of business as of 30 September. My novels have been "unpublished" and have reverted back to me. I thought I had...
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John, I started out with hybrid publishing, and am now self-publishing, which I found was best, as I was doing almost all the work myself anyway. Draft2Digital is the easiest for converting your pdf i...
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John: It's true that more people make money off writers than off writing. But I"m 85, and I do all my editing for novella-size works, and under. I farm out the heavy lifting for novels to an editor at...
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Is the goal for you novelist to make a movie from your books? It seems like covers seem to be an issue. I could do both; make your movie & provide you with a book cover independently done. I don't turn them into screenplays unless you have the patience for that.
Thanks everyone for the advice and valuable information. At the moment I am in a funk suffering from PPCS (Post Publisher Collapse Syndrome). I realize I have a lot of work to do. I have decided to go...
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Hi there, John. Wishing you much success with all your works. Please do keep us posted.
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