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Johnie Blaze
Writer | Supernatural Action-Thriller Franchise | 20+ Years in the Making

Hey everyone — I’m Johnie Blaze, a writer currently residing in central Texas. I’ve spent the last 20+ years building a supernatural action-thriller franchise called Shadow of the Light. It’s a story that spans across time with a rotating cast of protagonists, each pulled into a mythology that’s dee...

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Debbie Elicksen

Johnie Blaze Congratulations on your project. Great things take time. ;) Very cool also on the car dealership. I used to collect Oldsmobiles. I encourage you to check out some of the Lounges and Blogs...

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Ashley Renée Smith

Hi Johnie Blaze, welcome to Stage 32! I’m Ashley, Head of Community here on the platform, and it’s great to see a fellow Texan jumping into the community.

Spending 20+ years developing a franchise conc...

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Good Evening!!

Hello Everyone!! My name’s Yolanda, I am very new to the acting world and industry, I am 21 and I am just starting on my journey and am trying to find like minded people and opportunities. I hope everyone has had a great day so far!

Pat Alexander

Hey Yolanda Perez welcome to the community. What inspires you to act?

Anne Leighton

Yolanda, have a great time. I'm a music publicist and writer in a wonderful New York City borough.

Subin Karkani

welcome Yolanda and wish you all the best in your journey

Harold Gnansounou

Welcome to the Yolanda community!

Ashley Renée Smith

Hi Yolanda Perez, welcome to Stage 32! I’m Ashley, Head of Community here on the platform. I’m really glad you introduced yourself, starting a journey in the acting world is exciting, and it’s great t...

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Jim Greer
Here I Am

Hi, my name is Jim. I’m a self-employed CPA and amateur filmmaker in Austin Texas here to make friends and influence people in hopes of becoming a professional filmmaker…or make side dough selling scripts…or get some voice acting…or whatever. These days I just post goofy music videos to Youtube that...

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Vijay Kumar

Superb

Shadow Dragu-Mihai

Welcome here!

Ashley Renée Smith

Hi Jim Greer, welcome! I’m Ashley, Head of Community here at Stage 32. It’s great to see you finally jumping in and introducing yourself, especially as a fellow Texan. I’m just down the road in Austin...

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Stage 32 Job Alert
Screenwriter hired through Stage 32 Jobs

Favour Drey, a Screenwriter from Lagos, Nigeria was just hired for the project titled "Belive in me". Congratulations!

Elara Wright

Congratulations favour

Sharda Crawford

Congratulations!

Phoenix Black

congrats favourdrey Love to see this for any writer but sending you double the love because you’ve made it from Nigeria to Hollywood!

Vital Butinar

Congratulations!

Michael Dukumor

can’t wait to be next

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Kevin Patel
Hello from Australia!!

Hi everyone, I’m Kevin — a Melbourne‑based screenwriter and founder of Paper Crown Films. I focus on grounded, emotionally driven stories with a cinematic edge, especially psychological horror and intimate dramedy.

Right now I’m developing two projects that represent the two sides of my voice:

• STAN...

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Kat Spencer

Awesome to meet you Kevin Patel! The Long Way Back sounds right up my alley.

Abhijeet Aade

Hi Kevin Patel , great to meet you here. Both projects sound really interesting, especially STAN—the psychological horror concept with the teddy bear is a very intriguing idea. I also appreciate stori...

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Subin Karkani

hello kevin.. welcome

P. Oken

Hi Kevin Patel I'm Prosper Okenyi (P. J Oken). I focus mainly on action thrillers and psychological drama with a blend of sci-fi. I'm based in Nigeria....

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Ashley Renée Smith

Hi Kevin Patel, welcome to Stage 32! I’m Ashley, Head of Community here on the platform. Glad you took the time to introduce yourself.

One quick suggestion that can really help with networking here, yo...

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Spencer Robinson
The Importance of Structure

I’m admittingly a structure nerd. Whether I’m reading for a potential client or to give notes, I like to see that a writer is aware of, and using, correct structure in their scripts. Structure doesn’t just help with the pacing of the piece, it’s also the way you will receive notes from producers, st...

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Frank Meijden

Spencer Robinson Sorry, I'm aware of that. Wrong question, what I meant: would you recommend writers to build up a structure in detail before writing the scenes throughout?...

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Tash Smurthwaite

Hi Frank Meijden, jumping in as I'm online (UK time!).

In most writers’ rooms I’ve worked in, we beat out the structure first, scene by scene for the pilot and then episode by episode. If someone is wr...

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Eric Christopherson

William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Princess Bride, All the President's Men, Marathon Man) used to say: "Screenplays are structure."

Spencer Robinson

Tash Smurthwaite Frank Meijden I always suggest starting with an outline. Different writers do this in different levels of detail, and a beat sheet is great if that's something a client wants to do. A...

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Michael David

It's true, Spence (I can call you Spence, right?) Whenever I leave a movie theater, the first thing I talk about is the movie's structure. If the movie doesn't evenly distribute the acts or if I'm not...

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Evan Hogarth
Evan!!!!!!!

Hi everyone!

My name is Evan Hogarth and I'm new here! I'm joining in hopes of meeting lots of likeminded creatives and hopefully being led in the right direction to get one of my scripts sold in the near future. I specialize in horror films, but love to do any other genre thrown my way. I've written...

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Evan Hogarth

Film I made

Evan Hogarth

Another

Che Surette

Hey, I’m also starting out again after leaving the filmmaking and writing for years. I’m trying to get back into it. Would love to find collaborators.

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Bill Brock
Time to hang up the keyboard. The reason I’m writing my 9th and FINAL feature screenplay.

Hello, all you “Fancy Talk” screenwriters.

After watching the attached YouTube video, I’ve come to the conclusion that the film industry is dying…. Quickly. SO many industry folk are currently unemployed. Viewers are no longer attending theaters. Hell, even I’m guilty of it. I saw 6 movies that pique...

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Bill Brock

Michael Thorn Swing over to YouTube and type the title into the search box. It’s there.

Anthony Miller

OK.

Michael David

Best of luck to you, Bill!

Bill Brock

Michael David Thanks, Mike. You’re very kind, which is why I’m tossing all my luck over to you. This new-found Double Luck Identity will enable you to….. Dare I say it…….RULE THE WORLD!!!!!!...

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John Fife

Bill Brock Great topic Bill. I totally agree with you as I have noticed the same thing. I don't like the movies that come out now because they seem empty or a duplicate plot from a previous movie. I o...

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Kendall Helton
Building Suspense

Hey everyone!

I’m a thriller/horror writer. I used to live in the movie theaters growing up. I’ve seen a LOT of films. Like all of you.

My question though, since we all have different takes on movies and ideas…what are some movies that you think nail tension? I like to get different opinions because...

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Michael David

No Country for Old Men

Eric Pagan

I didn't think I would like it when I started it but, Hacksaw Ridge

Eric Christopherson

Most Hitchcock films, but especially Rebecca, Notorious, Rope, Rear Window, Lifeboat, Suspicion, Strangers on a Train, Dial M for Murder, North by Northwest, and Psycho.

Kevin Patel

No Country for Old Men does it really well

Michael Dukumor

black mirror

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Elara Wright
Last message before morning

Genre: Psychological Thriller

What if the only person trying to save you… is the version of you that already failed?

Daniel works the night shift in a silent office complex where nothing ever happens. Until one night, his phone lights up with a voicemail sent from his own number.

The voice sounds like...

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Abhijeet Aade

Elara Wright Really intriguing concept. The idea of receiving messages from a future version of yourself is a great psychological hook, and the twist that the warnings might actually be guiding the di...

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Philip Sedgwick

Reminiscent of "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg."

Huneyn Ja'afri

wow

Elara Wright
Elara Wright

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David McKenna
Intro: David McKenna (American History X, Blow, etc.)

Hey everyone!

My name is David McKenna, writer of American History X, Blow, and SWAT, and 30+ other scripts that have sold.

When I started, I thought that if I just wrote a great script, Hollywood would come find me.

Shocking update: it did not.

What I didn’t understand at the time is that this is a bus...

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David McKenna

Leonardo Ramirez I had written 3 scripts, but no bites. Then I wrote American History X, which I felt was a highly controversial yet compelling topic, and it sold. Yeah, baby!...

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David McKenna

Avril David well, I discuss this a lot in my bootcamp. I didn’t have a plan b. And waiting tables allows you to survive and write simultaneously!

David McKenna

Ruslan Malakhov I had written 3 scripts that were really good, and that got me an agent. But none of these scripts sold, and that’s when I wrote American History X....

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Leonardo Ramirez

Very cool David McKenna!

Leonardo Ramirez

No plan B = Burning the ships! Sometimes the only way to move is forward!

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Sydney S
What’s Happening in Animation — Industry Highlights and Exciting Projects

Hey! Happy Friday :)

I’ve been learning so much about animation from Evan, our amazing educator here at Stage 32, and it’s been really inspiring to see what’s buzzing in the industry right now. I wanted to share some positive news and projects that make me excited about where animation is headed from...

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Sydney S

Morgan, I love that animation pulled you in through the VFX door—what a fun rabbit hole to fall into. It’s amazing how quickly you start tossing around names like Maya and Houdini once you see that pi...

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Sydney S

Daniel, huge congratulations - that festival run is incredible! 75 selections across 24 countries and 20+ awards is no small feat. I love that you leaned into practical techniques and the joy of build...

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Sydney S

Cyrus, happy Monday! I love what you said about animation being a space where diverse voices and global collaboration can really shine. And you’re so right - sound and music can completely elevate the...

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Alex Olguin

I'm not an animator but I do have dozens of ideas, and I'm excited too.

Leonardo Ramirez

This is encouraging Sydney S. I had worked with Clayton Conroy and several of my screenplays and he helped improve them every single time - right up to the point one of them got a double recommend. I...

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