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Why not ... Me I meditate a lot, it's a wonderfull journey to go inside an touch the emptiness and feel peace. Sorry my english is not perfect, I hope you get me. Enjoy the present by

I understand Delphine Herrmann Thank you for sharing.

The grounded Area 51 request is the one that jumps out. The fact that someone is specifically asking for restrained and character driven over spectacle tells you a lot about where the appetite is right now. Audiences have seen every version of the big reveal. What actually holds people is the feeling that something is being covered up and the system around it is working exactly as designed. That is where the real tension lives. Good to see that alongside the action requests. Shows the range is wider than people assume.

All the best to those who submit!

Perhaps that's my opportunity Eric Charran Just finished a new pitch for a feature film. Already had the tv series pitch. Based on a series of books I wrote. Low concept, highly character-driven. Friendship, martial arts lore, flights/fights, lots of secrets, and invading bad guys.

Congratulations to all!

Congratulations! And good luck!

Shamila Habibi That's fantastic--and no small feat! Congrats!

personally.. working at a calm atmosphere always seem to work well for me so.

(A) Calm , clear and grounded

Funnily enough I get more writing done during the quiet periods of work (and I always risk getting distracted), so I found I actually work better with chaos than quiet. I guess because when it’s quiet my mind likes to get loud and not in a productive way ^^;

I think both states bring something different to the process.

The emotional and chaotic moments tend to generate the raw material — the intensity, the ideas, the truth behind the characters.

But clarity and calm are what allow me to shape that into something meaningful and structured.

For me, the best work comes from the combination of both.

Hi Komal Basra - it's an honor to meet you and we're glad you're with us on Stage 32. Here’s a great post that will help you navigate Stage 32: https://www.stage32.com/blog/how-to-successfully-navigate-the-stage-32-p... It's all about relationships, staying active in the lounges and meeting other scribes.

Komal, welcome — and a script rooted in standing against injustice is exactly the kind of material that travels.

I'd recommend starting by getting professional coverage on your script so you know exactly where it stands before you start pitching. From there, the Stage 32 Success Team at success@stage32.com can help you identify the right executives and next steps for your specific material. Reach out and tell them what you have — they work with writers from all over the world and would love to hear from you.

Thank you so much, Geoffroy Faugerolas, for your kind welcome and valuable advice.

My script focuses on standing against injustice and the courage to speak up for what is right. Your encouragement truly means a lot to me.

I will definitely look into getting professional coverage and will reach out to the Stage 32 Success Team as you suggested. I’m grateful to be part of this community and excited to continue learning and connecting with filmmakers from around the world.

I would recommend instead that you enter them into screenwriting competitions and let impartial judges be your guide. Good luck.

Rob Tobin yes that is a good idea, but I want to pitch this month. I d love to send the new script to competitions though

The people that sell movies know what is in demand. And that changes all the time. It's better to write as much content as possible and just be ready for the right time.

Hi Anna, feel free to contact, happy to help you.

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feel free to share

I watched all the films over the holidays again! so much detail to discover. Looking forward to the new TV show.

I'm probably going to reread the books myself, Laura Hammer.

I'll try now: Raven Wibberly and Robin Chase have always done everything together: Like from birth! These twins (Raven's married name is Wibberly) joined the Air Force to see the world. They ended up becoming flight surgeons together and focused on epidemiology & . They go to the hotspots around the world where there are wars, confilcts, strange outbreaks, mysterious deaths etc.. and have a unique knack for seeing the story behind the story. Raven is the whimsical one of the two, everything seems to come easily to her and her intuitive powers lead them to clues. Robin is a bench scientist so all about postulating theories. Raven's husband (Mitch Wibberly) is a helicoptor pilot also in the Air Force assigned to this dynamic duo and works around the clock (much to his delight & exhaustion) keeping these two ladies safe and solving crimes before anyone else can get hurt!

I'll go with Oren Turtletaub.

Oren is a man of evergreen stiffness whose life is dedicated to the eradication of “unnecessary vibration.” As a biomedical engineer in a crumbling, state-funded hospital, he is pathologically devoted to order, calibration, and silence, and has little interest in the humans around him. But when he develops hyperacusis, the hospital transforms into a sensory torture chamber, and the patients begin to seem to him like loud, leaking bags of meat forever ruining the sonic feng shui of his sterile basement workshop. Driven to a state of surgical extremism, Oren begins “optimizing” the hospital’s mortality rate, quietly decommissioning patients whose life-support monitors beep at a frequency he finds offensive.

The horror lies in Oren’s absolute lack of malice; he isn’t a serial killer by trade, just a man who believes that a quiet hospital is a healthy hospital, and he’s willing to pile up the bodies until he can finally hear himself think.

Genre: Dark comedy / horror

Phil Leasure this sounds gripping and truly frightening!!

These are all fantastic Libby Wright Phil Leasure and @Thomas

I love the question.

I don’t force myself to think too much when naming my characters—whatever comes to mind, I accept, hhh. Since they are aliens, anything that feels strange is good enough for me.

Thank you, I’ll definitely check out your blogs. It sounds like a very interesting project, and I’m curious to learn more about your process and approach.

For me, it's a mixture of a lot of things. Sometimes I feel like time has passed me by in my writing career. I waited until towards the end of my military career, serving 24 years in the Navy, before I decided to follow my dream to become a writer, and generations have passed. I feel my writing style and what I write about are things of the past.

Thank you for sharing your journey, John.

It’s never too late to follow your dream—experience from life, even from different fields, adds depth and perspective to your writing.

Every generation has unique stories, and your voice is just as relevant as ever.

@Ashley Renée Smith

Thank you, I really appreciate your perspective.

I think I’ve been approaching this with the idea that I needed to complete the entire project before sharing it, but I’m starting to understand that this might actually slow down my progress.

At the moment, I have a full synopsis of my first episode, so I think a good and manageable first step would be to start by sharing that. It feels like the right way to step slightly out of my comfort zone while beginning to open the project up to feedback.

From there, I’d feel more confident gradually sharing more of the work.

Thank you again for the encouragement — it really helps.

Great point, Grace! I'm also working on a crime series right now, and I've realized that opening up for feedback early on actually helps refine the story's direction. Taking that first step out of the comfort zone is where the real progress happens. Best wishes