Yo, yo, how y'all doing? I'm Robert and I am a 20 yr old film major from Houston, TX striving to be a comedy screenwriter. I have a question for y'all: What inspired you to want to be in this oh so marvelous and painstaking film industry?
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How's it going, Robert Beaujean? I started writing short stories because of the movie "Harriet the Spy." I started screenwriting in high school though. I remember finding a copy of the "Office Space" script online (during computer class) and I thought scripts looked like a cool way of writing, so I tried it. What inspired you?
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One day I fell and hit my head. Haven't been right since.
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The great thing about screenwriting Colleen, age has nothing to do with it. Audiences want to watch entertaining work and when there laughing or crying in their seats they have no idea if a twenty year old or a seventy year old wrote the story, nor do they care, so let the writing begin, there is a place for you.
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Simply put Robert, the world is too funny to not laugh at or to screwed up to not write about.
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I wrote novels and poems before I started to write a screenplay. I wanted to try something new :)
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Maurice Vaughan that's awesome, man! Just like you, I started in high school. During the pandemic, I was binging a lot of Netflix and I remember watching Gabriel Iglesias' show and thinking, "I know I could write something way better than this" so I just started writing one day, really enjoyed it, and here I am 3 years later still trying to write something way better
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What inspired me to be in this industry? Storytelling. Creating things from the ground up.
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In a nutshell, first got the acting bug in high school; always LOVED movies; was inspired by certain movies (i.e., "Ghost," "Wall Street," "All the President's Men," "Dances With Wolves," etc.) to become a filmmaker...
Colleen Henry I agree with Tim about age. Was it easy or difficult to secure the rights for the miniseries?
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Cool, Robert Beaujean. Gabriel Iglesias is a funny guy. :D
Here's a webinar about Comedy TV writing I think you'll like (www.stage32.com/webinars/Netflix-%20-Stage-32-Present-Genre-Comedy-with-...). Stage 32 has a lot of other TV writing webinars too.
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Robert, I got hooked on screenwriting due to reading a paperback copy of the "American Graffiti" screenplay...and in 1979, I took a class in writing scripts in college (as an elective).
For the next 15 years, I went hard at it...until things happened in my life.
Finding a copy of Final Draft 6 on an inherited Power Mac (in 2016) got me back into screenwriting...and after rewriting my 1980-1994 scripts and creating new ones (and finding platforms like Stage 32), I'm more fired up than before.
I'm not about to take my foot off the accelerator this time...and I hope you keep your own foot on the gas pedal, too, Robert! Glad you're here!
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I started journaling my dreams a few years ago. Last year I noticed some could be like watching a movie.
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Arrogance, Ego and Talent. Perhaps not in that order or even an accurate assessment.
That's great, Colleen Henry. How far are you on your miniseries?
That reminds me. I need to check the public domain for ideas. Thanks for the reminder!