Justin Chomitzky's Lounge Discussions

Tim Bragg nice to meet you and thanks for the request! good to see friendly faces here

hi Samuel Morney

Samuel Morney hi! very happy to meet you! and thanks :)

Always great to see someone choosing to follow their passion

thanks a lot Dalen Flynn ! this is what makes us alive

@Sallie Sounds an interesting Urban Horror/Western. I don’t mind looking it over if you message me an email.

Hi Sallie, would love to read and offer feedback

Debbie Croysdale N. "Key" Ali I'd be happy to send it to you both, I just need your email addresses (maybe they're hiding right under my nose and I'm just not seeing them? LOL)

Sorry about that, nk.keyali@gmail.com

N. "Key" Ali Sent! Thank you! :)

Thanks for the idea, John Fernando!

I go old school and use a notebook and binder.

I love this idea. Been trying to figure out how to get my old WL DAVIS, JR's "Screenwriting Companion: A Workbook for Screenwriters" into digital format.

I write my storyboard on Microsoft Word.

I've got to say, I've got a lot of respect for people who can write comedy.

I enjoy writing fantasy, thriller and horror

Drama, Sci-Fi, and Thriller.

Horror...it's so A,B,C still always keeps audience engaged...

Depends on what I'm feeling, but generally horror/thriller.

I find it much easier to work on a laptop, plus apps like Final Draft are easier to use split screen :) But ... I do use a tablet occasionally when I am travelling to make changes or add bits to a script. However, it is never anything major. But you gotta do what works for you!

Generally I prefer a laptop (after writing the vast majority by hand) BUT I've seen those new sort-of typewriters - where it's a keyboard with a small screen and doesn't connect to a web browser (it's bluetooth-enabled) so that you're only seeing your file and can't get distracted. Really good idea for travel but I hate the idea of having ANOTHER device lol

Laptop.

Desk work always...who the hell walks and types or dictates? Even phoney writers in movies don't do that...

Laptop.

Welcome to the community, Justin Chomitzky. I think it's cool that you wrote a play in elementary school. What genre was it?

Nice to meet you and welcome to Stage 32!

Hi Justin! You've taken all the right steps, and sounds like you have a lot of irons in the fire to build your momentum. Congratulations on all of your successes so far!

Thank you all for the nice welcome everyone! It’s so nice to meet you all too!

Thanks Maurice Vaughan it was an actually a dramatic thriller if I remember right. I was in fourth grade when I came up with it.

Monday meeting with director/producer on rewrites...before that, weekend at the summerhouse, mowing, gardening stuff...

J. Franklin Evans I think it comes with confidence. Early on in my writing I would never have done that, but I learned to do the groundwork before I start and I know where the story is going, then for me it’s easier to edit as I go.

Thomas Moore that seems like an unnecessary addition to the process. If you have FD, go straight into it and then you don’t need the reformat stage.

And would you please add a profile pic to your Bio. It helps us all to form relationships with people we can actually see. Thanks. Geoff Hall Stage32 Moderator.

Just about to add a picture. It really helps me to go over my script fully and check for mistakes. It might not be necessary but I prefer that to just going over the first draft by reading it alone.

J. Franklin Evans I do the same: broad strokes first to get the structure down, because the structure will shift, and go in later to refine details. Currently, I’m working on a supernatural thriller.

Marcel, yes I firmly believe you should not stop inspiration. Write. You'll have plenty of time to edit later. Some books I wrote were planned from the scratch, some others started with this kind of unstoppable inspiration. The most successfull are not always these you carefully planned and prepared. There's no rule, really.

I like to outline scripts before starting them, Marcel Nault Jr. Sometimes I have the urge to go ahead and start the script without finishing an outline, but most of the time I wait because I've learned that if I rush the outline, the script will suffer. That being said, if starting early works for someone, do it.

Have a great time on your pilot!

Never ignore inspiration. There's no reason that you can't write out beats or scenes while continuing to research and outline, for research often inspires scenes. That's how I write.

There are no "traditional norms", only what works for you. I've outlined some scripts to death and others I've had marinating in my mind for years and just decided one day to dive in.

Inspiration struck and you got it on the page. Can't ask for more than that. And nothing says that those 2 pages will stay the same or exist at all when you're done. All that matters is that you carry the momentum and keep going.

I often write out a barf draft like that with only a basic logline written out just to see where the story goes and who my my characters might be. After that I do more detailed outlining, research.