Justin Chomitzky: Screenwriter in Saskatoon, Canada.

I'm Ukrainian, and I'm a screenwriter by night, and an IT person by day :) Screenwriting is my big passion I devote almost all my free time to. Now focusing on feature film scripts, but have quite an experience in writing for TV. I'm happy to join Stage32 community, and am looking forward to the new opportunities in the film industry. 

I just finished my first attempt at a screenplay, based on my short story: The Club of Silence. It's a twisted-western-horror, rated R. Twenty-three pages. I'm hoping to find a few people willing to beta-read and provide feedback: story, formatting, etc...whatever you see that needs to be corrected, improved, etc... Splash the pages with red ink! No need for kid gloves, I have a thick skin and learn fastest from my mistakes. :)

Logline: An old west bad guy bent on revenge stops in a prairie town to scratch an itch, but he gets more than he bargained for when he encounters a nymphomaniac demon disguised as a prostitute.

Hey guys

A tablet or a laptop would be a more suitable tool for a screenwriter?

It’s surely a personal choice, but I would love to get some opinions on that one, please.

I've recently started using Microsoft One Note to 'prepare' a movie script and it's been helpful. One Note, conceptually, is like an electronic ring binder with multiple dividers and sub dividers. So I have tags like Characters, Templates, Story Strands, 5 Turning Points, Outline, Schedule etc. and sub tags for each section. It helps me put all my components down and write notes on each section and reorganise as I go along. You can import different media so while it's mainly word docs, I also put in images of the characters with their individual character bios and I have an Excel spreadsheet for the 32 story points I want the script to follow. The idea is for me to end up with a detailed outline. It's not perfect but its good to have everything in one workbook.

I'd be very interested to know what process/tools people use to work out their script before turning Final Draft on.

Regards

Answer: I write fantasy, mystery, romance, and action-adventure. I also wrote a screenplay where a lot of my characters are civil right activists.

Good day everyone, nice to meet you all, glad to be here! My name is Justin Chomitzky and I am fairly new to Stage 32. Joined a couple of weeks ago. I am an an emerging screenwriter from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. I have always had a passion for storytelling since I was a kid. In fact I remember writing a play in elementary school just so I could perform in stage. Never did though, because thank god it was horrible, lol!! I never really got into screenwriting till 2016 when I bought a few books to teach myself.and wrote a psychological thriller that I am planning to go through one. day that I have a little more knowledge. After that I wrote an online story on a blog called The Adventures of Pops Brilliant. In 2021 I took some classes at the Vancouver Film School but had to pull out after a couple of months due to family issues. Since then I have entered a few screenwriting contests and have a couple of placements. I was a quarter finalist in the outstanding screenplay competition. And a semi finalist for a tv pilot wrote based off that short film in the Southern California Screenplay Competition. Currently I am working on a couple of horror features I came up with.

Finally got to the end of the first act first draft of this horror feature I'm working on. It's really rough, and will require a lot of rewriting, but that's what a first draft is for, I reckon. Gonna take a few days and let it marinate a bit before diving back in and starting Act II.

So, what are y'all working on?

Today, I decided to follow my instincts and start writing my script. Even though I have more research to do around the themes of my story and the world of screenwriting itself, I was courageous enough (or stupid enough, time will tell) to start writing the script of my pilot on Celtx.

It might be rushed for me to do so at this stage, but the inspiration suddenly came. I know the cold open of my pilot well enough that I wanted to write it. The urge was too strong.

Have you ever been in my situation? Let me clarify: did you feel the need to write your first page without any hesitation? Has it been fruitful for you?

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