Cyd Madsen: Screenwriter in Alma, Arkansas.

Jason Ilori

Thanks for the request, Peace!

Cyd Madsen
Hi Jason

Glad I found your post. You're so right that the arts drive culture and society. Anybody gets in your way, art your way right past them.

Richard "RB" Botto

Hi Cyd. I'm RB, co-founder and CEO of Stage 32. As an actor, screenwriter, and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work and attracting attention to their projects. That's why we created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 150,000+ members strong spanning 180+ countries making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth. This is a network for you, built by you. Like most things in life, the more you participate, the greater the rewards. We ask all new members pay it forward and i...

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Brian McAndrew
Is it good story idea?

I'm thinking of writing a feature script about a conservative young married woman falling in love with her gay best friend. I've always wanted to do a story like this. I just want to see what people think about it.

Cyd Madsen

Write it. I don't think you've posted a logline here, just your idea. There are a lot of conflicts and interesting stories in something like this, so why not go for it. The very worst that can happen is you'll get more experience writing screenplays :-)

Sonia Apodaca-Harms

I'd read it. Go for it.

Evan Marlowe

If anyone says it's a bad idea, that's pretty much your green light to write it.

Shawn M. Smith
Do you have a special writing outfit?

Sounds crazy, right? But do you have a particular article of clothing that you have to wear to get inspired? Currently, I am wearing this one wool cap for this horror script that I am working on and my wife brought it to my attention so I wanted to see if anyone else had similar habits.

William Martell

In some interview, Susannah Grant (ERIN BROCKOVICH) said she writes naked. I tried this once, and Starbucks kicked me out.

Debbie Croysdale

CJ has a point about it being best not to acquire any outside/physical props as a strategy to write. I once knew an artist (quite famous) Puck, who did some of his work whilst in a Natzi concentration...

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David Levy

All I need is my favorite ball cap to wear. What inspires me to write is a story bursting from my brain that wants to leak onto the page. Drip by drip until a compelling story is told. I hold myself b...

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