JC Young: Screenwriter, voice artist and actor in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Stay away from my sister.

Get the hint. You've been on your knees for three years. The answer is "NO!"

There's always some dude, fcking it up for us real guy's!

Well, here's my resume (audio reel link at the bottom)—https://drdarkeny.blogspot.com/2022/07/timothy-e-liebe-resume-072022.htm .

I'm going down to New York City today (family emergency), so while I'm there I'll see if a few of the people I used to work with still do voice acting.

If pushing an agenda and promoting an identity is your main concern, you'll lose the audience. They want to be entertained, not indoctrinated. Sadly, Hollywood doesn't get that. No reason to make the other side feel bad. As Michael Jordan once said, "conservatives buy sneakers too"

Gee, Stan Eans—does that mean I should throw out my Tom Clancy and W.E.B. Griffin novels, and stop watching Dick Wolf shows, because they could be said to be "pushing an agenda"?

Having a point of view is not the same as "pushing an agenda" or "promoting an identity". It's where the writer is coming from that makes the story of value to them, and if the writer is any good (as the writers I listed above certainly were/are) then their storytelling skills transcend their point of view.

Hi JC, will you write in to writerhelp@stage32.com so we can look into this? I absolutely want to make sure you feel good about the services you’re getting. Let them know Niki said to write in.

I'd say if you've gotten read requests, you surely must be doing something right! I've just been working on my written pitch. The first time, I struggled get it onto two pages. It just wasn't going to happen. Then, I looked at how I was presenting, my approach and what I was doing in that very short time (2 pages). I was doing what I wanted. But was that what my prospective reader wanted? Is that what I needed to say to get my story across? Maybe not. Once I changed my approach, I got the main pitch onto one page with more details on the second page. I addressed a huge issue with how what I'm doing comes across by removing a paragraph in one section and adding a sentences to clarify. I'm still thinking about what else I need to change so I hit all the key points.

Hey @JC! Great question, I agree with Terri that if you've gotten read requests then I wouldn't overhaul your pitch. But maybe try it out with some small adjustments and more details in some areas and test it out! Also, are you in the Writers' Room? Every Thursday is Pitch Practice, maybe if you did a verbal pitch you could squeeze in more detail and you could practice it in the writers' room to get it just right! https://www.stage32.com/writers-room?affid=ejlounge

I agree with Emily! Perhaps try a verbal pitch now, you may be able to more organically add-in extra information. Sometimes it's also helpful to ask yourself "why". Why is the person asking for additional information? What's the underlying reason?

Than they are legit, do you know if they have had success optioning scripts to studios?

Misread that as Gaslight My Movie.

We work with over 2,000 execs here, Tim. Never heard one bring them up. And as a writer/producer myself, they've never come up in any negotiation or other discussion. Not much more I can offer there beyond that.

I'm looking for one for my screenplays. I own a publishing house so I don't need one for my novels.

If you waited the 2-8 weeks some take to get back to you, then you would be shopping the same script around for the rest of your life.

Never put ALL your eggs in one basket.

It's a choice. There are no set rules except to make the themes compelling and thought provoking.

The Wonderful World of Disney

Well there have been, but the most famous and ground breaking of those was Playhouse 90 from the early days of television which helped introduce the writings of Rod Serling, Paddy Chayefsky, Horton Foote, Frank Gilroy to a larger audience.

Best of luck!

Great title, JC Young. Congratulations on the requests!

Wow, that's awesome! Congrats!

Say, Jaime, hate to be kind of off-topic, but while I may not be interested in joining a Stage 32 group, I have a question to ask you.: Do you know any local publicists? B/c I have three topics that are based on soap operas and music, and I'd like to share them w/that person. Please answer my message ASAP. Thank you very much

BTW, I think I've changed my mind-what time is the Stage 32 Meetup Group? I hope that it's in the morning.

Jaime, are you sure that your correct e-mail address is jim@shrughouse.com? B/c when I've tried to e-mail to you, I've gotten a failure notice.:( What is your correct e-mail address? :/

Us comic lovers are fickle but always hungry for good stories and art. I really like Shellie's and Debbie's ideas. They are a much lower-cost way of organically building an audience and testing interest. I'm not sure if you're an artist yourself, but there are so many artists, colorists, letterers, inkers, etc out there to work with.

Martin Reese - here's a good article that breaks it down. >> https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/small-business/indiegogo-vs-kickstarter - unless things have changed, you can't redeem your donations from Kickstarter unless you 100% make your goal, that doesn't apply with Indiegogo.

For filmmakers, raising money via Seed&Spark has a good rate of success. They work closely with those selected to have campaigns on their platform >> https://seedandspark.com/

Thanks Shellie Schmals

Congrats, JC Young! That's great! Hope it leads to a sell and production!