Deneta Davis: Screenwriter in Los Angeles, California.

What do you always do when you write? Do you need a certain piece of music/do you have a set schedule? What small things do you do before you start writing?

In the recent movie, The Family, the main character uses the F word in a million ways to express everything. So do his early teen children. Many screenwriters say it is essential for characters to express themselves like reality. Yet when you watch the same movie on broadcast TV, with those not so nice words silenced out or reframed in other language, the movie is just as good, and I actually liked Total Recall better without the language. Yeah, I occasionally cut loose with a nasty word in anger. I just witnessed a group of 20 people, from all walks of life, discuss various topics for two hours. Not one found it necessary to swear to express their opinion. And their meaning was clear. Over the last 10 years, I have never heard anyone in any of these groups use language that was in bad taste. And yet they express themselves very well. Are movies about reality? I have never seen a movie that is about reality. The situations are fictitious, the dialogue is focused on conveying messages, the costumes, settings, and makeup are used to create an environment and mask reality, time is humongously compressed to enhance drama and leave out all of the rest of life. This is true even in gritty dramas. But language? "Reality" is used to justify turning a PG movie into an R movie, thus throwing away a large part of the potential audience. A recent post prominently displayed on Facebook and other places, purported that science has proven that "People who use a lot of swear words are more honest and trust worthy." It was junk science if it was science at all. http://badpsychologyblog.org/post/55885010495/are-people-who-use-a-lot-o...

About seven weeks ago I started a course to coach me through writing a TV spec script and an original TV pilot. Today I have a finished spec script for Brooklyn Nine Nine and by this evening I will have a completed first draft of an original pilot. Before this I had never written a television script. I am inspired by the process and motivated to keep going. Just wanted to say hello and connect with fellow Stage 32 members.

I'm a comedy television writer. I love to make people laugh. I can write for any genre, but my specialty genres are comedy and dark comedy. I've written a number of pilots and spec scripts and I'm hoping to get into a writers' room soon so I can share all that funny with the world or, at least, with the U.S. I would love to connect with fellow tv comedy writers and anyone looking for an amazing comedy writer.

Hi Deneta. I'm RB, 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 250,000+ members strong representing every country on the planet 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 invite at least 5 fellow creatives and to spread the word of Stage 32 through other social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. You can also invite fellow creatives through the site by using the "Send Stage 32 Invites..." button on the upper right side of your profile. The more creatives, the stronger the network. The stronger the network, the more opportunities. Thanks for joining the movement and for being a part of this most talented and inspiring community. PS - Please take a moment to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter at @Stage32online.

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