John Roland: Screenwriter and director in Los Angeles, California.

Jared Moses
I'd like to start a writing group

Hey there all! I've noticed authors get so many different critiquing circles and online communities to make their skills better. I was hoping to find a few writers interested in doing the same, we can share work and give advice building each other into incredible writers. If you're interested please share your email below. Thank you!

Steven Morris
Hi Tech Shit

So I've noticed more and more complaints about movies lacking plot and characters and replacing them with high tech action scenes and effects. And we're talking big movies.

While, I know some people want to presume they're critics. I usually ignore them but fan reviews/critics are chiming in on this....

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Pierre Langenegger

Correct Dan, plenty of shit movies in every era, but we tend to comment on what's current.

Bill Costantini

Agree with Dan. And just thinking off the top of my head of films that pioneered various elements of CGI - Avatar, Titanic, Final Fantasy, Fight Club, Toy Story, Lords of the Ring, Tron, even Westworl...

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John Roland

I think the problem right now is an over-reliance on pre-existing intellectual properties, that studios think have such a built in audience that story development isn't being given much thought. The r...

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Phillip E. Hardy, "The Real Deal"
During the writing process, are you spending to much time on your ass?.

Are you sitting at your desk right now, avoiding the prospect of trying to write a few pages of screenplay? And in general, are you spending too much time on your ass? No, not a donkey or ass (Equus africanus asinus). I'm talking about spending too much time seated in a room typing or reading posts...

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Mike W. Rogers

What did I miss I was getting another pillow for my butt...

Phillip E. Hardy, "The Real Deal"

Michael: Loll

I don't know, I left the room for a few minutes to order one of those My Pillows off of the TV.

John Roland

I recently bought an adjustable-height desk and wish I had done it years ago. Being able to crank it up and stand for part of my writing day makes a huge difference.

Richard "RB" Botto

Hi John. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 1,000,000+ members 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 m...

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Amanda Toney

Hello John -

Welcome to the community! I'm Amanda Toney, the Managing Director at Stage 32. Since 2013 I've been proud to oversee Stage 32's Next Level Education, which provides you the most up-to-date tools necessary to become a better creative.

Over the years Stage 32 has worked with over 500 industry executives and professionals to teach online webinars, classes and intensive labs exclusively for you - our Stage 32 community. We bring you instructors who have worked directly on some of your favorite films, TV shows or theater productions to teach you in-the-trenches information that you won...

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John's network

Rinat Yulushev
Darryll Lloyd
William Georgi
Randall P. Dark
Harri-Pekka Virkki
Mike Hall
David Palacios
Tim Beck
Pranjal Joshi
Matthew Toffolo
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