Kelli Lightfoot: Author.

Hello, everyone. My name is Sharon (call me Shaz) and I'm a full-time Pharmacy Tech and twilight screenwriter from sunny Scotland. I recently completed my first screenplay and look forward to rubbing some virtual shoulders and hearing about your progress in the industry. I feel like for most of us, this is like mountain climbing. From the ground up, it's scary. Unrealistic. Crazy even. But with the right support, perseverance and belief, I know the ascent will be worth it. Even if and when we lose our grip and fall!

I've recently bit the bullet and submitted to a couple of competitions to gauge the waters and get some feedback. I look forward to sharing my work and reading/seeing yours as we go.

Here's to climbing and falling together.

A new story in a series is coming soon. https://www.deadivi.com

So here I am, a little over a year later when I jumped into screenwriting. With two script requests and one script under consideration with several, I'm grateful that I've gotten that far. I see the crazy town for what it is, odds worse then any Vegas casino game, even if they ask for it or put it under consideration.

I also know that even if more than a few, in fact several, show interest it still doesn't mean a thing. It just means, maybe. But where I'm at with the maybe, I know others haven't even gotten that far and thus I'm grateful even though it's just a maybe.

It's the maybe that keeps me at it all, keeps me thinking the impossible could just happen. No one knows the future but when a fish nibbles you wait for it to bite or you throw your line in with new bait. I wonder if I'll ever run out of bait. Guess I'll have to keep at it and see if I get passed maybe.

So the last year or so I've been wanting to spend my downtime writing but somehow just couldn't get into the mood.

Let me say that I'm not a writer but a director who likes to write sometimes, but usually I write the first draft and then someone with more experience does the writing.

But I've had a couple of ideas that I've been wanting to write and I just could not get in the right mood.

Lately I've found a new way of getting the work done.

I usually create an outline to a degree and then try and start to write but I always get stuck at something and then I stall there.

But this time I did something different. I wrote all the scene names and under the scenes I wrote a short description of what I wanted to happen and I did that right up till the end.

Then I just went from the beginning to the end and expanded.

First the action and then the dialog.

I'm really happy because I actually got the first draft done in a week and a couple of days.

So I'm interested what do you guys do to write or make it easier.

I'm especially interested in people who are not foremost writers.

Jumping into the IYW with my intro. I’m recently retired and fulfilling my long term desire to write screenplays. Currently working on a drama feature with a few more in the pipeline. Looking forward to mastering the craft, networking, and supporting one another in this exciting time of my life.  If you would like to connect I can be found on Instagram @DawnSellersPDX And Facebook @dawnsellers

Greetings of the day to all the Creative Minds of Stage32! I'm honoured to be part of this great Platform and hope to collaborate with industry professionals to make this world a better place through creating great content! Peace to all and stay safe!

Hi all,

I am an aspiring writer/screenwriter attempting to pull off a Second Act, late-in-life change of career. As such, I suffer from Stage IV Imposter Syndrome. I don't think I really belong here. I know nothing of Hollywood and how it works. I haven't sold a script or a manuscript or even won a short story contest. I am middle aged and worked my way up to the middle in an unrelated career. Nope, I'm SURE I don't belong here.

The thing is, I want to. For years I have low-key been preparing for this. I don't have youth but I've got ideas and plans and courage, and - I'm told - talent. I want to see if that dog hunts before the end. I HAVE to see. I HAVE to at least try. Improbable and impossible are two different words.

There's a line from the movie Legally Blonde that blew me away when I first saw it: Elle, the protagonist, decides to quit Harvard Law because she felt out of place. She says something akin to "I need to stop trying to be something I'm not." Her male love interest responds, "What if you're trying to be something that you are." So there it is. And here I am. Pleased to meet you.

Hi Kelli. 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.

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Thanks, and have a creative day!

RB

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