Melissa McCabe (aka Missy Allardyce): Musician and screenwriter in Victoria, Canada.

Melissa McCabe (aka Missy Allardyce)

Congratulations on your fantastic script After All This Time reaching semi-finalist in the Romantic Comedy Contest!!!

Jane Gold

Woo!! Thanks so much, Melissa! :)

Xaviera Iglesias
What was your day job?

What was your day job before becoming a screenwriter? And are you still working in that field or have you transitioned from the 9-5 day worker to full-time caffeinated, insomniac, first-draft procrastinator, rewrite-hater writer you've always wanted to be?

Also, have you ever written a character or a story based on your former career?

Eric Roberts

I'm all that! I think it's on the days I'm not sure my story is relevant and important.

Ronika Merl

Still at it. backend data management for real estate contracts for the mobile operator industry in Germany. Boom.

Now that's what I call excitement. :D

But it's a good job and I like it.

Justin Plourde

Accounting/Finance, mainly in science based industry. Great work, great people. Still writing is my passion.

Alex Lang
Do any of these 7 loglines grab you?

Hi everyone!

I am getting ready to start my next pilot script, and I've narrowed it down to these 7 ideas.

Do any of them make you want to read?

1. A rock star joins a secret government agency that fights demonic possession.

2. A poor student deals drugs to both sides in a local Antifa/Nazi war for tui...

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Christiane Lange
4, and I like the law school in the logline.
Tim Bragg

Number 6, that could be a fun idea, it could be a spin on Tremors.

J.M. Gulmire
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This fantastic Kim, congratulations! Looking forward to seeing your movies!

Kim Hornsby

Thanks so much!

Finally saying hello

Hi film fam I was inspired by todays blog post to fill in my profile a bit more. If you check it out and have feedback for me I’m all ears! Hallmark movies got me through the worst of the pandemic. Fun to play “name that location” for the many shot in my hometown. Now they’re getting me through the...

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Wayne Jarman

Hi, Melissa. Happy writing. Wishing you every success!

Maurice Vaughan

Hi, Melissa McCabe (aka Missy Allardyce)/film fam. :) I read your bio. I really like it. It's full of energy and humor. How far along are you on your romcom script?

John Dawson

Great to connect with you, Missy.

Break a leg...but never a funny bone.

John

johndawsonwrites.com

Melissa McCabe (aka Missy Allardyce)

Thanks John, happy weekend!

Eric Roberts
A Better Screenplay Template for Microsoft Word

I know most of us are using Final Draft and love it. But for early outlining, we may prefer Word. If anyone is interested, I have created a FREE very comprehensive template for Word, called First Draft 1.3.1. You can switch from outline mode to a fully formatted script that matches default Final Dra...

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Eric Roberts

Sure, would love to check that out, see where you added those Joe.

Melissa McCabe (aka Missy Allardyce)

Thanks Eric, this is a great template! I just tried making one the other day based on a 10 year old article by Jeffrey Scott. Yours is way better! I like the sounds of Joe's updates too. Please do post a link to your revision if you make one. Thank you!

Eric Roberts

Glad you find it useful Missy. I look forward to seeing Joe's keyboard shortcuts.

Ronika, you are an inspiration of resilience. I hope we get an update when BlackBird is released!

Ronika Merl

Absolutely you will! I hate bragging, but by gosh will I be bragging about any update!!! :D

Thank you for your kind words! It's just so unbelievable how friendly and encouraging everyone has been.

Eric Roberts

Sooooooper awesome Ronika!

Richard "RB" Botto

Hi Melissa. 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. Lik...

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Amanda Toney

Hello Melissa -

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...

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Melissa's network

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Lee Blair
Jane Gold
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