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Juliana Philippi
November Write Club Week 3 Progress: A new screenplay! Christmas Is Early

Ahoy! 

I cannot believe it…it's almost the end of NOVEMBER?! Time is flying, soaring, and vanishing. 

First off, thank you Stage 32 for putting me as a Spotlight Member in the Writer's Room newsletter! As I read on, then I saw my name in this section, I thought…WHAT!!! Thank you so much, I am baffled...

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Juliana Philippi

Elle Bolan Heart emoji : ) Thank you!!!

Maurice Vaughan

Ahoy, Juliana Philippi! Congratulations on being a Spotlight Member, finishing your goal way sooner than expected, and submitting A Texas Carol to its first OWA! I like title and twist on A Christmas...

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Juliana Philippi

Maurice Vaughan Thank you Maurice!

Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, Juliana Philippi. Hope your script moves forward in the OWA! Have a great weekend!

Meriem Bouziani

That’s awesome, congratulations to you,

and good luck with your pitch sessions.

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Zarya Rowland Bintz
The Witcher

Anyone else notice how bad the writing for the newest season of The Witcher is?

Elle Bolan

I think the newest season suffered for a lot of reasons. Particularly I felt the actor chemistry felt lacking. Which is understandable considering the transition the show made.

Zarya Rowland Bintz

I think the biggest problem is the writing. I'm wondering if it was written during the writer's guild strike by a scab or it's AI. It's truly dreadful, like I didn't even want to finish watching it. T...

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Arthur Charpentier

Hi! I can't say anything about the script. I haven't watched the third season of the series yet. I'll just note that TV series are created for the sake of making money, not for the sake of art.

Shazz K

i just couldn't go past the fact that Henry cavil is not playing the lead. so didn't watch it

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Justin Groats
I made quarter finalist in a contest

I’m not sure if this means anything, because I was at the very bottom of the quarter finalists mark, and I’m not sure if many other people participated and didn’t even make the quarter finalists-

but, I made it there, still not sure if it means a lot other than it didn’t make it to semi finals

Michael Dzurak

Nice, Justin Groats. It's always a great feeling. Congrats and best going forward!

Dwayne Williams 2

Congratulations Justin Groats! Winning or placing in any competition is a great achievement and worth celebrating!

Jim Boston

DAMN RIGHT it means a lot, Justin! Great job...and here's to more and more success!

Banafsheh Esmailzadeh

Congratulations! That’s still a major achievement!

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Leonardo Ramirez 2
Team Structure for Independent Animation Success

Today’s Dailies led me to this article about how well indie animators are doing on their own and even goes as far as detailing the team structure for indie animation success.

Here’s the article: https://www.xyzbytes.com/blog/youtube-indie-animation-netflix-deals-2025 It even provides a strategy for...

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How YouTube Animators Are Out-Competing Disney and Getting Netflix Deals
How YouTube Animators Are Out-Competing Disney and Getting Netflix Deals
Discover how independent YouTube animators like Glitch Productions are revolutionizing entertainment, earning Netflix deals, and building animation empires that rival traditional studios with digital-first strategies.
Maurice Vaughan

Thanks for sharing the article, Leonardo Ramirez 2. I think getting everyone to agree to work together could be a big hurdle. I think it depends on who you pick for the team....

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Leonardo Ramirez 2

Agreed Maurice Vaughan. That's not a knock. It's simply that creatives have their own ideas of what they want to accomplish or achieve.

Mike Boas

While I hate the business-speak with which that article was written, it does break down animation components in interesting ways.

One thing I didn’t see was an acknowledgment of the free labor a new m...

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Pat Alexander
Semifinalists Announced: Stage 32 + Zero Gravity Management Action/Thriller Contest

Congratulations to the Semifinalists in this year's Action/Thriller Contest! Let's show our support for the semifinalists, and if you placed, let us know more about your script!

Check out all the semifinalists here:

(https://www.stage32.com/happy-writers/contests/5th-Annual-Action-Thrille...)...

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Maurice Vaughan

Congratulations, Semifinalists!

Chris Watt

Great news to wake up to.

My feature film screenplay, MORGAN’S WAKE, is a semifinalist in the Action/Thriller Competition.

Congratulations to all the other semi finalists!

Logline: A retiring hitman is...

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David Appleby

You could have blown me down with a feather when I got the news!

David Appleby

Vicarage Road - "He swapped the SAS for Sunday Service - now his redemption is ravaged by Revelation"

A former SAS soldier turned priest is dragged back into the world he escaped when a high-tech ident...

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Meriem Bouziani

congratulations to all of them.

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Nikita Simpson
Back up all your work!

I’m sure I’m preaching to the choir, but don’t forget to back up your screenplay work. I unfortunately just lost access to the main laptop I work on - it broke! Luckily I had it all backed up, but you never know when your device might give up on you. 

Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, Nikita Simpson.

Haley Mary

Whenever I write poems, lyrics and plays, I save some in email. Most I save to the cloud, my quantum poetry is saved on both allpoetry and youtube. I save all my plays on allpoetry as well. That way,...

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Yan Ju Zeng

I had that happen right as I finished a script for a fellowship submission deadline! I had to stay up and rewrite it before 11 Am the next day. Glad you had a backup!!

John Montague

I have am the tiniest little usb drive you can find - it just lives in my laptop and when I take it places in my pack I just make sure it’s facing up so it won’t bend the port. it’s only twice the size of my mouse receiver. just get a good enough brand. lol.

Pat Alexander

So true! I have personally lost full scripts after dropping a glass of water on my laptop. It's excruciating. The worst was a paid assignment where the only copy I had saved was a physical one, so I h...

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Kenneth Tisdale
Let’s Have Some Fun:

I’m a superhero. You’re a supervillain and we’re engaged in battle. In the midst of this battle, you turn your attention to a nearby neighborhood, riddled with families watching our bout from a distance…and vaporize it.

Me: “You monster! How could you?! All of those innocent people! Why??”

Respond as the villain:

Mone't Weeks

"Somebody's got to lead, might as well be me"

Meriem Bouziani

Challenge accepted. I’ll respond with the mindset of one of my sci-fi worlds.

“Innocent? You misunderstand, hero. They are offerings. The god I have awakened demands a worthy sacrifice for immortality — and I intend to live forever.”

Doug Kayne

I turn to you, offering a knowing smirk.

“I see you are not only self-righteous, but foolish and blind as well,” I state, pointing my finger at you in an authoritative manner. “Those ‘innocents’ you ar...

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Meriem Bouziani

I got a new one from another sci-fi world.

I didn’t respond — I just left with a monologue:

“I survived them. You’re the real villain.”

Thank you very much for asking — you’re actually guiding me toward new twists in my story.

Debbie Croysdale

You pass the buck, was your own pious vengeful justice, that turned a society into marked witnesses.

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Sebastian Tudores
Do you know how to edit? - Premiere Pro Webinar today :)

Hey y'all! I have the pleasure of hosting today's webinar on Editing with Premiere Pro.

What would be great reasons for a screenwriter to know how to edit? I'll start with:

1. Just like we are the script's first actors and first directors, we're also the first editors. 'Write what's on screen' the ad...

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Maurice Vaughan

Hey, Sebastian Tudores! Knowing how to edit could help screenwriters with pacing.

Sebastian Tudores

agree 100% Maurice Vaughan ! thx

Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, Sebastian Tudores. I can't make the webinar today (wish I could!), but I plan on watching it later.

Göran Johansson

I learned screenwriting by directing and editing the scripts I wrote myself. So learning editing is a good idea. But there are cheaper programs which are easier to learn and almost as powerful. I have...

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Sebastian Tudores

couldn't agree more Göran Johansson - there's so much to discover about where we start if we're more aware of where it's gonna finish.

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Phoenix Black
Week #3 - preparing and staying focused

It’s time consuming but I’ve created a master list of companies and managers I’d like to reach, which script/s they’d resonate with and why, notable films, 2 line personalised email hook, contacts - that last part is the grind. If I contact/meet them I add it there to keep on track. Anyone I come ac...

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Priya Mistry

Hey , Phoenix Black . Great job. Sorting out what will work for you will provide more clarity and possibility. Good luck !!!!!!

Elle Bolan

I'm incredibly jealous of how organized this is. I mean that to be complimentary.

I'm about to start this kind of research and would love to know how you use chat gpt to help with your research, what...

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Göran Johansson

I wish you good luck. Last year I went through various lists on the internet, lists with production companies. Most refuse to accept scripts from us who have no agent. Or the companies have no email address on their web site. But I found about 100 to write to.

Phoenix Black

Goran, I'm in exactly the same spot. Can't find contacts to email them. The vast majority won't read queries if not from a manager. The few I do find (IMDb Pro used to be better with contact) I get no reply. But still, we trudge on!

Göran Johansson

Nice that you liked what I wrote, The first list I used was wikipedia's list with production companies in USA. In many cases Wikipedia included links to the individual companies. In other cases wikipe...

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