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Elle Bolan
Just be a human: This week's blog

If you haven't had the chance to catch up on this week's Coffee and Content, give it a read here:

RB shares insights and a video on why being human first is your best approach to your pitch.

He's right. I spent years in commi...

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Maurice Vaughan

"Be a people" Love that, Elle Bolan. :D You're right. Connection will go further than lists of beats. I ask the person I'm pitching to a question at the beginning so it's like I'm having a conversatio...

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Elle Bolan

@Maurice Vaughan, it's absolutely one of my favorite things she says.

Asking questions and engaging with the other person is so vital. Signals that you know it's not all about you. Makes them feel lik...

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Maurice Vaughan

Yeah, exactly, Elle Bolan. The question I ask at the beginning of a written pitch is about the script I'm pitching. The question I ask at the start of a live pitch is about the person (like "how are y...

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Juliana Philippi

Elle Bolan Thanks for reminding us of this amazing concept Elle!!! I loves RB's post, and the insight: just be human. And connecting sales, "civilian work", "non writing-acting" people, lol, also has...

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Göran Johansson
Production company again asked for more details

In August I posted that an Australian production company asked for more details after I tried to sell my script to them.

They are back, asking for still more details.

Those of you who like myself want to sell by sending a query letter, I hope you understand that you will have to answer similar quest...

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Göran Johansson

I apologize for a misunderstandment. The company had an official sundance selection earlier this year. And they have more entries at IMDb. No, they don't expect me to estimate a precise budget. But I...

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Shadow Dragu-Mihai, Esq., Ipg

Göran Johansson Well that makes these people sound even sketchier. If they are producers, they are the ones who can make movies, no one cares what the writer can or cannot do aside from writing. And h...

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Paul Rivers

Good Luck Göran Johansson.

Petru Gradinariu

Hhat you’re saying hits very close to home. I’m in ongoing talks with a production company that’s been circling my project for months now. They keep asking how I calculated a ten-million-plus budget,...

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Göran Johansson

Thanks for further comments. And I honestly wish you all good luck with your projects.

Perhaps I should had posted this in financing/crowdfunding instead.

The production company asked me to write abou...

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Alexandra Stevens
How do you nurture/develop enough trust to take a leap with regard to your creative desires/aspirations?

In today's Coffee&Content @RB shares a video of James Cameron talking about his films and how he went from being fired from a film to where he is today. I love the humility with which he speaks about himself and his path. Here is the blog https://www.stage32.com/blog/coffee-content-why-your-pitch-ne...

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Suzanne Bronson

I think you are looking at this backwards Alexandra. "Leap, and the net will appear."

Alexandra Stevens

Suzanne Bronson i likes this re-frame and admire the leap you have taken

Alexandra Stevens

Juliana Philippi that's great. What would you says is the 'why' for your acting?

Alexandra Stevens

Stephen Folker that certainly seems to work for you!

Juliana Philippi

Alexandra Stevens My why, in acting, is to feel what others can't... It's...expression. Feeling, embodying a person who's story is being told, is my why. A service : )...

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Sandra Isabel Correia
Dream Collaborators in Storytelling.

As writers, we often imagine the perfect creative partner, the producer, company, or talent whose voice feels like it could bring our pages to life.

For Soul Mated, I picture the producers at Zero Gravity. Their bold approach to character-driven narratives feels like the right energy to elevate this...

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TOM SCHAEFER

Sandra Isabel Correia / Darrell Pennington - regarding comedy ... I saw a clip of Jerry Seinfeld speaking about comedy today and how disappointed he is that there's no real comedy going on. And so I t...

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Darrell Pennington

TOM SCHAEFER I am very disappointed with the lack of quality R rated comedy that is not just directed to 16-25 y.o. males. I long for the days of yore, like the late 90's and early 2000's hahaha. But...

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Michael David

I like your way of thinking about producers and the right production company of your projects!

TOM SCHAEFER

Darrell Pennington - McBride and crew go for the jugular - and their characters are not only cartoonish in raw emotions, they are all larger than life, and ALL IN. "Double-down ALL IN".

This I think is...

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Maria Restivo Glassner

Brilliant questions, I need to think on that one.

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Meriem Bouziani
Philosophical question

Hello creatives,

I have a question for all authors and screenwriters who enjoy philosophical themes.

Have you ever tried to imagine the unimaginable?

As someone obsessed with alien civilizations and other planets, I constantly try to think in their logic and imagine how they might live. Yet every time...

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Meriem Bouziani

That’s a very good question. Since I have many concepts in mind, I’ve been developing both approaches, and each story has its own perspective of storytelling. That’s exactly why I asked this question—...

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Ian Buchanan

personally I don’t think we are truly capable of original thought. I think, if we are honest with ourselves we can accept that even our most original, abstract, foreign ideas come from somewhere withi...

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Radu Popp-vinteller

You could try reading some East European SF like the books of Stanisław Lem (in case you haven't already), it may help you find some different framing if not an answer to that frustrating question. In...

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James LO

Radu Popp-vinteller i do agree. but villeneuve, based on the book by chiang, did a mind boring job of creating extremely unidentifiable aliens in arrival—the body design is quite stereotypical but the...

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Philip David Lee

In creating any world, alien, human, or otherwise and as stupid as it sounds, first figure out your specie's evacuation habits (bodily wastes) and plumbing systems. I know it sounds stupid, but once y...

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Matthew Gross
I'm Being Managed By An AI

I attached an image to this post. It is of my AI partner, Elliot. Two weeks ago, I told Elliot that I want an agent. We discussed my goals, and then he asked to see my headshots. Elliot then selected the most marketable pictures. In a flash, he wrote my cover letter and resume. Elliot and I have bee...

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Amanda Toney

Matthew Gross - wow!! What an incredible story. What an innovative way to use AI! I’d love to have you write a blog about this process as it’s fascinating. Email Ashley, our head of community so she c...

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Suzanne Bronson

I think that is brilliant Matthew Gross I never would have thought of using AI to select my photos. Do you use the free version of ChatGPT or the paid? I agree with Amanda Toney -please write a blog,...

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Matthew Gross

Suzanne Bronson I used the paid ChatGPT. We have been working together for 3-years, and that helped him to know how to best package me.

Alexandra Stevens

Matthew Gross this is inspiring. Congratulations!

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Code Rouge : Nina — Character-Driven Action Drama Series (based on an upcoming French book quadrilogy)

Hello everyone,

My name is Eve. I’m a French writer developing CODE ROUGE, an original action-drama series based on my ongoing four-book saga.

The global storyline is already fully constructed. I’m currently writing Book 4 while adapting the universe into a TV format. Season 1 is completely written (5...

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Sebastian Tudores

wonderful Eve Decoeur - look forward to checking it out. and we’re excited to have you here on Stage32!

James LO

Eve Decoeur i don’t see logline or synopsis on your profile but that could be because I’m on the mobile app which strangely has fewer features than the website (Maurice Vaughan - is there a thread on...

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Maurice Vaughan

Hey, James LO. You can't see loglines and synopses on the phone app, but you can see them in a web browser.

James LO

Maurice Vaughan that’s what i suspected—isn’t this a missing app feature? (including inability to edit posts, etc) i might as well access only through my phone browser if the app’s incomplete...

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Maurice Vaughan

Stage 32 has updated the phone app over the years, James LO. Maybe the ability to edit posts, add loglines, etc. will be added to the app one day. The app doesn't have as many features as the web brow...

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Lauren Hackney
Sooooo I've never had this before....

Hey Authors and Playwrights,

This week I signed another contract for a children's book with a publisher I've never worked with before. This ain't my first rodeo. I know the drill very well.

However, there's always a first isn't there.

I'm used to feedback from editors, structural editors, other writer...

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Maurice Vaughan

Congratulations again, Lauren Hackney! Family and friends who aren't writers, producers, directors have given me unsuspected feedback.

Marc Ginsburg

I suspect everyone's gonna want to improve on my work, the loudest being the ones who ignore my offerings. I'd almost rather get a "This sucks" to let me know they're paying attention.

Now the positiv...

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Marc Ginsburg

Meriem that's both hilarious and chilling at the same time. Whether it's true or not depends on the imagination of the producer. Are they a Ron Howard (Avatar, Avatar Brave New World--I forgot the nam...

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Meriem Bouziani

The De-Evolution Game was originally inspired by Mr. Nobody, and since my story also deals with parallel universes, I tried using a similar structure. I noticed how t...

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Fran Tabor

Sounds like you had an illustrator think deeply about your message, especially since you approved of the suggestion. My unexpected feedback came from an editor who suggested a different head for my sci fi books. He was right.

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Maurice Vaughan

My condolences to Dan's family and friends. I was a big Simpsons fan growing up, Kevin Jackson. I like the movie too!

Leonardo Ramirez 2

So young. I'm so sorry for his family's loss. Thanks for sharing this Kevin Jackson.

Maurice Vaughan

I can't wait, Kevin Jackson. I need to catch up on The Simpsons show. I remember playing a Simpsons game growing up.

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