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C.J. Night
AI is your biggest hater

Patience and reverence to anyone in particular are not as important as the endurance of your kneecaps.

Their fragility would have guaranteed that in the 19th–20th centuries, you couldn’t participate in bloody-fecal messes with Blavatsky, join the Ide Gan-Gan, or worship in the cult of Thelema while p...

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Tom Schaefer

So what’s your point?

C.J. Night

To sip the spiritual syrup flowing through our capillaries.

And if the mango or passion fruit flavor gets boring, you can always ask the waiter to switch the aperitif:)

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Phoenix Black
Writers room link in app?

On the app, where is the members writers room link? thanks

Maurice Vaughan

Hi, Phoenix Black. You can get to the Writers' Room Lounge in the app, but not the Writers' Room portal page. If you want to go to the Writers' Room Lounge, click the drink glass at the bottom of the...

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Phoenix Black

Thanks!

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Morgan Aitken Ipg
Post Production Blues

Yup, I got the 'it's a wrap!' blues. Kind of like that feeling of free-fall after being shot from a cannon. Principal photography: done! The wrap-party is a fading hangover. The footage is hoovered away into a post-production lair, where the mysterious coven tasked with adding the magic that turns y...

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Maurice Vaughan

Congratulations to you and the team on wrapping principal photography, Morgan Aitken Ipg! I usually jump into another project.

Rob Lindsay

Morgan -- vacay! Go somewhere you've never been, bring a camera (small) and get a change of scenery. Fast.

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Amanda Toney
Tom Schaefer

Does nothing for my bank account.

Richard "RB" Botto

Smart PR move, but I don't see it going beyond that. Rumors are Comcast is in the lead at the moment, but, personally, I don't believe that either...yet.

Richard "RB" Botto

Should add, if it does end up being PIF, that would be a seismic event which would only accelerate what we're already seeing in the international marketplace.

Eon C. Rambally

I'd say most certainly major news rumors or not! Industrial eyebrows are now in retrospective! Public relations factors will have to be paid close attention to, as this will alert investors etc.

Genera...

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Jack Binder

Interesting development as Saudi Arabia pushes hard into film and television production.

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Adam Spencer
Bend a Knee at the Altar of Honesty — November Write Club: Week 3

Preparation and perseverance are two sides of the same coin. Toss that coin into the air, watch it flip, and the blur between those faces starts to look like one word: “undeniable.”

Being “undeniable on the page” isn’t just about structure and market fit—they matter—but being undeniable starts with r...

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Adam Spencer

Elle Bolan, “empathically brutal” is such a powerful phrase. Love that!

Corey Balbuena

Love this. Also, incredible vocabulary and writing in this post. So well done.

Michael Elliott 2

Maurice: why am I a #2? (spare me the scatalogical references). Who is Michael Elliott 1?

Maurice Vaughan

It's a glitch, Michael Elliott 2. The Tech Team is working on it.

Corey Balbuena

You should keep the 2, it sounds catchy lol

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Lauren Hackney
Fully Embracing My Inner Border Collie Marmoset

In this week’s “Coffee & Content” blog, Richard “RB” Botto asks: “What’s one creative decision you’ve made that helped shape the world of your story, and what’s one bold move you’ve made to kick open a door in your own career?”

For me, the creative decision was simply accepting who I am and running...

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Sanna Peth

Oh, you might laugh at this — but it’s 100% true! :D

While writing my novel, I was listening to music from a well-known artist. Since my main character is also a musician, I had this wild idea: why not...

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Lauren Hackney

I love your passion @sanna and its stories like this that make me want to see stories come to life. It's how they are created. How they are presented. That little seed of awakening like yours did thro...

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Marie Hatten

Lauren Hackney boarder Collie lol , I love your enthusiasm. The creative decision I made was not to ignore an idea ( that wouldn’t be ignored ) even though it meant starting from scratch on my feature...

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Marie Hatten

Brilliant and brave Darrell

Marie Hatten

That’s incredible Mone’t

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Ashley Renee Smith
The Music of Frankenstein with Alexandre Desplat

If you’re interested in the craft and emotional architecture behind film scoring, this is a must-watch conversation.

Two-time Academy Award–winning composer Alexandre Desplat sits down with Jon Burlingame to discuss his newest score for Frank...

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Mark Gosney

I will be watching this!! Ashley Renee Smith thanks for sharing!!

Maurice Vaughan

Thanks for sharing the conversation, Ashley Renee Smith. Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is my new favorite movie of the year and my favorite Frankenstein movie. What stood out to me most about Alex...

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Jack Binder

Fantastic!!! (I had the honor of working with Alexandre Desplat on 'The Upside of Anger'. Such a professional talent!)

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Hi

Good Morning everyone! Hope you all have a great day, and as usual I have questions to get to know you guys. 1:if you could be any character who would it be? 2:if you could be in any movie/tv series what would it be? 3:If in any movie you could've stopped something from happening what would it be?

Maurice Vaughan

I saw the Percy Jackson movie way back, Autumn Carpenter. Is he Percy's friend?

Autumn Carpenter

uuuuuhhhh the movie actually is not good, the director didnt even read the books, but the author came out with a series. so no just from the book, and their friendship is complicated...:D

Maurice Vaughan

Wow. The director didn't read the books. I guess he wanted to go in his own direction with the movie. I'll have to check out the books.

Autumn Carpenter

the books are AWESOME or in PJO fandom language Amazhang (a character last name is Zhang sooo) and my favorite book series

Suzanne Bronson

Hi Autumn Carpenter I would be 1. Galadriel 2. I would be in The Lord of the Rings or Rings of Power 3. if I could stop something from happening in a series Clay getting his leg blown off on SEAL Team...

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Meriem Bouziani
The Disabled Puzzle: A New Life

Hello authors and screenwriters,

Have you ever thought about adding — or using — music in your worlds?

I’ll go first.

In my book The Disabled Puzzle, music is part of the experiments.

For Catherine’s deafness simulation, I use Beethoven’s Für Elise — Virus — Silence as part of the girl’s experiment.

For...

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Meriem Bouziani

Thank you very much Leonardo Ramirez 2

I also love classical music, especially pieces for piano and violin.

Debra Holland

In my historical Western series, the characters might go to church or have weddings and funerals where hymns of that period are sung.

Meriem Bouziani

Yes Debra Holland music is very important for ritual scenes.

Jon Shallit

In my SETESH full feature there are singers, a violinist, a flute player, throat singing in the audio, violin and piano in the music track, all live recorded... makes a huge difference!

It is on youtube.

Meriem Bouziani

That’s great—having full musical work in the movie really elevates it.

I searched a little on YouTube, and the film feels mysterious; the music makes that atmosphere even stronger. Jon Shallit...

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Maurice Vaughan
Strengthening Croatia’s Creative Future: Inside Zagreb’s Partnership with Stage 32 Certification

Stage 32 Certification also has partnerships in other states and countries.

If you have any questions about Certifi...

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Sebastian Tudores

I'm loving the global reach Stage32 is establishing with real value for those involved Maurice Vaughan - thanks for posting this :)

Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, Sebastian Tudores. I'm loving it too. Which Certification course did you take?

Sebastian Tudores

Maurice Vaughan I'm working my way through Key Production Legal Agreements Master Certification - I'm one down and quite a few to go ;) are you doing any of them?...

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Maurice Vaughan

Congratulations, Sebastian Tudores! I haven't, but I've been thinking about taking a Certification course.

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Michael Elder
Fighting on from the Mid-South

Hello, Stage 32ios! (Introduce Yourselfians? There's got to be a decent nickname in there.) Michael Elder here writing from the great state of Tennessee. It's good to see so many people active here, especially since Stage 32 has been instrumental in my return to writing for visual media. I'm a USC C...

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Pat Alexander

Welcome back to writing, Michael! Your diverse career path—from USC CNTV to reality TV editing to music business to anime conventions—gives you a unique creative perspective that'll serve your storyte...

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Amanda Toney

You’ve had a cool path Michael Elder ! What was your experience like working in reality TV? I sold sold a premium unscripted show to USA and really enjoyed the process....

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Michael Elder

Amanda Toney I have a few war stories from my very first season of TV, fresh out of college and willing to work 5:00 PM - 2:00 AM just to get my foot in the door. It's very weird being down the line o...

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Darrell Pennington

Michael Elder I hope the South is treating you well! My southern background finds itself surfacing in so much of my writing, many times intentionally but sometimes by happenstance. Keep us up to date...

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Michael Elder

Darrell Pennington There are so many stories to be told here and a huge audience for them! I hope your background gets seen as the advantage it is; we need more awesome Southern stories....

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