Premier Members -- Ready to get coached up on your opening or any scene you are working on and want to trouble shoot? Drop them below and I'll see you Tuesday morning, 10 a.m. PST. This is a great way to get out of your own head and get feedback from me and other members of the community. Also we can work with the Primal Forge GPT to really explore what's driving your characters. Drop your Opening Scenes or treatment or whatever else you want feedback on below!

So, I ran something through David's PF-GPT, and it was very insightful and actually made comments that are already in the pilot, which made me feel good. I'm someone who is very leery of this AI stuff, but I know I have no ability to stop it and must embrace it to some degree. The feedback was effective rather than like one's daily horoscope, which AI usually spits out. And I feel what David is doing is helping us with OUR creativity rather than BEING CREATIVE FOR US, and that's an important distinction. I don't want Ai writing my scripts, but with David's Primal Forge GPT, I was validated and inspired. What was your experience with it? CHECK IT OUT; THE LINK IS BELOW https://www.skool.com/the-writers-forge/experiment-time-the-primal-forge-gpt?p=755fa0c8

Michelangelo’s famous philosophy of subtractive sculpture. He believed that the figure already existed within the stone, and his role as a sculptor was simply to "liberate" it. This concept to me resonates with being a writer. The great story is there; we just have to chip away all the excess. In my experience that is achieved by rewriting, revisioning, and killing our darlings being paramount in liberating a great screenplay. Michael Arndt has said it took him 100 drafts to perfect his Oscar-winning script, Little Miss Sunshine. When it became a financial success, he said to himself, “So the film has “succeeded,” and I have (temporarily, at least) escaped from the jaws of failure.” Some that were on that Zoom call thought, “Oh, man, I can’t do 100 drafts.” I, on the other hand, felt relieved that I didn’t need to get it right on the 1st or 10th or 20th draft. But I also understood his feelings of dread that we as writers can feel over the arduous task of making something fantastic. The golden trait is being psychologically strong enough to be able to hear effective critical feedback (yes, it does sting) and test it against your pages and change things accordingly. Hence, the importance of having your pages read by people who know everything involved in writing an effective screenplay. What part of your story are you working on liberating today?

A friend sent me his script. I swear to you I maybe made it half way thru the first page. But I was already realizing it was hopeless in the first paragraph. I changed the names and locations. But you get the idea. As an agent/producer/studio honcho, if you started reading this, what would your reaction be, and why? EXT. SUBURBAN SIDE STREET. MORNING. Trash bins with cracked lids lean at inconsistent angles along the curb, their wheels half-submerged in yesterday’s rainwater. MAILBOXES stand at attention despite having no mail inside, their red flags lowered in silent disappointment. The street slopes gently downward, as if designed to encourage leaving. DAVE LANCER (40s) power-walks with intention. Wireless earbuds firmly seated, baseball cap pulled low but not enough to hide that he once had great hair. His gait suggests discipline, the kind learned from podcasts rather than hardship. He breathes through his nose like someone who read that it’s healthier. Dave is a man who has read the comments and decided not to care. Dave adjusts the strap of his fitness watch and passes ranch- style houses arranged with polite indifference toward one another, their LAWNS trimmed into compliance. A lone INFLATABLE SNOWMAN sags on a porch, still plugged in, radiating quiet defeat like a motivational quote gone stale. Halfway down the street. Two TEENAGERS in OVERSIZED HOODIES stand beside an OPEN TRUNK. One scrolls on his phone. The other stares into nothing. A SODA CAN drops, rolls, and comes to rest against the curb. The trunk closes. They leave without urgency. One gives Dave a thumbs-up for no reason. INT. DAVE’S HOUSE. KITCHEN. Slightly winded from exertion, hoodie half-zipped, Dave pours coffee with unnecessary precision. There’s a corporate-retreat energy to his movements. He taps the counter twice while waiting for the microwave to finish something that didn’t need heating. He knocks on a closed door with authority. DAVE Let’s move it. LUCAS (14) responds from inside, voice cracking with confidence.

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