While free memberships allow people to come in and explore the community, one of the drawbacks is sometimes you get bots or people just coming in to market their bullshit. We ain't having that. We've all worked too damn hard on our scripts and building this community to put up with that nonsense. So, lmk if anybody is hitting you up with offers in the DMs. I've kicked a couple out and will happily use the ban hammer on anyone who misuses the privilege of being here with you good people! Dave

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.

A weekly call since we have so many new folks signing up. This will give you a lay of the land and the best ways for you to take advantage of this community and level up! Also... you'll meet cool new people and stop having to face the blank page alone!

December is a month when too many writers go to war with themselves. We look at the year, decide we “didn’t do enough,” and suddenly want to finish strong with some massive push… right as the holidays knock every routine sideways. Then the guilt kicks in. Not writing enough. Writing too much and missing family moments. Either way, we lose. But if you shift the mindset, December can be a powerful month — not because you grind harder, but because you get clearer and more present. My daughter just headed back to NYU after Thanksgiving. We had a great visit. I was genuinely present, and I’m grateful for that. Now I’m back at the desk setting my December goals — for the work and for my life — and I want this community thinking the same way. Here’s the frame: 1️⃣ Pick one North Star for your creative work. Something meaningful enough that hitting it would feel like a real win. A draft. A rewrite milestone. A character breakthrough. One thing that moves your story forward. 2️⃣ Pick one North Star for your life. Something simple but intentional: being present with family, slowing down your mornings, protecting one night a week from screens, finishing the year grounded instead of frantic. Not everything — just one thing that matters. 3️⃣ Break both goals into small, doable moves. Weekly checkpoints. Daily actions that fit inside December, not some fantasy sprint version of it. Write a page. Make a call. Take a walk. One beat at a time. 4️⃣ Grant yourself the grace to hold both. You can honor your work without disappearing into it. You can show up for your people without abandoning your creative life. This isn’t a tug-of-war — it’s a rhythm. So here’s the invitation: What are your December goals — for writing AND for your life? Drop them below. Name the big ones that really matter to you. Then break them into small moments you can actually execute. If you want help shaping them, tag me — that’s what I’m here for. Let’s close the year intentional, grounded, and present on both fronts.

Good morning from the east coast. I am a mom that likes to scare people or make you laugh. A horror and comedy writer that wants to learn more from experienced screen writers in the industry.