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Another Sprint Down
It was a solid time. Everyone is making progress. We talked about unpacking our stories and how to do that in an effective way that doesn't let all the tension out of our story. Killing our darlings was another topic, and learning to be ruthless with our scripts for the sake of making them pop. Making sure our characters are well-rounded before anything ever happens. and just the positive energy of a group of writers in the story together. A shout-out to first-timer on the sprint calls @Tasha Kelly see you all soon!
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And we saw @Liv Colorin show up :) woot! woot!
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Scriptment to Script. Answers?
Apologies for the so many posts. Let me know if I'm talk'n too much. I have a gorgeous scriptment. (expository story that is 'scriptish'.) I'm rewriting the scriptment in it's entirety to be cinema worthy. Suggestions on actionable measures I may employ to do that?
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Pick a screenwriting program and start writing some scenes. And pick your favorite show movie in your genre and read its actual script.
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But also what David says about this— I remember David saying the most important step for him was to have the treatment done before starting the screenplay
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Pitch contests
Hello dear Forge ! This week I did something really, really cool in Paris: I went to a week-long training with producers and script doctors to work on my pitching skills for my feature film "The Red Arch". Not only have I learned A LOT about the French film industry, but specifically, I have learned that my feature film will be extremely hard to produce in France, for budgetary reasons (French cinema doesn't have the same production budgets as the US unfortunately). The producers I met did not exactly say "it will never be produced" but that's clearly what they meant. They strongly suggested I try pitching in the US directly and not lose time in France. The issue : I have 0 contacts in the US! 🇺🇸 So, I was wondering if enrolling in pitching contests could be a good strategy to start meeting people and maybe get some contacts. Do you have an idea of interesting contests that I could participate in ? Or any opinion on this ? As always, thanks for your companionship (makes me feel less alone 😅🫶🏻)
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@Lena Lieuvin there were at least 12 speakers and four panels with 10 people on each panel so there’s no way in hell I can afford to get all the material and some of them already had their books but what’s great about our class is we have an actual working writer who can help us sift through the information out there :)
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@Lena Lieuvin if you PM me your email I’ll forward it to you - it’s all about networking
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Vertical Drama markets
well, I mentioned the book and now I’m getting ads for it so I checked one out it’s pretty awful but it’s a huge market for new writers. I was thinking it would be interesting to see if I could actually write in this format as an exercise in writing with 0 fluff…(Please yell at me ) But: The global vertical‑drama market was valued at about USD 4.1–4.7 billion in 2024–2025 and is projected to grow to roughly USD 8.4 billion by the early 2030s, implying a high‑single‑digit to low‑double‑digit compound annual growth rate. Here is just one: https://my-drama.com/ PS: don’t buy that book. It’s full of errors, probably why she was giving it away at the conference, but it’s still an interesting read.
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@Jason Smith You can have someone do the doom scrolling for you! Hehe ——— One of my favorite 3hour+ 1st date movies is: “Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles”, and so is “Inland Empire” PLUS Japanese favorites: Seven Samurai, Red Beard, Kwaidan (in my top 15!), and “The Human Condition I, No Greater Love”. And while I’m mentioning Japanese films I LOVE LOVE LOVE Undercurrent (1956) all these are on The Criterion Channel :)
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The cork board talk!!!!
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Building Great Characters - Session 2 - Masterclass Guide - lmk if this is working
And your thoughts... This is a tool I'm creating for the upcoming workshop. I told ya'll there was a lot going on behind the scenes! Great Characters - Session 2 - The Diner Test
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some notes I would lose all the Emmy nominated screenwriter Shrek two Rugrats, etc. under your name (only in ads) Under”Where We Left Off” Session 2 focus is missing “breaking point” Case Study: The Shining I guess the “truth” part is the primal question? And the actual one posed in your case study: what happens when someone who thinks they’re the smartest person in the room is actually the most dangerous because they’re cursed by the overlook hotel? (Just thinking out loud here.) Key Concepts: personally, I felt this section was written for me and all the questions I have about my project. Too many coincidences too many signs to ignore. I have chills! 🙏🙏🙏 The Diner Test Thank you for the examples! t i’m finishing up the second draft of mine tonight! after at least a month of trying to study other shows and be in class 100% Student Character Workshop there’s a typo in the opening line “Each student brought a character and ran it Wound/Lie/Small Life framework. David\u22019s and it’s not clear that running it through the wound lie small life framework is the Forge ChatGPT And shouldn’t the label be “wound lie small life breaking point transformation” (I feel like you had just “wound lie breaking point truth” and other variants in the previous weeks text) also in the student examples, you don’t always label the wound lie small life truth sometimes you just put the wound or lie. I don’t know if that’s intentional, and I still understand what you’re saying though. Your Assignment: I’m assuming you’ll also have the scene somewhere on this page and the script
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@david-hinnebusch-3898
Los Angeles based painter making a graphic novel- in Montréal a lot for family :)
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