Another week is about to start. Please get your pages and casting up on the link. Make sure you either place your pages on March 17 for Tuesday or March 20th for Friday on the program link above. Screenwriting is hard. You have to be very courageous to put yourself out there and be willing to accept that your pages will need to be rewritten, revised, and sometimes torn to shreds in the process of making something great. To paraphrase our fearless leader, David Stem, the magic happens when writers stop protecting drafts and start refining them in real time and revealing all of themselves to other writers. Here's the link for the TUESDAY Premium Coaching Call ====================================== Here's the link for the FRIDAY Premium Coaching Call

I'm one of the keynote speakers at Allegory Live. I'm going to be taking the Wound, The Lie and The Small life that I teach in workshops here. If you'd like to attend, one of our members who put this together has made a couple of tickets available. HMU here or DM me if you'd like to come. First come first serve. Thx. D

One of my biggest fears is writing a screenplay that hits all the right marks but evokes no emotion in the reader/audience. I can sometimes write with blinders on, more concerned with adding pages and formatting than with crafting a more evocative story. This can come from dodging the thing that would make the story great but would potentially make me uncomfortable. To paraphrase David Stem, "The parts you’re afraid to write are the only parts worth writing." Which one of these do you resonate most with right now?

The moment that any of us decides to move forward with our writing is an act of gratitude and self-love that says, "Yes, I have something to say, and I’m going to commit to the process in all its beauty, strife, and revelation." “A man or woman who counsels themselves is a man or woman being counselled by a fool.” When we give feedback to each other, we’re reflecting and emulating on each member what we all need to do to improve our craft. I think it’s courageous to show up and go, "Here's my story: I wrote this." Good or bad, it comes from me. I’m sharing it with you and asking you kindly to help me find clarity in my story. When we see someone overcome their creative blocks, it motivates us to do better. Living in isolation with our work is tantamount to starting to grow a beautiful flower and then not exposing it to sunlight. It dies. So give yourself a pat on the back; many writers never share their work. Many never finish one draft. I was on a Zoom call with JJ Abrams (let me pick up that name), and he talked about a study showing that fewer than 3% of writers finish a first draft and that those who do finish a second draft are less than 1%. Be proud of yourself, and let us know in the comments something you feel really good about that you overcame or created.

Apple just approved it. This is the moment. Here's what ScriptReader does: it performs your screenplay aloud to you. Your characters. Your dialogue. Your scenes. With distinct voices for every role. You stop reading your script and start hearing it — which means you catch what your eye skips right over. I built this for you. For us. And right now, the beta is open. First 50 people get to try it free. That's it. No waitlist after that. Here's all you do: Step 1 — Download TestFlight. It's Apple's free beta testing app (iOS only — Android coming later.). Takes 30 seconds. → https://apps.apple.com/us/app/testflight/id899247664 Step 2 — Once TestFlight is on your phone, tap this link to join the beta: → https://testflight.apple.com/join/BVXKtFRD You get 30 minutes free. Use every second. Then come back and tell me everything — good, bad, whatever you actually think. That's the deal if you're one of the 50 who downloads. That feedback shapes what this becomes. Also, these 3 questions are hugely important: 1. Did it work? Could you get your script in and hear it play back without hitting a wall? Yes or no — and if no, where did it break? 2. What surprised you? Good or bad. What did you learn about your script? 3. Would you pay for this? Based on what this cost me, I cannot give this away for free. So if yes, what's a fair monthly price? The link is live. The clock is running. Don't download unless you're committed to giving feedback. If you are, comment: 🔥 below. And let's get to work! Go. 🎬 Edit: there are def some spacing issues with how it differentiates between characters and action. They sometimes run together. This is something I’m addressing in the next build. This build is more about… does it work at all. And don’t forget to try the Forge Analysis and see how that reads.