Big Changes Are Here... March thru June Experiment

David Stem

Mar 2 (edited) • General discussion

What's Changing:

For the next 4 months (March-June), I'm bringing my live workshops INTO the Premium membership.

Here's what that means:

Premium Members ($99/month) now get:

Weekly group coaching calls (as always)
NEW: Monthly live workshop (rotating topics)
NEW: Access to workshop library (recordings of all past workshops)
Primal Forge GPT (24/7 character diagnostic tool)
Community + accountability

The workshops:

March: Creating Great Characters (Wound → Lie → Healing)
April: Writing Great Openings (The First 10 Pages)
May: Act 2 Problems (Why Scripts Die at Page 40)
June: Rewriting Like a Pro (Diagnosing What's Actually Broken)

Each workshop is 2-3 live sessions. Interactive. With your pages.

If you bought these workshops separately, they'd cost $397 each.

That's $1,588 worth of workshops over 4 months.

Premium members get all of it for $99/month.

Why I'm Doing This:

I run standalone workshops pretty much every month. People loved them. The information in them is based on my 30 years of working for every major studio and is absolutely essential to your growth as a writer. I want everyone to have access to this info.But it felt weird to charge Premium members extra for something that's core to what I teach. So I'm testing a new model: workshops included in Premium.

If this works, I'll keep it. If it doesn't, I'll adjust.

But for March-June, this is the structure.

If You're Already a Premium Member:

You're already in. First workshop (Creating Great Characters) starts March 10th.

Check the Events section for dates.

If You're Not a Premium Member Yet:

You have two choices:

Option 1: Join Premium for $99/month (get all 4 workshops + ongoing coaching)

Option 2: Stay free (you'll miss the workshops, but you can still lurk in discussions)

After June, I'll decide if workshops stay in Premium or go back to standalone.

But for the next 4 months, this is your chance to get $1,588 worth of workshops for $396 total.

Join Premium - $99/month

One More Thing: VIP Coaching

A few of you have asked about 1-on-1 VIP coaching.

Here's the deal: I only have room for 2 more VIP or 1-on-1 clients.

VIP is a premium service I’m offering, that involves extensive coaching, brainstorming and feedback on your individual script. The goal is to get it ready for you to take to market. It is very time intensive on my part and, as a result, not cheap. Still, the detailed information I’d be giving you in these sessions… frankly, you just can’t get it elsewhere. There are script reading services out there, but nothing I know of with the level of detail and depth I go into with my VIP clients. If you want in, DM me directly. First come, first served. You can be an ongoing member by signing up for the discounted monthly account, or purchase individual sessions here.

After that, VIP is closed until someone drops out.

Join VIP - $1199/month

Meanwhile, let me know your thoughts on the workshops coming to Premier.

Are you psyched I am. We're building something amazing... together!

Forge on!

J. David Stem

P.S. If you've been on the fence about Premium, this is your moment. 4 workshops included. $99/month.

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