“In screenwriting, your talent only matters if you have the stubbornness and work ethic to shape it. It takes sitting in the chair, writing terrible drafts, and executing the work to turn a concept into a $2.5 billion box office reality.” - Stem Screenwriting isn’t for the faint of heart. You have to be willing to create something that will need to be dismantled many times over, and if my characters are weak, then it doesn’t matter how much I know about structure, I'll still end up with a story that moves the character rather than the character moving the story. The Premium Calls teach all this and more, instilling in us the skills of how to write like a pro. Reach out to me, Anna Fermin, or David Stem directly if you need support or have any questions in bringing your pages to a premium call. Also, if you're new, we have a Thursday New Members call which will give you a taste of the premium calls. Here’s the link to where you put up your casting and your pages. Here’s the link for the Tuesday July 14th Premium Coach Call. Here’s the link for the Friday, July 17th Premium Coach Call.

I am here to learn and absorb all I can about writing and developing the characters for my series I am working on now. The timing is impeccable. I don’t know if The Writer’s Forge found me or if I found it…I do know that I have A LOT of questions hahahahaha

Test post... testing for excitement... also for testing... so the excitement isn't missed...

There's something very appealing about being in the habit of showing up to the page and working the story. Even when I feel like I'm lost in the woods. I'm tired because of life stuff, but I feel good that I was able to get some pages revised, complete some voice-over recordings, and send them off for my proof of concept. Shout out to @Jason Smith @Shauna G @Thia Markson for showing up and for the great chat afterwards

I've also had this thought for a while, and I'm curious what other writers think. If I can write one page that's genuinely excellent—good enough to earn praise from someone like David Mamet, Aaron Sorkin, or David Stem—why couldn't I write an entire 90- or 120-page screenplay at that same level? I've written a few pages, and I've found myself wondering whether there's a gem among them? Just one. Has anyone felt the same?