Still on the road coming back from Santa Cruz. If there’s a place I can stop at 10 or 12 and do today’s call, I will but may need to push to 3 pm today!

Zoom link: Friday, Feb 13, 10 a.m. Pacific Time

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) is one of my favorite recent releases. Every time I watch it, I am amazed at how much story it tells and how fast it moves. So, my brain being what it is... one day, I sat down and mapped the movie out, beat-by-beat, minute-by-minute. Here are the results. This movie is, essentially, a series of short stories/adventures with a beginning, middle, and end, over and over until we reach the end credits. It is astounding to me how well paced and structured this thing is. So, if you're writing and you feel stuck - maybe give your characters a task to achieve (or fail)? Write your scene with a beginning, middle, and end, rather than what we typically do and ssssttttrrrreeeettttcccchhhh a scene out for way too long with nothing actually being done.

@Alan Brash @David Hinnebusch @Chris Dyer We talked about this in the New Member Coaching today... a YouTube short that broke out and was part of what lead Danny and Michael Philippou aka Rackaracka to break into making mainstream horror like the fantastically dark Talk to Me. This is intense, so you've been warned!

I've now read 3 other Forge members' scripts that i believe are really good at just getting to the point in their Action. I know there's more of you out here. My ask? How would you economize the following Action segment? -------------------------- She turns and sprints back towards the office. Jacob continues walking, his drink in hand, almost smiling as he walks past the now empty therapy rooms. At the elevator, he looks down an adjoining darkened hallway. The entrance is blocked by a cable attached to two stanchions. Jacob looks around then stealthily slips over the cable into the hallway. He’s the only person on the floor. It’s dark other than light coming from a frosted window on a door near the end. He slowly moves towards it. As he gets closer, the sound of faint voices is heard. Screaming voices.