TOMORROW!!! JOIN US , WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 10AM PST. TOMORROW!!! LINK TO CALL: https://www.skool.com/live/xBHytwChwTt 🎬 LIVE WORKSHOP: The Evidence Gap with Chris Dyer!!! Stop Waiting for Confidence. Start Creating Proof of Who You Can Become. As writers and creatives, we spend a lot of time learning about structure, character, dialogue, and story. But what if the biggest obstacle to finishing your screenplay... isn't your screenplay? What if it's the story you're telling yourself? In this interactive workshop, we'll explore the psychology behind why so many talented creatives stay stuck—even when they know exactly what they should be doing. We'll cover topics like: - Why confidence often comes after action, not before it. - The hidden bargain we make every time we avoid discomfort. - The difference between a limiting belief and an uncomfortable truth. - Why your brain may be collecting evidence that reinforces the identity you don't want. - How to rewrite the story you're telling yourself. - Why writers and creators bring more value to the entertainment ecosystem than they often realize. - A practical framework you can use immediately to overcome fear, procrastination, perfectionism, and self-doubt. This isn't a motivational pep talk. It's a practical mindset workshop grounded in psychology, creativity, and real-world experience, designed specifically for writers and creatives. You'll leave with a simple challenge you can put into action within 24 hours—one that can begin changing the evidence you're creating about yourself and your creative career. If you've ever thought: "I'm not ready." "I'm not good enough." "I just need a little more confidence..." ...this workshop is for you. I hope you'll join me! Join us! WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 10AM PST. LINK TO CALL: https://www.skool.com/live/xBHytwChwTt

I’ve spent 25+ years writing and rewriting screenplays for major studios. Shrek 2. Jimmy Neutron. Disenchanted. More than $2.5 billion at the box office. Here’s how you can finish yours: Step 1: Stop starting with structure. Find the living emotional engine of your story first. Know what your character is avoiding, what wound they carry, and what lie they believe. That’s where the real story lives. Step 2: Use the Primal Forge Method to build your character from the inside out. Wound. Lie. Small Life. Desire. Primal Question. Emotional Authorship. Once your character is alive, the plot has somewhere to go. Step 3: Apply structure after the animal exists. Let structure be the loose cage that barely contains your story—not the prison you’re trying to stuff it into. If you want help executing this, I just launched The Screenplay Forge. It’s a 16-week, small-cohort intensive where I’ll work directly with you on your actual screenplay or pilot and walk you through the entire process—from finding the living emotional engine to building the story, writing the pages, and reaching FADE OUT. You’ll get: - Live cohort sessions - Weekly hot seats and direct coaching - The Character Engine Blueprint - Pitch clarity training - Primal Forge GPT access and training - Deadlines and accountability - A community of serious writers doing the same work Four months from now, you could still be thinking about your screenplay, still tweaking or worse, still trying to figure out which of the many ideas competing for your attention you'll actually do. Or you could commit have finally finished a screenplay you love. Click here to to set up a call with yours truly to apply. Applications close Sunday, July 26 and limited spots remain since I am keeping the cohort small so I can be directly involved with every writer! Meanwhile, what’s the biggest reason you haven’t finished your screenplay yet: character, structure, time, confidence, or something else? Drop it below.

@David Stem "It's hard when you're young to wake up in the off-season at 6:00 AM to go train and work out, knowing that all your friends are sleeping in and eating pancakes. But understand this: life is hard. To be successful at anything, the truth is, you don't have to be special. You just have to be what most people aren't: consistent, determined, and willing to work for it. No shortcuts."

“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 have to go with Obsession and Backrooms. Both of which I thought were masterpieces in their own right. And exciting fresh new voices. That Spielberg kid will prob never be heard from again after the unforgivably bad Disclosure Day. (Where is the disclosure day, Steve? Where is that? You left it out of your movie! The whole thing about what happens AFTER disclosure. Missing! Ugh!) That said, saw Jaws in a theater on July 4. And whoever directed that is an absolute master of the craft. That Spielberg guy would do well to go back and study Jaws, which delivers in every scene and will never not be utter perfection. What about you? What did you see that you loved? And what let you down? Let's hear it. Don't hold back!