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25 contributions to The Writer's Forge
1 like • 3d
@Krystel Biasotti I like # 2: it’s a cleaner, easier to digest log line for me. This is the one where I fully understood what was happening in your story
0 likes • 2d
@Chad Desrochers great setup, the story is intriguing. 🤔
Condensing the Action
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.
1 like • 5d
@Jason Smith thank you Jason. I get what you’re saying. I never put my finger on why arranging the verb before the noun is more enticing.
0 likes • 5d
@Chad Desrochers Hey Chad-I will send you these after my regular job ends today. Thank you for your help!
Tuesday Coaching - 10 a.m. PST - Drop Your Pages Below
Meant to put this up earlier, but it's been a week! Zoom: Premier Coaching - Tuesday 10 a.m. Pacific time Last week was packed too, and we met several new members, including @Temycka Carpenter Carlton who brought pages in for the first time and got a wonderful reception for her very sleekly written female-driven pilot about the secret world of private aviation. She's taking expertise from her own life and converting it to compelling characters in a fantastic setting, the feels fresh and exciting to explore. There's a lot of talk about "world building" in film and tv writing, and her example of how to open a script was a perfect example of efficient, visual world building, that doesn't beat the reader over the head with excessive detail. Looking forward to seeing compelling work from more new writers, who will be welcomed by the veterans around here with open arms, just as Temycka was. When I see the lights go on in someone's eyes like it did with her and @Chris Dyer and @Chad Desrochers and @Lena Lieuvin @Godfrey Virgile and @Krystel Biasotti when they come in for their first reads, it's just exciting for me personally, and makes all the work that goes into this feel deeply worthwhile! So, thanks to all of you for bravely showing up! Looking forward to more! -D
Tuesday Coaching - 10 a.m. PST - Drop Your Pages Below
1 like • 5d
Hello! see you all tomorrow.
What's Everyone's Go-To Screenwriting Software?
Tell us if it's paid or free (and if it's free, what are the limitations? Only 3 free scripts at a time, etc.). If you're not using screenwriting software, what are you using?
1 like • 13d
Final Draft. Significantly cheaper if you can buy it thru a student email address.
0 likes • 9d
@Ian Campbell Oh yeah, at this point I've only used the basic formatting part and also the beat board feature. I don't know if other software offers this, but it has a good "Find and replace" feature when you change names of your characters. So far it's not missed a single one, when I've used it for that.
Friday Coaching Sesh - 2-6-26 - Drop Your Pages here!
Looking forward to seeing more great work from the Writer's Forge crew! You guys are leading the way and setting the standard for writers who are willing to show up and be accountable and really build themselves, one day, one session at a time. That's where the magic happens. Zoom Link: Premier Coaching, Friday, Feb 6, 12 p.m. Pacific Time. If you haven't experienced these coaching sessions, jump in, with pages or without. And just see what's happening here, that you just can't find anywhere else!
Friday Coaching Sesh - 2-6-26 - Drop Your Pages here!
7 likes • 11d
Here's my revamped opening I'd love some more feedback on. Logline: A young couple in the year 2050 discovers the catastrophic secret behind a medical remedy that would provide universal well-being.
4 likes • 10d
@Temycka Carpenter Carlton I like your style of writing action. Brief, clear and to the point. One of my writing goals is to better economize my words like this.
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Jason Byrley
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Love psychological dramas & sci -fy

Active 1d ago
Joined Jan 3, 2026
Alameda, California
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