Here's something that's been on my mind: I recently saw MARTY SUPREME, and whether you like him or not, Timothee Chalamet is an extraordinary actor. If you haven't seen it, it's directed by Josh Safdi who directed UNCUT GEMS. I also recently watched an episode of SOMEBODY FEED PHIL where a friend of his tells a story of how he was once on set watching a taping of EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND and how they did a scene, then right after, Phil (Rosenthal, creator & director of ELR) went individually to each actor and gave them his notes. They went again and the scene was so much better. So my question is, who's more important: actor or director?

I just got a laptop (MacBook Air) after being without for a few years. I've been doing everything on my phone. So being a single father at the age of 54 I'm scraping by. I've been blessed to get a computer. YAaaay!!! I don't have wi-fi because it will cost me around $250 a month (Cox Cable is a rip-off)..just don't have it right now. So the only internet I have is on my phone. I looked up Final Draft 13 and it is pricey. I'm sure there is an older version out there that is reasonable and still accessible/usable. Does anyone know how I can access the software at a reasonable price and how to download it on my laptop? ***I'm still writing, but everything is in note form until then. I soooo much appreciate your feedback. Thanks Donovan

I just thought I’d share what I’ve been up to other than just working my day job 🤣 I’m catching up on posts that i have missed as we speak. Firstly - How is everyone doing? I thought I’d share something different today. I’ve felt a little slump of writing my cyberpunk movie/feature project over the last few days. I’m not sure if it’s whether I’m just stuck. Or not sure how to add my next steps. ( as I’ve written and introduced my main character Billy ). Or if it’s just self doubt. BUT. I have still a lot of creative writing energy. That I want to get out. This morning I heard a song, that was on my playlist for the first ever story I had wrote down. Nearly 2 years ago. I started that at a time of knowing…NOTHING. So, I actually wrote it as a book format. Chapters. Each chapter in my head was an episode. Over the course of the two years I’ve learnt more and more- and started my first draft pilot episode. Now, I LOVE this story. As it came From mostly random thoughts I had and conversations I had with people. Inspired and reimagined by shows I love. Eg. Supernatural and lucifer. Mixed with glitz and glam of Hollywood. As someone who isn’t religious personally. But LOVE when shows explore the cosmic world and supernatural worlds. And well as military style Shows . I always had questions. And imagining “what if’s”. And this is where “ I did it for the devil” came from. So today. I was kind of drawn to this project. A spark. ( I still LOVE LOVE LOVE the cyberpunk project - but today just something in me made me pick my first story back up) So here is a treatment/ outline and also the opening scene of the pilot. ( which I edited and added more of today. ). I still need to expand on places. And figure out the B- line story as currently it’s just an A line story A while ago along side my music playlist for this story. I created a make shift visual trailer using stock videos, to help get the vibe in my head. Honestly this group - I have learnt so so much in such a short time. But even more - I have felt so inspired by all of you guys in this group. So thank you so much 🖤

I’m having such a hard time getting started. I have been a student for many years, so I’m wired through academia. I feel like I don’t know the fundamentals of screenwriting, so I can’t start. Any advice?

Hi! Is anyone in LA and up for a famous LA coffee meetup?? I’ve only been in LA for about two weeks now but I’m trying to build community as much as I can!