Have you been thinking about bringing pages to David and the Writers Forge community, but you're nervous? We all can relate. What will people say about my work? Will I be exposed as a non-starter? We've all felt this way, and in our experience, the best thing to do is rip the band-aid off, be brave, and load up some pages. You will find a supportive community led by David Stem working to help writers write like pros. Here's the link where you put up your pages and casting Please reach out to people you're casting and talk about the characters. Have them read your pages in advance. In my experience, this helps to give the best possible reading of your pages. Here's the link to the Tuesday, March 31st coaching call. ==≈===≈========================= Here's the link for the Friday, April 3rd coaching call.

Good morning, Forge. Here's what's moving in the industry today. - Spec Market Stays Alive: Brandon Cohen Sells Two Scripts in Back-to-Back Months — Paramount grabbed Cohen's comedy Bald Eagles for seven figures. Before that, he sold I Can See You're Angry to Miramax. Two specs. Two studios. Proof that original material still moves when the writing is sharp. Cohen is repped by Range Media Partners. The spec script is not dead. Write yours. - SXSW Hands Screenwriting Award to Four First-Timers Behind 'Plantman & Blondie' — Robb Boardman, Cory Loykasek, Donny Divianian, and Frankie Quinones took the SXSW Special Jury Award for Screenwriting for their buddy comedy Plantman & Blondie: A Dress Up Gang Film. These guys came up through sketch comedy, wrote what they knew, and a festival jury noticed. You don't need a traditional path. You need a voice. - Humanitas New Voices Fellowship Deadline: April 6 — This one's tailor-made for Forge members. The New Voices Fellowship is specifically for emerging TV and film writers who do NOT have a manager or agent. No representation required. No prior staffing required. Deadline is 11:59 PM PT on Monday, April 6. If you've got a script and no rep, this is your shot. Apply. - Sundance Names 2026 Screenwriters Lab Fellows from 3,800+ Submissions — Eleven writers were selected for the Screenwriters Lab and thirteen more for the Intensive, which supports first-feature projects. Creative advisors include Barry Jenkins, Lulu Wang, and Michael Arndt. The Intensive fellows are working on their very first features. If you're early in your journey, this is the kind of program that changes trajectories. Applications for next year's cycle will open later this year.

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Very rough. Just mapping this out. The Writer's Forge, Great Character Challenge

I'm one of the keynote speakers at Allegory Live. I'm going to be taking the Wound, The Lie and The Small life that I teach in workshops here. If you'd like to attend, one of our members who put this together has made a couple of tickets available. HMU here or DM me if you'd like to come. First come first serve. Thx. D