Primal Forge works! · The Writer's Forge

Primal Forge works!

When I asked Primal Forge GPT about my screenplay, it came up with this:

A coming-of-age story that arrives 30 years late, disguised as a rugby reunion comedy.

And this: After an injury and loss unravel her life, a woman returns to the rugby team she left behind decades earlier and discovers the men she thought had rejected her had been protecting her all along.

I added this line: She learns that sometimes the worst thing that can happen to you is the best thing for you.

Because that is what kept me going as I recovered from my injury and life unraveling into something surprising.

And thanks to this amazing group, the guidance given and the tools available, I just finished my first screenplay in record time and without the emotional blockages I had when trying to fit in the "Hero's Journey" structure. I followed the "Wound-Lie-Reveal" structure that

@David Stem

created, and it was exactly what I needed!

I have been working on this as a memoir for decades, encountering lots of emotional upheaval. I previously made a documentary film about the rugby players, and my agent said to cut my stories out. Now I have completed a feature film screenplay that I truly enjoyed creating and hope others will enjoy reading and, fingers crossed, watching.

I am living by the words of Hunter S. Thompson, a friend to and client of my rugby brothers:

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming 'Wow! What a ride!'"

This has been such a wild ride, and I am so grateful to be here!

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