Screenwriting

I love writing female characters. I’m compelled to, my imagination conjures up women when I dream up scenes, I care more when my protagonists are female, and I feel more emotionally connected when writing about women. But my doctor assures me I’m a man. Perhaps it’s because I’ve befriended and worked with some remarkable women, maybe it’s because I grew up watching some amazing female leads, but either way, it is what it is.   It’s been brought to light recently that movies aren’t doing female c...

How Two Writers Turned 121 Hours of TVs Biggest Cult Hit Into a Two Hour Musical How do you turn one of television’s most beloved sci-fi dramas into a two-hour comedy musical? At first the idea seemed impossible. Unreachable. A crazy lingering thought that is quickly thought of and forgotten even faster. I’ve had these thoughts before. The time I wanted to turn the Old Testament into short comedy vignettes. Or the time I dreamed of forming a comedy boy band. These thoughts are ridiculous,...

We are excited to let you know that the special Stage 32 3 Year Anniversary On Stage with RB is now available On Demand for FREE! In a live and interective online webinar, Stage 32 Founder and CEO, RB spent 3 (yes, 3!) hours going over site features and answering your questions.  In honor of Stage 32's 3 year anniversary, we had on special guests Doug Richardson (screenwriter Die Hard 2, Bad Boys, Hostage) and Rex Pickett (writer, Sideways). RB opened up for Q&A with the community and talked...

I first started out at Warner Bros. as a creative executive in 2009. Being out of college, I was definitely still wet behind the ears, but had worked enough internships to give me a jump on the job. People assume that I went to film school, but I actually studied History at UCLA - which is really just story telling - but it’s a subject I loved and quite frankly became very handy. You realize that in this business no one really cares what kind of degree you have, so it starts everyone out on an e...

INT. ANDY’S HOUSE – MORNING. CAPTION: Saturday 19th April 7:00am. I picked up the final item - the camera bag and drove down to the cricket club field. The sky was part cloudy. It looked like it might be a good day. Once at the pavilion I unpacked the essentials. The batteries in the biscuit tin were replaced with biscuits. By 8:30am all the crew were there and things were looking busy. The first scene’s details were written onto the clapperboard. The actors appeared around 9:00a...

The July session of On Stage With RB is now available FREE On Demand.  This is another 2+ hour session with our Founder and CEO, RB. During a nearly 30 minute opening, RB covered the following Stage 32 topics: New navigation bar Searching the Lounge by keyword How to set up and search for Stage 32 Meetups How to best complete your profile How to promote your Stage 32 profile to other social media to "complete the circle" of promotion Happy Writers pitch sessions Then, in a...

  "Stage 32: Lynda.com Meets LinkedIn For Film, Television And Theater Creatives" Stage 32 Founder & CEO, Richard Botto · Photo credit: Joseph Love   Our fearless leader, Stage 32 Founder & CEO Richard Botto was featured in Forbes today. We are extremely excited to have such distinguished recognition for all the work we have been doing for creatives all around the world. A sincere thanks goes out to Forbes writer Sarah McKinney, who, as a creative herself, understands the p...

A quick interruption to our Weekend Blog for a small news bite.   Our CEO was recently featured in the Los Angeles Business Journal. Much thanks to journalist Gina Hall for her coverage!     Stage 32 CEO connecting writers with representation via Skype It's not a huge secret that Hollywood has run out of unique ideas. With countless sequels, prequels and spinoffs, the studio system looks like it will mine comic books until they exhaust audiences. But what if content creators...

I’m thrilled to announce that we have partnered with Kailey Marsh, producer, literary manager, and founder and publisher of THE BLOOD LIST for the 1st annual Search For New Blood Screenwriting Contest. Together, Stage 32 and The Blood List will present three unrepresented writers a chance to be featured in a section on The Blood List called “New Blood.” In addition, the winner of the contest will be flown to Los Angeles to have a one-on-one meeting with Richard Potter, executive VP of p...

Hello Stage 32ers!   We have now posted the video of On Stage With RB-May 2014, hosted by our Founder & CEO, Richard "RB" Botto.   We opened 1,000 spots for this exclusive Stage 32 Next Level Webinar and we were humbled when all 1,000 spots were filled! We had Stage 32 members from 82 countries in attendance. A huge thanks to all who showed up and asked such great questions.   All in all, RB spoke for 2-1/2 hours including a 20 minute tutorial on how to best utilize the Stage 3...