The Write Stuff

Creative Actors Lab

This week, Max and Kelley talk about their creative journey through writing, with Max's being mostly in poetry and writing a blog for a year and Kelley's journey with writing scripts, short stories, and novels. Max also talks about a time in the early 90s when a short film that he wrote and produced called The Red and the Black was banned in New Zealand. Kelley talks about learning from Table Reads for her work and those of others like Brandon Winget. She also talks about how reading pilot scripts and first drafts of movies can help you realize that your first draft is a good beginning but that you'll often have to make changes before you get a final product. She also suggested finding a good critique group that can read your writing and offer suggestions, and you get to review other writer's work and offer suggestions as well.
Some of the resources that they recommended included:

• The Script Lab - you can register on their website with your email but you won't get spammed and access to thousands of movie and TV scripts.
• Studio Binder - This site helps you find resources for creating your film, templates for pitch decks, call sheets, and tons of other helpful advice.
• For Save the Cat - You can get free Save the Cat Sheets from Jessica Brody's website. You can contact us at [e-mail] if you want to have us send you the sheet directly.

Thanks, and when the going gets tough, the tough get creative!

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