Sundays 5:00PM to 6:00PM PT - chat instructions here.
A full list of our past #scriptchat guests can be found here.
2020 CHAT SCHEDULE
Note: #Scriptchat will be taking a break until January 12th. Happy Holidays!
JANUARY 2020:
5th: NO CHAT - Golden Globes
12th: Debra Eckerling @TheDEBMethod, writing coach discussing the "Deb Method: Goal Setting Simplified"
19th: Daniel Seco @DanielJSeco, Literary manager at @schemersent
26th: Topic: Loglines and Outlining
FEBRUARY 2020:
2nd: NO CHAT - Super Bowl Sunday
9th: NO CHAT - Oscars
16th: Topic: Writing Resources, Sites & Productivity Tips
23rd: Screenwriters Anna & Mark Casadei @annaliterally @markliterally
Topic: The Craft & Writing Process (outlining, 1st drafts, rewrites, incorporating notes, how to hook and keep the reader engaged, etc.)
Moderator: Sarah Newman @SarahAlexis4
MARCH 2020:
1st: AMA on the subject of Final Draft @finaldraftinc Big Break with Final Draft's Contest Director, Kala Guess @kala_guess
8th: Director of the LGBT film Lover Girl Shawna Khorasani @shawneesaur TOPIC: Getting started at screenwriting and formulating the best story.
Moderator: Tawny Stokes @Vivi_Tawny
15th: TOPIC: How to build an audience for your work.
Moderator: Jamie Livingston @authorjamie
22nd: Sci-fi screenwriter and columnist for Final Draft & ScriptMag Jenna Avery @JennaAvery
TOPIC: All things theme, including how to use your theme to solve story problems.
Moderator: Sarah Newman @SarahAlexis4
29th: Shimmer the Glowworm creator Shelby Herman @ShimmerGlows TOPIC: Writing multi-media - Expanding your story idea into an empire of multiple mediums.
Moderator: Jeanne Veillette Bowerman @jeannevb
APRIL 2020:
5th: Spencer Striker @spencerstriker - Digital Media Prof
@NUQatar; Creator of History Adventures; Formly: Creator @DxbWavePodcast; Fndg Creative Dir
@GalxyzLab; Founder @GameZombie; Co-founder of @MAGDUWW
TOPIC: Igniting a Curiosity for History
12th: NO CHAT - Easter/Passover
19th: Tripper Clancy @TripperClancy - Stuber, Netflix's I Am Not Okay With This, Die Hart
26th: Marty Lang @marty_lang - TOPIC: Writing for micro-budget features - How to reverse engineer a story based on the resources you have.
MAY 2020:
3rd: Open Topic
10th: NO CHAT - Mother's Day
17th: Topic: Writing Productivity Tips
24th: NO CHAT - Memorial Day
31st: Lane Shefter Bishop @LaneShefterBish founder of Vast Entertainment, Emmy award winning director, Film/Television producer specializing in book-to-screen adaptation, and author of Sell Your Story in A Single Sentence: Advice from the Front Lines of Hollywood. TOPIC: Loglines
Moderator: Jeanne Veillette Bowerman @jeannevb
JUNE 2020:
7th: @NaNoWriMo National Novel Writing Month's Grant Faulkner - Topic: Writing a Script in 30 Days
14th: Screenwriter Saeed Crumpler @balance510 - Topic: Breaking In, Against All Odds - Read this piece on Final Draft about Saeed's journey!
21st: NO CHAT - Father's Day
28th: John Zaozirny @johnzaozirny Literary Manager and Head of Bellevue Productions. Producer of ELI and upcoming Paramount film INFINITE.
JULY 2020:
5th: NO CHAT - Independence Day
12th: Jeff Willis @jwillis81 TOPIC: AMA about negotiating contracts
Moderator: Jeanne Veillette Bowerman @jeannevb
19th:
26th: Kala Guess @kala_guess of Final Draft @finaldraftinc
AUGUST 2020:
2nd: Corey Mandell @coreymandell
9th: Howard Jordon Jr. @howardwrites - TV writer. @cbs The Unicorn. @betplus Bigger. @Netflix Family Reunion. @wgawest @wgaeast award winner. CBS writers mentoring program alum.
16th:
23rd:
SEPTEMBER 2020:
6th: NO CHAT - Labor Day
13th: NO CHAT - EMMYS Tentative Date??
20th: NO CHAT - EMMYS Tentative Date??
27th:
OCTOBER 2020:
4th:
11th:
18th:
25th:
NOVEMBER 2020:
1st:
8th:
15th:
22nd:
29th: NO CHAT - Thanksgiving
DECEMBER 2020:
6th:
13th:
20th:
27th: NO CHAT - Holiday Break
Moderator: Jeanne Veillette Bowerman @jeannevb
Moderator: Jamie Livingston @authorjamie
Moderator: Zoey Sanford @mszoeyrose
Moderator: Sarah Newman @SarahAlexis4
Moderator: Tawny Stokes @Vivi_Tawny
Wishlist of guests:
- Travis Beacham @travisbeacham (PACIFIC RIM, KILLING ON CARNIVAL ROW)
- Hayley McKenzie @HayleyMcKenzie1 Script Editor
- Kevin Biegel @kbiegel (COUGAR TOWN, ENLISTED, SCRUBS)
- Mike Royce @MikeRoyce (ENLISTED, EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE)
- Michael Green @andmichaelgreen (Orient Express, BR2049, American Gods, Logan)
- @SarahWatson42
- @MrTimHerlihy
- @rmayemsinger
- @d_haggar
- @jimmycthatsme
- @GennHutchison
- @dottiehudson
- Ed Solomon @ed_solomon Screenwriter - MEN IN BLACK, CHARLIE'S ANGELS, NOW YOU SEE ME, and more!
- Joan Wai - Nichol
- - UCLA extension
Future topics:
- How to apply for/get intro jobs while networking, especially from outside L.A.
- How to keep your passion projects alive long enough to get produced.
- Writing a limited series.
- How "in-house" writing affects writers' careers in general. E.g. Lucasfilm, Marvel, and Pixar have their in-house writers. How does that affect our opportunities.
- Film budgeting
