Sundays 5:00PM to 6:00PM PT - chat instructions here.
A full list of our past #scriptchat guests can be found here.
2023 CHAT SCHEDULE
JANUARY 2023:
1st: NO CHAT - Happy New Year!
8th: Open Topic
15th: TOPIC - Different approaches to outlining.
22nd: TOPIC: Character introductions.
29th: TOPIC: Finding and working with a writing group.
FEBRUARY 2023:
5th: Jeffrey Lieber @JeffLieber - Lost (2004-2010),Miami Medical (2010), NCIS: New Orleans (2014-2015), Impulse (2018-2019), Don't Look Deeper (2020-2022), Charmed
12th: NO CHAT - Super Bowl
19th: Seth Sherwood @SethMSherwood - Screenwriter. Devil Take Me (Supermassive 2022), Light as a Feather (Hulu 2019), Hellfest (2018) Leatherface (2017), upcoming untitled Amazon horror series.26th: Scott Myers @gointothestory - Author (Amazon #1 Best Seller, Film & TV, "The Protagonist's Journey"), Screenwriter (K-9), Host (http://GoIntoTheStory.com, official Black List screenwriting blog).
MARCH 2023:
5th: Donna Michelle Anderson (DMA) @planetdma - TOPIC: Industry emphasis on and expectations of "The First 10 Pages" of scripts, including some of the Oscar contenders, as well as some TV pilots.
12th: NO CHAT - Oscars(Note: Daylight Saving Time - Turn your clocks forward an hour!)
19th: Manfred Lopez Grem @ManfredGrem - Mexican-American Writer-Director | WGA | Weintraub Tobin | Zero Gravity | 2021 Black List Feature Lab Fellow | #1 on Black List Site | Multiple 8s & 9s26th:
APRIL 2023:
2nd:9th: NO CHAT - Easter/Passover16th:23rd:
30th:
MAY 2023:
7th:14th: NO CHAT - Mother's Day21st:28th: NO CHAT - Memorial Day
JUNE 2023:
4th:11th:18th: NO CHAT - Father's Day25th:
JULY 2023:
2nd: NO CHAT - Independence Day9th:16th:23rd:
30st:
AUGUST 2023:
6th:
13th:
20th:27th:
SEPTEMBER 2023:
Note: Date for the Emmy Awards is not public yet - TBD
3rd: NO CHAT - Labor Day10th:17th:24th:
OCTOBER 2023:
1st:8th: NO CHAT - Columbus/Indigenous People's Day15th:22nd:
29th:
NOVEMBER 2023:
5th:
(Note: Daylight savings time ends, turn clocks back 1 hour!)
12th:19th:26th: NO CHAT - Thanksgiving
DECEMBER 2023:
3rd:10th:17th:
24th: NO CHAT - Happy Holidays
31st: NO CHAT - Happy New Year!
January 2023:
4th:
11th:
Upcoming Topic Ideas:
-- Short films
-- Adaptations
-- Pitching projects
-- best character intros
-- comedy (what is it and how does it work) (I am eager to read the responses and laugh)
-- how do you know when you've nailed a story or scene or sequence or line?
-- worst advice you foolishly bought into then abandoned
Guest Wishlist:
@GareRick
@DavidHSteinberg
@storytellerdave
@SharonHorgan
