Sundays 5:00PM to 6:00PM PT - chat instructions here.
A full list of our past #scriptchat guests can be found here.
2025 CHAT SCHEDULE
JANUARY 2025:
5th: Topic: Setting goals.
12th: OPEN TOPIC
19th: Topic: Characters, from backstory to character arc.
26th: Topic: Your writing process. First drafts and finding time to write with a busy life. [Playoffs]
FEBRUARY 2025:
2nd: Topic: Writing Scenes
9th: NO CHAT - Super Bowl
16th: Topic: Endings [President's Day]23rd: Open Topic
MARCH 2025:
2nd: NO CHAT - Oscars
9th: Open Topic (Note: Daylight Saving Time - Turn your clocks forward an hour!)
16th: Topic: Keeping momentum as you finish your first draft or last edit and need to keep the project alive and moving into the world.23rd: Topic: How to keep momentum during those waiting periods.
30th: Topic: Networking
APRIL 2025:
6th: Topic: How to keep motivated when you have days it feels like you're climbing uphill no matter what direction you turn.13th: Topic: How to make a movie using 4 bucks and some old cardboard boxes and no real talent.20st: NO CHAT Passover
27th: Open Topic
MAY 2025:
4th: Topic: Storytelling 360 @StoryTalks360 is our guest! The importance of attending live events for writers, networking and more.11th: NO CHAT - Mother's Day18th: Topic: The appeal of the "morally gray" villain. Gangsters, villains, antiheroes and rogues ... why do we love them?25th: NO CHAT - Memorial Day
JUNE 2025:
1st: Topic: Beating writer's block, burnout and imposter syndrome ... is "block" even real?8th: Topic: Handling subjective feedback: contests, coverage, script notes15th: NO CHAT - Father's Day22nd: OPEN TOPIC
29th: Topic: Pitching, queries, and the business of screenwriting. Crafting a query that actually works.
JULY 2025:
6th: NO CHAT - Independence Day Weekend13th: Open Topic summer starts!20th: Open Topic27th: Open Topic
AUGUST 2025:
3rd: Open Topic
10th: Open Topic
17th: Open Topic24th: Open Topic
31st: NO CHAT - Labor Day
SEPTEMBER 2025:
Note: Date for the Emmy Awards is not public yet - TBD
7th: Topic: Finding a writing mentor.14th: Topic: Writing outside the box: Musicals, plays, etc.21st: Topic: Essentials of a good scene + importance of conflict.
28th: Open Topic
OCTOBER 2025:
5th: Topic: Writing for new norms and trends ... figuring out what the gatekeepers are looking for.12th: NO CHAT - Columbus/Indigenous People's Day16th:
27th: Open Topic
NOVEMBER 2025:
2nd:
(Note: Daylight savings time ends, turn clocks back 1 hour!)
9th:16th:23rd: Open Topic
30th: NO CHAT - Thanksgiving
DECEMBER 2025:
7th:14th:
21st: NO CHAT - Happy Holidays
28th: NO CHAT - Happy New Year!
January 2025:
4th:
11th:
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