Chat Schedule

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  Sundays 5:00PM to 6:00PM PT - chat instructions here.

A full list of our past #scriptchat guests can be found here.

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2024 CHAT SCHEDULE

JANUARY 2024:

7th: Topic: Setting goals.

14th: OPEN TOPIC

21th: Topic: Rewriting

28th: No chat - Playoffs

 

FEBRUARY 2024: 

4th: Topic: Writing for global audience (without losing domestic appeal).

11th: NO CHAT - Super Bowl

18th: [President's Day] - OPEN TOPIC

25th: Topic: Networking outside of L.A.

MARCH 2024:

3rd: Topic: Writing the ensemble cast 

10th: NO CHAT - Oscars

(Note: Daylight Saving Time - Turn your clocks forward an hour!)  

17th: Topic: Screenwriter and novelist Bob Saenz @BobSnz

24th: Topic: Balancing writing and life ... how do you find writing time while living a fulfilling life, raising kids, and experiencing the world? Share your processes on living a guilt-free writer's life.

          31st: NO CHAT: Easter - Open Topic

APRIL 2024:

7th: Topic: The first scene ... better yet, the first page.

14th: Topic: Balancing the non-writing side of writing (querying, script swapping/giving notes, networking, making pitch materials...) with actually writing.

21st: Topic: That dreaded middle section. How to keep your story from sagging.

28th: NO CHAT Passover - Open Topic

MAY 2024:

5th: Topic: Keeping track of your notes and organizing your work and research.

12th: NO CHAT - Mother's Day

19th:  Open Topic

26th: NO CHAT - Memorial Day  

JUNE 2024:

2nd: Open Topic

9th: Topic: Notes ... during the development process.

16th: NO CHAT - Father's Day

23rd: Topic: All things genre. 

          30th: Open Topic

JULY 2024:

7th: NO CHAT - Independence Day Weekend

14th: Open Topic

21st: Open Topic

28th: Open Topic

 

AUGUST 2024:

4th:  Summer Open Topics continue ...

11th: Open Topic

18th: Breaking our open topic fun for a special guest ... the one and only screenwriting career coach, Lee Jessup! @leezjessup

25th: Open Topic

SEPTEMBER 2024:

Note: Date for the Emmy Awards is not public yet - TBD

1st: NO CHAT - Labor Day

8th: Characters ... ones you love, ones you hate, ones you wish you had created yourself. 

15th: Coming up with story ideas.

22nd: How to stay in the game when you're feeling defeated.

          29th: The dreaded 2nd act.

OCTOBER 2024:

6th: Topic: Essentials of a Good Scene

13th: NO CHAT - Columbus/Indigenous People's Day

20th:  

 

27th:  

NOVEMBER 2024:

3rd:  Open Topic

(Note: Daylight savings time ends, turn clocks back 1 hour!) 

10th: Open Topic

17th:  

24th: 

DECEMBER 2024:

1st: NO CHAT - Thanksgiving

8th: 

15th: 

22nd: NO CHAT - Happy Holidays 

29th: NO CHAT - Happy New Year!

 

January 2025:

 5th: 

           12th: 

 

Upcoming topics:

Pitching, queries, and the business of screenwriting

Essentials of a Good Scene

Crafting a query that actually works.

Figuring out what the gatekeepers are actually looking for.

How to make a movie using 4 bucks and some old cardboard boxes and no real talent.

The difference between an outline, treatment, and beat sheet

Finding a writing mentor.