Will Monette

If you call Film LA, the very first option is to report a production you think should be shut down for not having a permit. The third option is to try and get a permit. If you don't get your application in my 10am a week before the shoot, they will not process your application. Not 10:05, not 12pm. Must be in by 10am. When you speak to the person at Film LA, they truly sound like they don't even want you to shoot there. I hope whoever our next mayor is shuts down Film LA and makes it free and easy to get a permit. LA has the best crews, the best casts, the best weather. It shouldn't be cheaper and easier to fly to Oklahoma and shoot there than it is to shoot at home. It's time to bring filmmaking back to LA.

Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Time to post your #LastFourWatched 8️⃣

@janeshrahlan Send me a dm

@monette_will hey, still looking for a co-writer for comedy?

If you haven’t submitted to Paramount’s Writer Mentoring Program, you have until May 1. Disney opens on May 4. It’s free. And a chance to get your script in front of industry eyes. Did I mention it’s free? All they can do is say no. But what if they say yes?

I love writing a new pilot until I get to the part of the process where I remember how fucking hard it is to write a pilot, then I really hate writing that new pilot until I write a scene I really love and then I love writing a new pilot again until I get to the part of the proc-

@jeannevb All of the above. Character intros for me tend to run either too short or too long. I tend to overexplain things in a scene. #scriptchat

What do you struggle with the most in the first act? Pacing? Avoiding the exposition dump? Introducing characters? #scriptchat

First 10 pages for me is about trying to hook the reader/audience with a emotional connection. It's my favorite part but sometimes the scariest to write because I sometimes wonder if someone is going to like this character as much as me. #scriptchat #screenwriting

Hello everyone. It's been awhile. I hope everyone has an amazing week and year! My win for the week has been being inspired by all of you and your amazing accomplishments as writers, actors, and filmmakers. Thank you for showing me the blueprint! #scriptchat

@stacewrites_ Hell yeah! Congrats!

Well it’s all signed and official and stuffs so I can finally announce that my pilot TITS UP is under a shopping agreement with an independent producer 😊

@stacewrites_ Yes! Congrats! That's awesome!

I have the super talented Cole Sibus attached to THE OPEN AIR, my AFF Finalist indie dramedy about two siblings searching for independence in the backdrop of beautiful Aotearoa New Zealand. It's like LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE x THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON meets HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE.

While you wait you can read my unhinged spec, ATTACK OF THE PASCALITOS 😜

A great writing resource for me was Save The Cat by Blake Snyder, and I would also say, Audition: Everything an actor needs to get the part by Michael Shurtleff. #scriptchat

My win for this week is writing at least ten pages. My goals for the new year is to have my half hour comedy pilot optioned, work out more, eat better, and land more acting roles. #scriptchat

@jeannevb Hi Jeanne and everyone else! Happy New Year. #scriptchat

It's #SCRIPTCHAT O'CLOCK! Happy New Year! Time to share our goals and writing routines ... and any writing resources you've found that have helped get words on the page. First, any wins the last couple of weeks? #screenwriting #WritingCommunity

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I joined the WGA in 1996. My career's been dead at least twice since. I had no one to blame but myself for that. No work, no prospects, no more favors to cash in. In '06, I gave up even trying. I moved back to Texas and worked at The Apple Store while I finally earned a degree at my beloved University of Houston. I had no idea what my second career would be, but I missed writing, so, with no real expectations, I wrote. It's a fantastic thing about this business: No matter how far away you are, no matter how long it's been... you're never more than one great spec away from starting (or restarting) your career. Write your spec.

@jeannevb Not yet but hopefully that's next

@monette_will Fantastic! Though I first read it as "my plan for next week is ..." and I thought, wow, that's fast! haha #scriptchat

My win for the week is becoming sag eligible, and my plan for next year is having my half hour comedy pilot in development, and land a speaking role in a major motion picture. #scriptchat

@jryoumans Hopefully that's next for us both 🤞

@monette_will I love my SAG card more than any ID. I'd give anything for a WGA. 🙂 #scriptchat