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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 TOPIC25th: 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 @BobSnz24th: 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:12th: NO CHAT - Mother's Day19th:26th: NO CHAT - Memorial Day
JUNE 2024:
2nd:9th:16th: NO CHAT - Father's Day23rd:
30th:
JULY 2024:
7th: NO CHAT - Independence Day Weekend14th:21st:28th:
AUGUST 2024:
4th:
11th:
18th:25th:
SEPTEMBER 2024:
Note: Date for the Emmy Awards is not public yet - TBD
1st: NO CHAT - Labor Day8th:15th:22nd:
29th:
OCTOBER 2024:
6th:13th: NO CHAT - Columbus/Indigenous People's Day20th:
27th:
NOVEMBER 2024:
3rd:
(Note: Daylight savings time ends, turn clocks back 1 hour!)
10th:17th:24th:
DECEMBER 2024:
1st: NO CHAT - Thanksgiving8th:15th:
22nd: NO CHAT - Happy Holidays
29th: NO CHAT - Happy New Year!
January 2025:
5th:
12th:
Upcoming topics:
- Keeping track of your notes and organizing your work and research.
- Writing genre. Following the rules vs being derivative.