Jana Gamble
Hello OBS Family! My name is Jana M. Gamble. I love to write, but I hate following writing & punctuation rules LOL. I am an Independent Producer, Writer, Assistant Director, Speaker, Self-Published Author and Advocate. Also due to both my film and non-profit work I do a lot of PR. For the last 7 years […]
FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2021 Master Class: Adapting a Screenplay from Source Material with Robin Swicord 3:00PM – 6:00PM (CST) Free Sundance Note: Check the Membership level requirement for these opportunities. #WriteOn Love & Blessings family!!!
Happy New Year FSWG Family!!!! I pray this message finds all of you well. Today is the first OBS event of the year with Shannan Johnson, Script Consultant which will be a phenomenal opportunity to engage with one another and to glean from a successful woman in the business that looks like us! Tomorrow is […]
Home Let’s Bring More Voices to the Table! Sesame Workshop Writers’ Room is a writing fellowship from the creators of Sesame Street. And we’re looking for YOU! Fresh new writing talent from underrepresented racial backgrounds. Emerging storytellers who are selected to join the Writers’ Room will receive hands-on writing experience guided by Sesame Street veterans and other […]
Hello FSWG family, Praying all of you are well. I just wanted to say hello and send you blessings. Happy Holidays. PLEASE STAY SAFE and find some time to REST- On Purpose! Love, Jana Attachment removed
Hey family! Absolutely excellent conference Sunday. I wish we had more time to chat. Following ours, Sidney and I were in our A Question of Faith conference and once again discussing accountability. I brought up my template that was created and I need to implement which Sidney really liked and asked me to share so […]
Hey Family! Praying all is well with each of you. This Sunday we will only be meeting for 1-hour vs. the usual extended time in order to allow time for our fellow groups to meet immediately following. With that being said please be sure to arrive on time and ready to share your challenges, success, […]
Good day Family! Praying all is well. I would like for some of our group members to provide Yvette coverage. So far she only has one LIKE which means only one person is covering her script. @Yvette – Please go in and edit your title in the Forum to assign that screenplay either to our […]
Good day, David! [I have attached a screenshot because I don’t speak tech talk LOL] Fruitvale Station displays that we have 15 members counting you and me. In the screenshot, I provided are several members I need to remove from my group that has either never attended a single conference or attended in the past […]
Hey FSWG! How are your writing goals coming along? I created a quick survey for you to complete to help me see how you’re progressing and if there is anything I can do to help you. Please see the link below: https://forms.gle/KoVKfRgWCRTthiTK9 For your convenience I am adding reminders of the goals we set during […]
Good day Family!!! Praying all is well. I wanted to check in with everyone and see if I can help to get us all moving in the right direction. Attached to this post is a poll I would like you to complete. I am going to start offering FREE virtual accountability screenwriting labs (via Zoom) […]
Good day family! I pray this message finds you all well! Our monthly conference is this Sunday, October 18th, 2020 at 2 PM PST / 4 PM CST / 5 PM EST. Please respond to the poll above. Thank you in advance. Peace & Blessings, Jana #WriteOn Meeting Link: https://www.uberconference.com/room/obswritersgroup
Screenwriting Fellowships & Programs https://www.wgfoundation.org/fellowship-writing-programs-for-screenwriters-masterlist https://lauridonahue.com/resources/a-curated-list-of-the-most-worthwhile-screenwriting-fellowships-labs-and-contests/ https://www.scriptreaderpro.com/best-screenwriting-fellowships/ https://www.wescreenplay.com/blog/top-10-diversity-screenwriting-programs-in-hollywood/ Screenwriting Contests https://www.moviebytes.com/upcoming-screenplay-contests.cfm https://www.scriptreaderpro.com/screenwriting-contests/ https://www.scriptreaderpro.com/screenwriters-calendar/
Hey Fruitvale Station Family! Livingston is ready for his script The Theory of Brick City Music to receive Coverage. Please confirm that you are able to supply coverage for him. Here is the link https://obswriter.com/quiz-results/?id=37abad9094cbc15b66678428674ca5e9 Attached for your convenience is Livingston’s script. Note: Please remember that it is our responsibility to always score each script […]
Good day family! I pray that this message finds you all well. I wanted to take a moment to finally get you our minutes from our meeting. I included all of our goals. I will check within our OBS system today to see if the program is working to give us the step by step […]
Hi David, First started just with David’s page and now after the updates – I can no longer go to another member’s page and send them a direct message. Please advise. Frutivale Station Group
Monthly Conference Reminder Please note: Our Conference is held on the 3rd Sunday of the month at the same time unless an OBS event or holiday causes us to make adjustments. Sunday, September 20th, 2020 2 PM PST / 4 PM CST / 5 PM EST Please note, reply, or DM in advance if you […]
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Good day family! Praying this finds you all well. The other day I was on Celtx and found this opportunity. I know it is super late in the game, but I definitely still wanted to share it with you. https://risingstorytellerssearch.com/#landing #WriteOn
Good day OBS Family! As your fellow OBS member, I gladly bring this opportunity to the forum for you to consider. My producing partner and I are seeking submissions of clever Black Horror Screenplays ready for production. We will be shooting a horror film in November 2020 in MO/IL with a budget of $200K. [FYI: […]
Good day family! Praying all is well. For your convenience, the Conference minutes are attached to this post. During our time last week, we did discuss our strengths and challenges. I will use that information for teaming us up for tasks and team building when necessary. I can’t wait to see each of you blossom […]
Hello Family! Just a quick reminder. If you’re seeing this message you have successfully made it back into our site! Yay, you! This Saturday we have our OBS Member Meeting. Please check the Dashboard for several updates from our fearless leader David. Here is the link he shared there for our meeting for your convenience. […]
Hey family, Sundance Development Track has been extended to Thursday, June 11th. It’s not too late folks! Do you want to apply for the Sundance Development Track, but can’t afford it? Please contact me directly. @Admin – I’ve started a great relationship with Sundance and they are interested in collaborating with OBS in multiple ways. […]
Hey Fruitvale Station Family! Have you reviewed the Screenplay Coverage & Feedback Slideshow yet? [It is also available on the News tab] Here for your convenience is the link. Please review it, learn it, like it, love it, live it! Until next time… Write on! Peace & Blessings, Jana
Hello Fearless Leader, I haven’t tried this in a while, but I did attempt today. When trying to post this statement to my Activity “Accidentally using my stars for Merch- ooops! Lesson learned. Don’t do that friends LOL.” If you visit my page you can see that it only posted the word “Used” I attempted […]
Hello family! Thank you so very much for your patience with me through my COVID recovery and then my full press for commemorating 6 years since Mike Brown, Jr. was assassinated in Ferguson. If you missed our Black Celebrities & Chosen Fathers Virtual Town Hall I have shared the link within this message for your […]
SAVE THE DATE! Monthly Conference: 3rd Sunday 2 PM PST/ 4 PM CST/ 5 PM EST The link will be provided prior to the meeting within our group post(s). Come ready to engage your goals and fellow group members! Write on! JMG
Happy August 1st Family! Praying all is well. I have climbed from under my PR rock to check in with everyone. I’m so excited to see that we have new members. Welcome, welcome, welcome!!! My name is Jana M. Gamble and I am the FSWG Moderator. Please feel free to get acquainted with our group […]
Hello All! I would love to use this as a way for all the Moderators to start coordinate so that we know what is going on with the other groups. Please start with an introduction including: Your name What group(s) you Moderate for When are your regular scheduled meetings & frequency Feel free to add […]
Hello family! If you are able to make our meeting today please join me to catch up. We will keep it short and sweet. Notes will be provided to those who are unable to attend due to the short official notice. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding. Fruitvale Station Conference […]
Hello Family! Praying all is well. I am finally feeling well enough to get back to business as I continue to manifest my healing. Tomorrow I will begin adding Tasks for everyone that requested them via our last conference. Our next Conference should be Sunday, July 19th. PLEASE let me know if other groups have […]
Hi David, Where is/was the Code Black Registration link? Please advise. Thank you.
Hello family! Our great OBS sister MeeMee has created these amazing forms for our convenience. I am sharing them here and will also put the other two within this feed. THANK YOU MeeMee!!! Write on… 1594065695-Instructions-for-How-to-Provide-Notes-Feedback-7-6-2020.pdf
Good day David! I just attempted to watch both Sorkin and Shonda’s Masterclasses. I was able to watch part 7 to the end. Part 8 freezes and would not continue for me after several attempts to refresh. I then shifted to Shonda’s class and Part 24/002 stops at about 1:47 and won’t continue. Praying it’s […]
Hi David, Regarding creating new projects: I have tried for Fruitvale Station and Sandra mentioned that she is also having the same issue in the group she moderates. I know you’re swamped, but I wanted to get this issue on the forum in case others have noticed the same. We appreciate you greatly! Stay well. […]
Hello family! Here are our notes from our June conference. Please LIKE and/or comment that you have reviewed. Thank you. Stay well! Blessings, Jana FSWG-06282020-Mtg-Notes.pdf
Hello family! Thank you MeeMee, Sidney, Livingston, Tony, and Yvette for joining our June Conference this evening. Notes will be typed up and shared as soon as practical within the next few days. Here is the link to the Member Information. New Members Please add your information or share it below and I can add […]
Enjoy! https://collab.sundance.org/learn/master-classes Write on…
Hello family, Conference Sunday, June 28th, 2020 2:00 PM PST / 4:00 CST / 5:00 EST Meeting will wrap by 1.5 hours to give a 30 min break to members also attending the Get Out Conference Agenda will be uploading to the OBS site by tomorrow 1 hour prior to the meeting at the latest […]
Hello family! Praying this message finds each of you well. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads in our group! I am working to coordinate with all of the group moderators so that we will be on the same page. We originally planned to stay consistent with the 3rd Sunday of the month from 4 […]
Hola family! If you haven’t checked the News tab this week, here are the new upcoming events. Most registrations cut off 24 hours before so please be mindful of this. Please also double-check the timezone the event time has been listed as. SN: I also did not see a registration link for the Kamiyah Mobley […]
Hola family! In our last meeting with Tony, Livingston, and me we discussed the feedback we have received across OBS. I reminded them that it was shared that as a collective our Coverage and Feedback notes are coming back too high. This discussion brought up a secondary subject of our opinions of the responses received […]
Hola family! Praying all is well with each of you and your families. I know how traumatizing these current times have been to myself and those I love. Please remember to take some time for self-care especially now. We’re in this fight together and must remember what a great privilege and responsibility we have to […]
Good day fine people! I pray all of you and your families are well and staying safe during this pandemic. As you probably already know our OBS site went through some updates this past week. There was not a meeting held on the 5th. Tentatively, our first meeting will be held on Sunday, April 19th. […]
Good day family! We missed most of you at our meeting Sunday, but we are aware that there were 2 meetings happening at the same time. For your convenience, I have created a doc in the FSWG meeting notes folder and am attaching those docs here as well. I just realized that I did not […]
Good day family! Praying all is well with you and your families. Lord willing, we’re all making progress on our tasks and goals to move forward with our scripts. We will have our May Meeting via Zoom on Sunday, May, 31st at 4 pm PST/6 pm CST. The Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82635488790 Stay well and write […]
Good evening FSWG, Thank you so very much for Livingston, Yvette, Tony and Marquis for joining me this evening for our first virtual meeting! It was great seeing your faces and learning about each of you. I’m excited to help guide you to your goals. Over the next day or 2 be looking for new […]
Hey Fruitvale Station family! Praying all is well with you. As you may have already seen, I shared the Sundance Co//ab information in our group. I have been incredibly busy, but at the last minute wanted to enter the challenge. Long story short- I rushed to finish my Act of Kindness challenge script before […]
David or OBS Members can you share how to “complete” a task in My Projects? I’m not sure if it’s because I am a moderator that I don’t see that feature or if it wasn’t created to work how I assume it does. I thought when I finished my task I could go in an […]
Hola family! Praying everyone is well and still striving to accomplish your goals. For your convenience I’ve set goals and tasks for all of us working on Sundance submissions. Please also let me know if you have already submitted or need any other assistance by way of goal setting. I created the tasks which can […]
Good day fine people! I pray all of you and your families are well and staying safe during this pandemic. As you probably already know our OBS site went through some updates this past week. There was not a meeting held on the 5th. Tentatively, our first meeting will be held on Sunday, April 19th. […]
Hello Fruitvale Station Family! Our OBS leaders need our help by testing the Screenplay Forms Portal. We have been asked to test all of the forms until next Saturday. Please try all four forms. One important thing to remember when completing your Request Coverage form will be to email our Moderator (Jana) the link that […]
Good day family! I just finished with the Sundance Co//ab Writing Lab and talk with Illyse McKimmie. She shared that the Development opened this morning. I took some notes from a few of the questions asked. If you are planning to submit let’s talk one-on-one about where you are with your script and requested materials […]
Have you made your registration yet family? Shoot over to the left side of your screen and click on reservations. See you tonight! Blessings, JMG
Hello Fellow Writers! Praying all is well with you and your families in these trying times. First, I would love to hear some of your reviews on these two shows on Netflix- Self-Made & #BlackAF. If you haven’t seen either of these yet you may not want to read any further. Warning: I have some very […]
Hey family! While looking into more helpful information for our Projects and Tasks with Sundance I found some amazing new information. (New to me at least.) Sundance not only has lists of COVID-19 funding or assistance, but they are also offering us FREE access to programs, education, online events etc. https://www.sundance.org/create/overview https://collab.sundance.org/ Something I found […]
Hey family! While looking into more helpful information for our Projects and Tasks with Sundance I found some amazing new information. (New to me at least.) Sundance not only has lists of COVID-19 funding or assistance, but they are also offering us FREE access to programs, education, online events etc. https://www.sundance.org/create/overview https://collab.sundance.org/ Something I found […]
Good evening everyone! Praying all is well with you and your family. I can’t wait to “see” you all tomorrow for our 1st virtual meeting. Please review the agenda and group guidelines prior to the meeting. For you convenience here is our video conferencing information: https://www.uberconference.com/fruitvalestationwritersgroup Optional dial-in number: 323-347-7898 No PIN Needed International access […]
Hello Team! Sunday, April 5th @4pm PST/6pm CST I would like for us to have our first meeting and would like to give everyone enough notice to work it into your schedules. Can you please “Like” this post if you have seen this message and the time works for you? I have chosen this day […]
Hello Fruitvale Crew! Can you please share your expectations and suggestions of rules that you think will benefit us as a group? Feel free to share something that has been shared in another group that could also be beneficial for us.
Hola friends! I’d like to suggest that we all share some rules and protocols for our group so that when we get a Moderator we will be ready to roll. How often would you like to meet? What are some topics or areas you would like to discuss? How can we help one another grow? […]
Good day friends! I’m sure you may be as eager as I am to get started. To make things easier for planning meetings would you please share your location, time zone and availability. I know we have members across the US and maybe beyond. Jana M. Gamble | St. Louis, MO | Central Time (2 […]
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