Hoping this is helpful, thought it might be beneficial for members to post in a dedicated thread, a summary of what they think they are knowledgeable of so others can ask them questions to help ground their script. Clearly this forum is filled with members from many walks and experiences in life, that could help others write great scripts, develop characters grounded in some form or reality. A person's expertise can be defined in a number of different ways (ie. a lived experience, employment, cultural or geographical background etc.) sky's the limit!
In other words if you post that you have some form of awareness of "x" and someone has a script idea or character they are trying to flesh out more fully, which is related to "x", then people have a list here in this thread of people they can private message their questions to. Clearly no one has to post about themselves and ultimately, there is not much ability to prove a person has the knowledge base they say they have.
The last and most important point I wanted to put out there, are for all to be respectful to not use this thread to poach or fish original ideas from others to use as their own. I am hoping a spirit of friendly collaboration will be utilized in consulting with others to make great scripts even better! If this thread is popular, maybe it can get pinned to the top of the Screenwriting topics list.
In other words if you post that you have some form of awareness of "x" and someone has a script idea or character they are trying to flesh out more fully, which is related to "x", then people have a list here in this thread of people they can private message their questions to. Clearly no one has to post about themselves and ultimately, there is not much ability to prove a person has the knowledge base they say they have.
The last and most important point I wanted to put out there, are for all to be respectful to not use this thread to poach or fish original ideas from others to use as their own. I am hoping a spirit of friendly collaboration will be utilized in consulting with others to make great scripts even better! If this thread is popular, maybe it can get pinned to the top of the Screenwriting topics list.