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First of all, calm down. This is Benjamin Christopher’s Substack, called the Heated Forest. He publishes essays, blogs, and serialized fiction here.

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Who is Ben Christopher?

Ben Christopher is a screenwriter, fiction writer, songwriter and coder who lives in Los Angeles, CA with his wife, son, and 8,000 pets. Originally from a small town in Wisconsin, Ben studied Fiction Writing, Screenwriting and Producing at Columbia College Chicago, as well as Showrunning at UCLA. He’s been coding for over a decade and created Speed Read AI in 2023, an AI-powered screenplay analyzer that can generate high-quality coverage in seconds.

As a screenwriter, he specializes in action-driven stories and sci-fi thrillers. His scripts have won or placed in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship, PAGE Screenwriting Awards, Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest and Blue Cat Screenplay Contest, among others. He is represented by Kaplan / Perrone Entertainment.

Why is it called The Heated Forest?

It’s always been called The Heated Forest. It used to be a Live Journal, then it was a Wordpress site, and now it’s a Substack. Don’t worry, you came at just the right time.

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Fiction and essays by Benjamin Christopher

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Screenwriter, Fiction Writer, Songwriter, Developer. Represented by Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment. Founder & CEO of Speed Read AI gospeedread.com.