From Yalçın Kümeli
Showrunner | Filmmaker | Storysmith
Dear Writer,
Welcome. Not just to a folder, a Zoom link, or a Slack thread — but to something far more deliberate. You’ve stepped into a room designed not for speed, but for craft.
We gather here not as content producers, but as storytellers — across languages, landscapes, and lives. This is not a writing sprint, nor a place to prove yourself. It’s a space to shape stories that might one day travel far — and begin, for now, with the attention of a handful of sharp minds.
I’m Yalçın Kümeli — filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. I’ve worked across genres and continents, building stories with a pulse and a spine. You can view some of my past and current work here:
My role here is clear: I’m the Showrunner of this room. I’ll guide the direction of our projects, steer our creative focus, and work to bring what we build into the industry — and hopefully, into production.
But I don’t believe in top-down storytelling. I believe in the intelligence of the room.
The Writers’ Forge is a cross-cultural, multilingual, idea-driven writers’ room.
Our goal?
To generate bold, globally resonant TV/streaming projects — pilots, season arcs, features — grounded in deep character and original vision. We think like showrunners, write like screenwriters, and edit like producers.
We’re pre-sale.
There is no funding yet. But every project we pursue will be developed with the intention of being sold — and if sold, all contributors will be compensated with respect to credit and contribution.