Medusa’s Mom

And a moment to celebrate

Yes! It’s kind of repellent for the writer and the reader. It’s totally nodally.

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Being an adult is essentially just trying to keep track of too much stuff, getting overwhelmed and then guilting yourself into regrouping.

I think the story is the most important thing to convey but the writer’s pov can help convey it.

Congratulations! What a satisfying feeling. Until rewrites

Priorities

You must be thoroughly emaciated if the fog will do you in. Do be careful :)

a man is taking a shower with a monster in the shower . ALT: a man is taking a shower with a monster in the shower .

That alien was completely overacting.

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I wonder if the people spending $5,600 on an advent calendar actually value their time.

Hollywood's never been kind to writers over 40. BUT blockbuster WICKED was written by Winnie Holzman (70) & newbie Natan Dotan (40) sold recent spec for $3mil. Fourteen yrs ago WGA won $70 MILLION against studios/agencies/netwks for age discrimination. Writers get better w/ age! Keep on! #scriptsky

Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Wolf: There are two cups inside me.

Optimist: the cup is half full

Pessimist: the cup is half empty

Tolkien: but they were all deceived, for another cup was made.

Nice, ty

It seems pretty lively and friendly so far. I’m also obsessed with movies, especially horror, thrillers and classics. My script is a wip.

So ... I'm pretty new here. I'm obsessed with movies, screenwriting, and storytelling. Any advice what to do, who to follow, posting etiquette, and so on ... much appreciated.

This place feels *way* friendlier than ... you know.

Requisite photo: "The Apartment" (my favorite movie).

Screenwriting is structure, structure, structure. “For every 500 great dialogue writers, there are five great constructionists. That’s the toughest job in the world”— Billy Wilder.

#scriptsky

Good luck!

Me too, that’s why I didn’t mention filling it with the aforementioned spaceship

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Optimist: the cup is half full

Pessimist: the cup is half empty

Archivist: either way, it is not permitted in the Reading Room

Posting my current career focuses, in no particular order, just bc:

- get next feature off ground

- find representation

- low-key look for potential writing partner

- miraculously stumble into opportunity to pitch for an open directing assignment

- get GOTV in front of the right audience

My deep dark confession is that I didn’t know Google had an incognito mode

I believe you meant gaping plot hole…

There is no better feeling as a writer than reaching a final showdown scene, realizing you have a gaping plot issue, then subsequently realizing you can fix it by introducing a spaceship dildo back in chapter 24 and it will work *perfectly*

No, I will not be taking questions at this time.

What’s the most underrated Thanksgiving food? I will start. Whiskey.

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So who’s making the peanut butter eggs?

When you’re halfway thru a book from the query inbox that already has an offer and you’re falling deeper and deeper into obsession with it even as you realize you might be setting yourself up for heartbreak—

If you’re a writer, where do you stand on using the word ‘nodes’?