#SCREENWRITING

John Zaozirny

johnzaozirny

THREAD: I think one of the aspects that separate casual "writing for fun" screenwriters from professionally-minded writers is INTENTION. As in, how is what you're currently writing/about to write a

lauren🌙

lanaskittens

I’m not jealous of rich people bc of the things they have, I’m jealous of rich people because they get to pursue their passions in life without having to work

jonnycakezzz

hermjon

Wanted to write a little thread about one of my top screenwriting idols, David Peoples. Wrote some of the best movies ever-- BLADE RUNNER, 12 MONKEYS (co-written with his wife

Julian Shapiro

Julian

I plan to make a movie.An actual Hollywood movie!Here's how: For context, with so many streaming platforms, there's greater demand than ever for writers and directors:• Netflix• Disney+• HBO Max•

Shannon Strucci

plentyofalcoves

It is difficult to think of a creative field, style of performance, type of fiction or nonfiction filmmaking or writing, etc that isn't bolstered tremendously by the person doing it

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Set My Heart to 5 is a satirical sf novel by @TheSimonBot in the absurdist mode of Kurt Vonnegut: it's told from the PoV of Jared, a biological robot -

Amber Alexander

KetchupSnowman

Here's a few screenwriting thoughts from someone who has recently broken into the industry who didn't come from money, connections and lives in a different country far from LA. It

🇪🇺 Wiz Wharton 🇪🇺🌎

Chomsky1

Hello everyone, and huge thanks to the #VWG for asking me to take part in the brilliant #HowIGotMyAgent series. So excited to be here! It might be a good place

fisher

DlRTYHANDED

on top of my head, things i absolute hate from #ShadowAndBone #ShadowandBoneNetflix yes, i read the books, all of them, even the saints one. i also hate 60%

Amber

ambersharelle

So I had a lit manager that I queried try to gaslight me and just wanted to share because maybe someone can learn from this. Just FYI — I’ve already

Gene D

Gene_D27

A thread: sharing info gathered over the years, in case it helps someone else who's just starting the freelance life. The usual caveats: this is just me, YMMV, in no

c a l

BadSleepWelll

I wake up from my dream screaming “Till Death Do Us Blart”. What does it mean? Blart as in the character Paul Blart? My heart is racing. I wash the

Guy Crawford

BogeyGuyC

1/4 It's #FF and I haven't done one in a while. I see the hustle of so many that inspire me to put my butt in the chair. There's been

John Cutler

johncutlefish

Back story.Way back I worked in a PPT factory at an investment bank. Our job was to assemble “decks” for investment bankers. The operation ran 24hrs a day with dozens

Suffète

SarraZzZz

I really miss the days where our actors were picked based on their talent rather than ONLY for their attractiveness.I think that a lot of the characters/actors we grew up

The Ephram Oliver Who Only Watches Real Movies

EphramOliver

SPOILERS FOR MORTAL KOMBAT (if anyone cares)wow, they really had to kill the black guy first, didn't they? they didn't even give him his purple energy blast arm things! what