#ScreenWriter

Ben Dreyfuss

bendreyfuss

One thing that everyone including my father gets wrong about Jaws is that they all think Jaws killed Ben Gardner. But that’s wrong. Ben Gardner was murdered by Quint, his

Nicole Desperito

desburrito

When I first started working in tv, I interned at a lit management company. They had just signed a writer who, to this day, had the best sample I’ve ever

alexandriabrown

alexthechick

Over the last two days I've read the first two books of a dystopian sci-fi series and they're fine. The author clearly thinks he's making a grander point than he

Patrick Jonsson - happy goth & occult historian

DrPatHistorian

Swedish proletarian author and spiritualist medium Ebba Richert (1904-1980), photo by Rolf Winquist, 1964. Some of her books were filmed (one starring Viveca Lindfors, Brödernas kvinna 1943). She was introduced

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izamitty

— good night bookstore private blog postings by im eunseob (when the weather is fine) • episode one • episode two • episode three • episode four • episode five

Jess McGuire

jessmcguire

FORTHCOMING TV SHOWS I AM KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT:- Perry Mason (HBO gritty reboot of old classic w/ Matthew Rhys & Tatiana Maslany YES PLS)- The Great (Elle Fanning, Nicholas

Monica Beletsky

MonicaBeletsky

I'm told there's a studio sending out a pilot outline I wrote as an example of a great outline (they didn't pick up my show, sadly), & I recently wrote

Elizabeth Harrington

LizRNC

If Adam Schiff is on TV, he's lying about the president -- the pandemic response office wasn't disbandedThen Schiff, who has hijacked the intel committee for his own partisan purposes

Gerry Conway Thinks Maybe Vote In Person

gerryconway

For my comic creator followers: In the late 1980s, after a decade of pursuing a second, relatively successful career as a screenwriter with writing partner Roy Thomas, I had to

Steven Santos

stevensantos

I’m almost an hour in and this thing is all plot, no character. And the plot makes no sense. Hope Jodie Comer was paid well for those combined 10 seconds.

Tony Keen is teaching cinematic antiquity

TonyKeen46

Starting off with the overture, three minutes before the movie proper starts. Few movies are as notorious as Cleopatra; intended as a cheap quickie, to got completely out of control.

Maggie Allen

DuchessOfKansas

In an attempt to move away from the theme of isolation, I set myself the challenge of finding a film that is the opposite of the previous film. But could

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

Tripper Clancy

TripperClancy

The trickiest advice to give up and coming writers is how to land reps. On one hand it’s simple: a special writing sample + the right person reading it. But

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 -