THREAD: These last few days have been hard. To have a writer whose work I’m a fan of and whose podcast is so influential focus on attacking me has been painful. I’ve refrained from replying so far, but now that my intentions are being questioned, I wanted to speak about them. 1/

I’ve been on Twitter for a while but wasn’t previously very active. When quarantine hit, I started spending more time on Twitter and being more active on it. I’ve been fortunate enough to have people help me and I was hoping I could be similarly helpful to other people. 2/

If some of those threads I wrote made it seem like they were “rules” or the only way of doing things, then I’m sorry. In the future, I’ll be sure to indicate that they’re merely my opinion. 3/

All the advice I gave can be argued over and disputed. I may be wrong about time of day sluglines – I’m happy to hear about other ways of doing things. But when my intentions are called into question, that’s when it gets nerve-wracking for me. 4/

Because I’m not just some anonymous twitter avatar. I tweet under my own name. And so, my tweets reflect on me. I’m someone who has built a small but well-respected literary management company. I have employees. I have clients. My colleagues have clients. 5/

When I started posting more on Twitter, my motivations were simple: I liked talking shop with other people and I liked sharing what I've learned in my career. That's it. 'Raising my profile' wasn't a factor. 6/

And, while this feels like an arrogant thing to say, I should note that I didn’t feel like I needed to 'raise my profile' via Twitter. 7/

I had the number one script on the annual Black List in my second year as a manager. My company topped or tied management companies for most scripts on the annual Black List a number of years, despite having a fraction of the clients or managers of larger companies. 8/

We’ve sold many, many features specs, staffed writers on TV shows, helped launch writer/directors. We’ve been able to expand from one person to two, now to four managers at the company. 9/

I’m very proud of what myself, my Bellevue colleagues, and our clients have built together. And the idea that it could be tarnished in any way because of my posting writing advice on Twitter is frightening to me. 10/

I love writers. I’m proud to represent them. I’m married to a writer. Our officiant was a writer (and a client.) My best man was a writer (and not a client.) That someone famous and well-respected is publicly implying that I’m trying to scam writers makes my heart sick. 11/

I’m honestly questioning whether it’s worth being active on Twitter any further, because I have no interest in potential harm to my career or, by proxy, my colleagues' careers & our clients’ careers. 12/

The fact I’m now going to be discussed in detail on the podcast, as has been stated, is terrifying to me. I don’t think Craig knows who I am or what I’ve done in my career. I’m just some “manager” giving advice on Twitter that he disagrees with. And whose motives he suspects. 13/

If @clmazin or @johnaugust want to have me on Scriptnotes to discuss who I am, what I do, and why I’ve been giving advice on Twitter, I’d be happy to do so. We can debate the advice that Craig says is terrible and I can explain why I gave it. 14/

But if that doesn’t happen, I simply wanted to put my intentions publicly out into the world, so that those who hear about them via Twitter or the podcast can judge for themselves. END