John Zaozirny, Discover and Read the Best of Twitter Threads by @johnzaozirny

John Zaozirny

johnzaozirny

TIM TORI APPRECIATION THREAD: Have been listening to a lot of ‘80s post punk and was thinking, man, I’d love to talk to my buddy @Tim_Tori about these bands. But

THREAD: As @jasonmarkarian noted when I recently asked for thread ideas, a lot of focus is put on finding a rep... but what should expect after you sign with one?

THREAD: Saw some tweets about how difficult it is for writers to do due diligence on potential agents & managers. So I thought that I'd lay out, in my opinion,

THREAD: I've often heard from friends and clients that they prefer not to deal with the business end of screenwriting & instead prefer to focus on the creative end. Which

THREAD: I've realized that a lot of my script development conversations with clients revolve around the same thing: introducing as much conflict as possible. The more conflict, the more interesting

THREAD: Obviously, what I look for in a potential client is a great writer. But beyond that, I'm also looking for someone who acts professionally and respectfully. When I arrange

THREAD: I recently passed on something using a phrase that's probably the one I use most often to pass: "Doesn't feel unique enough for the marketplace." I wanted to talk

THREAD: I've taken out a lot of feature spec screenplays to the marketplace over the years, but when I do it with a new client and walk them through it,

THREAD: I've seen people express on twitter and otherwise that because they didn't go to film school and/or have no "formal training" that they feel unqualified to be a screenwriter.

THREAD: I had a couple of calls last week with recent USC grads as part of their General Meeting program. They got me thinking about how underrated general meetings are,

THREAD: Was commenting on @nevslin's thread (Follow him! He does great twitter!) and somehow wound up talking up small things (fonts, etc.) that execs/reps fixate on. What's my fixation? Time

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