There are some things that no amount reading or watching will help until you’ve actually don’t the thing or watch it being done.
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There are some things that no amount reading or watching will help until you’ve actually don’t the thing or watch it being done.
Understanding these considerations can give them new freedoms & ways of expression that they might not have thought about, as well as things they can jettison as unnecessary. Which, I suppose, is a fancy way of saying they don’t yet understand the nuance of film/filmmaking. See also: overwriting.
Hard to articulate, but understanding the nuts and bolts of how things are actually made can give a writer important insight into what they can and can’s get away with on the page. Too many writers still treat screenplays like prose without thought to cinematography, acting, sound and music.
I think many early-stage screenwriters would write VERY differently if they had a chance to see how film, even on the tiniest production, are actually made from start to finish.
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The FAIRY DUST conceptual soundtrack—featuring a playlist of songs that inspired the film—can be found here: open.spotify.com/playlist/0TL...
Always a privilege to see my work on these lists. This time around, it’s THE HOLE IN THE WORLD!
THE HOLE IN THE WORLD remains my favorite script (DOOMTOWN is a close second!). It’s got haunted houses, angry ghosts, religious cults, hallucinogenic nightmares, generational trauma, dimensional teleportation and an enigmatic young woman who remains my all time favorite character to write.
THE HOLE IN THE WORLD remains my favorite script (DOOMTOWN is a close second!). It’s got haunted houses, angry ghosts, religious cults, hallucinogenic nightmares, generational trauma, dimensional teleportation and an enigmatic young woman who remains my all time favorite character to write.
Love to hear it! 😈
Well deserved for a script that still haunts me...
Always a privilege to see my work on these lists. This time around, it’s THE HOLE IN THE WORLD!
Lights. Camera. Radness—
For your consideration, NEW material from the legendary Joe Eszterhas—exclusively at #TheStuntList! Alongside a shortlist of Hot New Scripts, featuring screenplays from Emmy-winners & fresh new voices. #scriptsky #filmsky
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#Scriptsky Looking for a reader or two to give the latest draft of A STRANGE KIND OF CREATURE (13 pages) a look over before I resend it to the financiers in a week. Happy to read your short in return.
Would love that. I’ve sent you a DM.
I’ve sent you a DM, so it should pop up on your “Chat” tab.
#Scriptsky Looking for a reader or two to give the latest draft of A STRANGE KIND OF CREATURE (13 pages) a look over before I resend it to the financiers in a week. Happy to read your short in return.
The FAIRY DUST conceptual soundtrack—featuring a playlist of songs that inspired the film—can be found here: open.spotify.com/playlist/0TL...
Dartmoor pony.
Stalking the moors…
Happy birthday to this absolute Queen.
Castle life.
Misophonia.
One of my favorite pair of scents from BLACK KISS STIGMATA.
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UK-bound with my partner-in-crime.
it's all just art. "porn" is just art that makes you horny, in precisely the way that "horror" is art that makes you scared and "metroidvania" is art that makes you write video essays
And...we're live!
The Grey List 2026 is here - and we couldn't be more excited to bring you this year's group of talented writers!
Individual announcements are incoming - follow along w/ #TGL26
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Hey.
Tell people when they do good job.
When you like the stuff they make.
When you like the characters they’ve created.
The stories they’ve told.
Nobody hears it as often as you think bc everyone thinks everyone hears it all the time.
Trust. They don’t.
Tell. Them.
After seeing photos of how heavy I was during the production of FAIRY DUST, I made quite a few lifestyle/eating changes and 4 months later, I'm already down nearly 30 pounds. I've got 35 more to go to hit my first goal weight, and then another 20 after that for the ultimate weight I'm aiming for.
Josh Hartnett in Trap. His face is serious and worried. There’s the caption: Me when I realize there are only 9 days left for the KICKSTARTER for OFRENDA
Josh Hartnett in Trap. Only now he’s smiling. The caption reads: Me when you give to the KICKSTARTER for OFRENDA, making these last 9 days count.
Is this meme still a thing? Well, I never got a chance to use it… Until now!!! Our OFRENDA Kickstarter needs your help!!! #filmsky #scriptsky #filmmaking
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