It's the only way I know how to write, darn it. But I do have a trick that makes things easier for me. Since writing is very hard and rewriting is comparatively easy and rather fun, I always write my scripts all the way through as fast as I can, the first day, if possible, putting in crap jokes and pattern dialogue— "Homer, I don't want you to do that." "Then I won't do it." Then the next day, when I get up, the script's been written. It's lousy, but it's a script. The hard part is done. It's like a crappy little elf has snuck into my office and badly done all my work for me, and then left with a tip of his crappy hat. All I have to do from that point on is fix it. So I've taken a very hard job, writing, and turned it into an easy one, rewriting, overnight. I advise all writers to do their scripts and other writing this way. And be sure to send me a small royalty every time you do it.

Borrowed from @samthielman.com who has sharing restricted - a quote from John Swartzwelder of The Simpsons.

This is also VERY good advice for writing music - get something down. Something complete and functional, then refine it.

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Getting good at finishing stuff is crucial.

Absolutely incredible.

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.

Watch with sound on.

This is as beautiful a thing as you'll see in all your life. Hope, after months of darkness.

I’m going to write about this more extensively next week but in the meantime, here’s a brief thought from last night’s show about the link between the governments of super powers throughout the world and domestic abuse….

a man wearing suspenders and a tie wipes his nose with his hand Alt: Jack Lemmon, in Glengarry Glen Ross, wearing suspenders and a tie raising his hand to his face

Hey, fellow freelancers, do you ever get to feeling like Jack Lemmon in Glengarry Glen Ross begging for the good leads?

‘Non-survivable’: heatwaves are already breaching human limits, with worse to come, study finds Analysis of six extreme heatwaves found that when temperature and humidity were accounted for, all were potentially deadly for older people

As some of us have been saying for quite a while, dangerous climate breakdown is already here, and killing people - now, today

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I just had a difficult and painful issue to deal with in the film industry and the others involved were wonderful: Totally understanding, kind and articulate.
There are so many good people out there.

Presenting the reopening the Strait of Hormuz as a victory is like the Greeks failing to take Troy but celebrating the safe return of their wooden horse

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

10:40pm TODAY on @BBCOne

The 2015 #Romantic #Drama film🎥 “BROOKLYN” directed by John Crowley from a screenplay by Nick Hornby

Based on Colm Tóibín’s 2009 novel📖

🌟 Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Jessica Paré

Why comedy can and should be a linear TV event - British Comedy Guide In an age of streaming box-sets, the power of linear, episodic distribution feels forgotten - despite its repeatedly-proven ability to build true comedy hits.

He’s got a point. Particularly for story of the week shows. But also true of anthology shows. The audience are on diminishing returns with something like Inside No. 9 for example. But also true for platforms, who have the chance to build word of mouth via linear TX.

www.comedy.co.uk/tv/features/...

He has nukes.
He is a damaged fool.
Stop him.
Remove him.

Millions of American voters wanted to be villains. They came to believe it’s the key to success, while goodness is weak, woke, loser stuff, done only to signal.

Offered the option of unvarnished villainy, they enthusiastically took it. Seeing others suffer more made them feel big.

And here we are.

Are you baht hat? 😉 🧢

Alfred Molina as that bugfuck crazy coke dealer in Boogie Nights. He’s sweaty, wearing an open silver robe, and holding a gun.

open the fuckin’ strait ya crazy bastards

Final Planet of the Apes scene with half buried Statue of Liberty on beach.

Artemis II crew returning to Earth.

It's open season for refusing AI There's been a wave of successful efforts to ban, reject and shut down AI.

"It’s entirely possible—as well as moral and popular—to refuse this project."

Whatever industry you're in, if like me, you refuse to a) use AI and b) accept it as inevitable, then read this by @bcmerchant.bsky.social. You'll feel considerably less alone.

www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/its-open-s...

‘All the President’s Men’ Is Still Disturbingly Vital The 50th anniversary of the Robert Redford classic is a reminder of the national integrity we’ve lost.

"The Robert Redford classic is a reminder of the national integrity we’ve lost."

‘All the President’s Men’ Is Still Disturbingly Vital The 50th anniversary of the Robert Redford classic is a reminder of the national integrity we’ve lost.

I look back at All the President’s Men, released on this day 50 years ago.

During production, screenwriter William Goldman said, “Expectations are so high on this movie that if the film is only good, it won’t be good enough.”

If only he was here to see how powerful it still is:

More @ Esquire…

25th Amendment.
Articles of Impeachment.
Now.

What the hell else do you gutless, partisan fools need to see happen? What elze does he need to say? What else?

Scene is WAITROSE CUSTOMER SERVICES DESK. Behind it is a staff member, whose name we will soon learn is BECKY. She is dealing with a customer, for now out of shot, while talking to her manager on the phone. BECKY [on phone]: Yeah, hiya... 2 BECKY: Yes I have a customer here who wants to complain about the Easter eggs. 3 BECKY [putting hand over receiver while addressing the customer stood at the desk in front of her]: Sorry what was your name again? 4 [Pull back to show the customer is a very tall, green-skinned, PAGAN GODDESS, festooned with flowers. Stood next to her is her son, a normal human teenager in a hoodie, who looks mortified by his mum.] PAGAN GODDESS: Eostre the Pagan Goddess of Fertility 5 BECKY Sorry - Your name is Easter…? PAGAN GODDESS: Eostre. 6 [Vicky pauses, trying to take this in]. VICKY: Your name is Easter and you want to complain about the Easter eggs. 7 PAGAN GODDESS: Sorry love, what’s your name? BECKY: Becky PAGAN GODDESS: Well, Vicky - 8 PAGAN GODDESS: If it was you who’d shagged the solar god of the Equinox to give birth to an actual living god - my son Darren here - TEENAGE BOY: Muuum… 9 PAGAN GODDESS: ….only to have all your efforts totally forgotten by history, you’d have a complaint too! 10 PAGAN GODDESS: Aisle four is full of products, with no hint of the true meaning of the festival! 11 BECKY: You mean… Jesus…? PAGAN GODDESS: I mean shagging, Vicky. 12 PAGAN GODDESS: Is it too much to see just a little bit of pre-Christian sex in Aisle 4? TEENAGE BOY: MUUUUM [Ends]

Happy Ēostre!

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a man with red curly hair and glasses is wearing a suit and tie and making a funny face . ALT: a man with red curly hair and glasses is wearing a suit and tie and making a funny face .

Same…

I will never stop being sad that Phillip Seymour Hoffman is gone

An absolute stinker from Leo’s early years; a doc whose subject was more interesting than its execution; and 2 absolute masterpieces on rewatch to revive my faith in cinema. #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday

Quick morning shout out to all the other freelancers who didn't even know it was the bank holiday, the whole concept having become utterly irrelevant to their lived experience.

What they cannot conceive, since all they care about is product, is that the process is the entire point of creativity. It’s what makes us human and the things we create have any value at all. The journey, the dead ends, the procrastinations, the eurekas. Being human is to create. Period.

being a creative person is not something that can be optimized & it makes certain people’s cooked brains lock up. sometimes you follow a tangent or find yourself at a dead end. But every single moment that you spend on the work, even when you’re flailing, it can lead to the place you’re meant to go.