Posts by caliscreenwriter.bsky.social
If you're still trying to break in, you gotta stick to the rules a lot more to prove that you understand the craft. #scriptsky
Page One: “Sliver” (1993), screenplay by Joe Eszterhas, novel by Ira Levin
Read the screenplay here.
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Paul Thomas Anderson and Laura Colella
Go Into The Story Interview: My conversation with indie filmmaker Laura Colella about her wonderful film "Breakfast With Curtis" medium.com/go-into-the-... #movies #screenwriting
Now THAT'S an original subject for a book
Today's newsletter: New piece: after the Guthrie kidnapping, the Kirk assassination, and both Minneapolis shootings, the same thing happened every time. People asked AI to "enhance" blurry footage. AI invented faces.
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"During In Living Color’s first season, a marketing impresario approached Fox with an idea that would stick it to CBS, the NFL rights holder and Super Bowl carrier that Murdoch had in his sights: a special episode of In Living Color that would air opposite the Super Bowl intermission."
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
Page One: “Sleepers” (1996), screenplay by Barry Levinson, book by Lorenzo Carcaterra
Read the screenplay here.
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Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick: “I don’t think that writers or painters or film-makers function because they have something they particularly want to say. They have something that they feel." medium.com/go-into-the-... #writing #screenwriting
I've heard this tip from several successful writers.
It's about making yourself look forward to getting back in the chair the next day to keep writing.
The key is to ensure that EVERY part of your story makes you feel that way 😊 #scriptsky
My brand new blog post, loads of birds to see as always... please take a look and share! 🙏😊🐦❤️
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Spec Script Deal: "Untitled Thriller TV Pilot Script". Writer: Dylan Brady. Genre: Erotic Thriller. Reported seven-figure deal. Buyer: A24. It's the 5th reported spec script deal in 2026. There were 0 spec script deals year-to-date in 2025. www.patreon.com/posts/150341... #television #screenwriting
Five Delicious "Amish-Italian" Recipes, Yes Amish-Italian Recipes Are A Thing www.amish365.com/5-delicious-...
Santa Ana, California
"Job listings rarely explain what the work actually involves. 'People are hired under ambiguous labels, but only after contracts are signed and training begins do they realise what the actual work is.'"
Late night in my office. Step outside. I'm on a movie set! DePaul film school students make movies *all* the time. I meet the crew of "East Dubois" including writer-director Marcellus Wade. Watch some takes. Professional demeanor. Inspiring to see young storytellers in action! #movies #filmmaking
Page One: “Skyfall” (2012), written by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and John Logan, characters by Ian Fleming
Read the screenplay here.
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Kathleen Krull: “Respect the genre you’re writing in. In an effort to put your own stamp on it, don’t ignore the established conventions of that genre — or you’ll alienate your core audience.” medium.com/go-into-the-... #writing
European Blue Tit. Neat photo taken by Mark O'Hagan in the UK. #blue #tit #bluetit #bird #birds #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography
are your kids turning punk punk rock is todays angry attack on society what will you do if your kids turn punk
Just saw a new "book" allegedly chronicling the history of goth and deathrock by one mister "Nick Razer." Heads up: it is AI slop, as are all his books, many of which are super sus.
His press quotes from @thequietus.com and NME are fake. Don't fall prey this this edgelord stupidity.
I loved that show!
Page One: “The Skeleton Key” (2005), written by Ehren Kruger
Read the screenplay here.
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Roy Huggins: “A screenplay is a series of interesting scenes. The writer should work the story through, scene by scene, never jumping ahead until the scene he’s been working on works and is interesting.” medium.com/go-into-the-... #screenwriting #writing
Just noticed that I've passed 50,000 followers here! 😲
Have no clue how that happened.. but thank you everyone, I must post on Bluesky more often! 😀🐦❤️