If you are living/working or walking around Vancouver these days, keep an eye out for copies of Vancouver On Ink magazine, it has a lot of great local poets work and one from myself called Just Buy the Flowers. 💐 #Vancouver
Thrilled #PTA won for best screenplay for his screenwriting for One Battle After Another. #goldenglobes
I’m Maggie and I love to write female centric family dramas that give actors a fun and challenging opportunity to dive into what keep a family together and what tears it apart. my screenplay, BUSH, was a semi-finalist for The Writers Lab and Official Selection for the San Pedro Film Festival 2025. 🤓
Wall Street Journal headlines that says Companies Are Desperately Seeking ‘Storytellers’
Are these the same companies that told us the robot could do it?
In honor of the great Robert Towne, who was born on this day, read his brilliant screenplay for Chinatown and listen to Towne and director David Fincher engage in an enlightening discussion about every facet of this compelling film.
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#Filmsky
Just make sure to see this movie in a theatre. I beg you. You’ll be glad you did. #pta
Screenwriter Larry Gelbart
Larry Gelbart: "When you’re in trouble at the end, it’s because you were in trouble in the beginning. There’s no point in writing the end over and over again. You have to go back and give yourself the opportunity to finish successfully.” gointothestory.blcklst.com/screenwritin... #screenwriting
Great to connect with some writer pals and see all the amazing work being produced in my hometown and across BC! Was inspiring to see so many young writers and artists still fiercely going after their art and putting it out there. Thanks Word Vancouver for a soul-filling day. #bcwriters
I’m thrilled to share my feature screenplay, BUSH, is an Official Selection for the San Pedro Film Festival! Always so encouraging to be read and supported. #screenwriting
"If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people." -- Virginia Woolf
One month for prep. Write 1 page per day. One month for revisions and editing. Do that and you complete 2 spec scripts per year. #screenwriting
I’ve been reading Graydon Carter’s book, When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines, and could weep at the support (and $), his writers got at Vanity Fair. Also wonderful stories of his early life in Canada. A wonderful read.
Finally watched I’m Still Here and it is incredibly relevant right now. A cautionary tale of there ever was one Canada. Incredible acting and beautiful cinematography but sobering insight into Brazil’s history. 🇨🇦 Vote Canada, it matters!
Ha! Nice one.☝️
This IKEA copywriter sure is going all in on their food metaphors here. 😂 #copywriting
CARTOON OF THE DAY
I really wished Brady Cornet had won best director but I loved Sean Baker’s acceptance speech. ❤️🍾🎬 #oscars
In case you need a photo of my ginger cat sleeping on his baby blanket. ❤️🐈
Saw The Brutalist and it’s so obvious how deeply Brady Cornet loves the art of filmmaking. It’s in every shot, every frame and story beat. And Adrien Brody should take the Oscar. Full stop.
I loved the intermission image too. ❤️ #scriptsky
Some English Bay vibes for you. Took a very short writing weekend away but so glad I did. Sometimes just leaving for 48 hours can give your story a real lift. ✍️ #scriptsky #screenwriting
100 per cent!😊
The silver lining of the deep freeze happening in Vancouver right now is I will be forced to stay home this weekend and write and get something out of my mind, off my computer and into a publisher’s inbox. 📥 📝 #writing
Just breaking up apocalypse posts with this handsome face, my ginger cat Charlie who is 100 per cent Canadian and ready for the resistance. 🫡🐈🇨🇦 #catsforCanada
Trying to finish a chapbook by the end of this particular month feels like trying to concentrate while hanging onto a wing of a plane flying through a lightning storm. I’ll try but holy hell it’s hard to not think about all the chaos going on. #amwriting
I was just doing a little nosing around on @markcarney2025.bsky.social digital presence and sir, please hire a #ux strategist and if there’s no budget, I’m happy to help point out some critical issues. This is no time for poor content design!! 🇨🇦
Pitching Advice: Create a “Pitch Persona.” It’s not a fake version of you, rather it’s a *performing* version of you. With a lesson from rock icon David Bowie. gointothestory.blcklst.com/pitching-adv... #screenwriting #scriptsky
Cat with a poetry book.
When even your cat is excited about the new poetry book you brought home. 🤓🐈
Photo of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
RIP The Washington Post’s integrity