Is it a writing day if I just organised my trauma into scenes?

#scriptsky #scriptsky+

Cheers! Appreciate it

I think my younger self would probably wonder what took me so long to try again as an adult. And I'd like to think they'd be impressed but she was 'too cool' to be impressed.

EXT. FOREST - DAY A low mist rolls through ancient trees with thick trunks. The dense canopy dulls any noise from beyond the forest. SUPER: Isle of Man, 1705. TWO BLACKBIRDS flutter by. They swoop low, land together on: -- A DECAPITATED HEAD. Days old, congealed at the neck. Nearby lies TALDA (30s), her muscles bursting from under her war town armour. What hasn't killed her has definitely made her stronger. Talda awakes with a SHARP GASP. The blackbirds scatter. She pushes herself up to her knees and SPITS out dirt. With a frown, she checks around her - where the hell is she? Unsure, she reaches for her BATTLE AXE but freezes at: -- A WOLF. A snarling beast of matted fur and sharp teeth. Talda's eyes scan the trees for its pack. TALDA You alone? She follows its gaze to 'the head', raises her eyebrow - TALDA (CONT'D) You hungry? -- The Wolf GROWLS but Talda shakes her head - TALDA (CONT'D) Any other time, I would. But I gotta get paid on this one. She slowly reaches into her pouch, holds up a morsel of cured meat. She finds her feet, no sudden movements. She HURLS the meat into the distance, between trees. The Wolf BOLTS, chasing after it... disappearing into the mist.

This is the script that set A LOT in motion for me -

#FirstPageFriday #scriptsky #scriptsky+

What would your younger self say if they read your latest script? #scriptsky #scriptsky+

Diving into patch 8 of #bg3
If that makes sense to you, we should be friends :)

Do you ever think about how many incredible scripts are just sitting in inbox purgatory because someone forgot to follow up? #scriptsky #scriptsky+

The oxford comma is often a dead giveaway.

I know it's right, but a lot of real folk don't use them.

They're stepping stones, each one making you stronger, faster, smarter. Without the first nine steps, you can't take the tenth one.

I'm in need of a new TV show to watch.

Something 'shut-your-curtains-and-put-your-phone-down-GOOD' to replace the Severance sized hole in my brain.

Reminds me of learning how to sprint in my SECOND Skyrim run...

People just be looking for the easiest, quickest way in. But it's the effort you put in that makes you worthy of the success.

Do you ever open up your writing software and feel like you’re just staring into a casket, wondering what went wrong? #scriptsky #scriptsky+

Gotta get that brain all juiced up before the typey types happen

hey husband, I need to trap myself in the office and write until i feel like pulling my hair out...

Him: cool, playstation's free then?

Screenwriting - the only job where staring at a wall for 6 hours feels productive #scriptsky #scriptsky+

Summer goth wearing sunglasses outside house (dying in the heat)

If you squint, you can see my doggy sunbathing

Thank you. I hope so too

As a screenwriter with social difficulties (anxiety and other yet-diagnosed frustrating things), navigating the industry (or life) is like trying to swim through treacle. It's just not designed for people like me.

This book sounds up my alley... purchased. Thank you @robinince.bsky.social

People say ‘kill your darlings’ like I haven’t already buried thousands in the woods... #scriptsky

For every Last of Us, there's an Assassin's Creed. I don't mind it dying if they can't do it justice

OH my days, what a game. There's a song on the soundtrack I can't listen to without bursting into tears. It's been a long time since a game got me that hard

You playing anything good at the moment?

Together for Short Lives We are here to make sure that the 99,000 seriously ill children and their families across the UK can make the most of every moment they have together, whether that’s for years, months or only hours.

For anyone who needs it -

www.togetherforshortlives.org.uk

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Not bragging but getting ‘great writing, amazing world building, we love it… but not for us’ is kinda my vibe... #scriptsky

It’s just a long, meditative pause while the soul reboots and you find the will to press on

I grew up in a midlands town, responsible for building St Pancras for our industry but ain't nobody giving us credit

The opposite is happening for me. It's just too darn bright to play video games in my pjs.

Do you also hate what you did? That's key.