Alan Moore was very prescient about my Bluesky scrolling experience. #scriptsky

It's not too late to attach engines to the Earth and plow it directly into the Sun.

I’d have this draft finished already but I needed to pause to figure out the best arrangement of syntax colors when viewing Fountain files in Neovim, just so you understand how much my brain hates rewriting. #scriptsky

Each new expansion raises the level cap.

100% of my understanding of an esplanade comes from The Sopranos, and I never quite picked up on what it was.

Currently drafting an email about why they should give me a two month extension. #scriptsky

I can probably get this script done in time for AFF as long as sometime this weekend I have a revelatory epiphany that gracefully solves all my plot problems. #scriptsky

One episode into FLCL and already loving it. Why can't this be one with a thousand episodes? #animecatchup

I've never killed a darling in my life and I'm not going to start now. You people are monsters. #scriptsky #JusticeForDarlings #AllDarlingsAllTheTime

Always good to read through a draft and make notes on areas for improvement. #scriptsky

Looks like my WIP won’t be ready in time for AFF, so I’ll be relying on my previous script… …which didn’t place at all last year. Don’t fail me now, meaningless chance! #scriptsky

Page-cutting tactics to employ: - Kill widows and orphans - Kill heirs and foundlings - Characters’ names are now two letters long - Action descriptions are in haiku form - New act one plot point: Mouths glued shut? #scriptsky

Thrilled to report that the latest draft of my taut, streamlined action feature has come out at a lean... 123 pages. Ngeh. #scriptsky

You can also make some extra cash by then writing an article about how the obviously bad thing you do to make money is bad.

Realizing that my current script needs to be a lot more like [ whatever movie I happen to have seen last ]. #scriptsky

It'd be nice if the most popular accounts that agree with me politically didn't trend towards fake quotes, misleading interpretations, and AI cartoons, but I guess low-quality slop is truly bipartisan.

The unique creativity of human expression can't be replicated by machines. Only original and inventive humans would start so many posts with "I don't know who needs to hear this..." that I feel dead inside whenever I see it and have to mute the phrase just to feel joy again.

Swore I was done with contests, but AFF is so tempting... #scriptsky

The great thing about rewriting is that it keeps me humble because I absolutely fucking suck at it. I mean, good god. Right now I'm rewriting the script from scratch in a new document, and my brain may actually be coming up with all the same words in the same order. #scriptsky

Next up in my attempt to catch up on three decades of anime: Cowboy Bebop. I am expecting style. #animecatchup

Reached End Of Evangelion, and it’s just really exciting to see things move onscreen. #animecatchup

This script's been floating around for a couple of decades, but I just read it a few weeks ago so I assume I manifested the movie into existence. If you'd like that for your own script, my rates are very affordable. #scriptsky

Devastated to discover that my small Polypropylene organizer from Muji has Muji branding on it. Absolute betrayal.

I missed about thirty years of anime so I guess it's time to catch up. I have now learned how to pronounce "Evangelion" so it's a strong start. #animecatchup

It’d be nice if you could just write cool scenes without needing to connect them via trivial nonsense like logic or believable human behavior. #scriptsky

Bought a cheap watch in the Ginza Daiso purely because @greatdismal.bsky.social mentioned it. Sci-fi author peer pressure is the real deal.

Visiting Kyoto’s Gion district at night is a surreal experience. Like strolling through some future America’s abandoned theme park recreation of the city. Stores are closed and dark. Only westerners in the streets, all clustering around particular spots for the perfect Insta-approved photo angles.

Will soon be on a 12-hour flight, so I'm assuming I'll be able to finish this rewrite and then toss out a handful of new features just for fun. Will certainly not spend the entire time drinking, crying, and failing to fix a single line. #scriptsky

AI-peddlers are hawking a solution to "I hate writing", while ignoring the "...but love having written" part of the sentiment. #scriptsky

Lots of aspiring writers wondering how to make a script "undeniable". In your screenwriting software: 1. Go to "Settings". 2. Click "Document Settings". 3. Ensure the "Undeniable" checkbox is selected (it's off by default). #scriptsky

I really should turn off these Black List notifications... #scriptsky

Whoever first realized that if you start a post with "BREAKING:" everyone believes it must have felt like a god.

A great way to procrastinate is to make a spreadsheet of all your drafts, submissions, queries, reads... And then spend more time making it look nice than you've ever spent on an actual script. #scriptsky

New Bluesky feature's proving popular.

"Show, don't tell. Film is a VISUAL medium" – Guy who hasn't seen The Jazz Singer yet #scriptsky

Sundance coming to my neck of the woods means that if I apply for the Screenwriting Labs I'll get to feel the rejection even more intensely. #scriptsky

Restructuring this script is like there was a person, and the person was kind of okay, but not great, and so I dismembered them, and now I'm trying to put their severed limbs in new positions but they won't stick, and there's blood everywhere. #scriptsky

I need one of those text replacement browser extensions so I can change every instance of “Screenwriting Rule” to “Screenwriting Preference That Some People Have”. #scriptsky

"I am languid & bedeviled & hate writing & hate everybody". If I ever got a tattoo... #scriptsky

When Trump’s finally gone and beyond accountability, we’ll have to face a revolting slew of “If only I could have done more” / “In some ways I blame myself” / “Here’s what lessons we should learn” memoirs from those in power.

Just finished VOICELESS by @cynohead.com and WOW. Definitely one of the better specs I've read in a long while. I can absolutely see why it's a PAGE Gold Prize Winner. David's an incredibly skilled storyteller and I can't wait to see what he does next! #scriptsky

To be able to get some good writing done, I simply need a quiet, dark period of approximately fourteen uninterrupted hours. #scriptsky

"Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Norwegian Progressive Intellectuals lies a small unregarded Bluesky profile"

There are worse ways to spend a Saturday than watching Twin Peaks on the big screen at Alamo Drafthouse.

Screenwriting advice: Avoid describing a character's physical details unless they're important to the plot. What you're aiming for is an unmemorable featureless blob. If the reader can visualize anything, you've failed. #scriptsky

Normally I hate rewriting, but there's something about being in a four-hour presentation on Agile Methodology that makes me want to get back to it. #scriptsky

franz kafka in certain situations: wow this is so me-esque

#SpecScriptShoutOut for NO GHOSTS TONIGHT. Adele Smaill's humane story of migrants facing a treacherous Channel crossing, told with compassion and understanding. Screenwriters are often asked, "Why does this story need to be told now?" Not something you'll be asking about this one... #scriptsky

Motivational writing tip: Every time you sit down to write, imagine an AI screaming. #scriptsky

My 1st new entry for #FirstPageFriday in ages from my latest WIP. It’s been a hoppin ride for this lil story. 6 years in the making. I’m on cloud nine after finishing the latest draft, but time will tell if it’s still the bee’s knees once I get feedback that brings me back down to Earth 😅 #Scriptsky