Currently trying to remember how to say "do you like potatoes?" in Danish. #Denmark #kartofler #Jylland

We expect to hit 55k signatures in support of our open letter this week, perhaps even today. Thank you to everyone who has signed or shared. Let’s keep this going: notinourname.org.uk

With The Mandalorian getting its film trailer this week, here's a recap of every episode of The Mandalorian

In Aberystwyth there is a tradition that you kick the railings at either end of the promenade. Example attached. We were there this morning but I couldn't get it right. #aberystwyth #wales #railings #fail

Someone VERY close to me still dislikes The Martian because it's 100% human.

"Think back to your childhood. Do you remember when the anxiety started?"

His lips get stuck

Doing some essential reading for The Sin-Eater. #scriptsky #filmsky #Wales #folkhorror

I think, in light of all the rotten people out there spreading terf nonsense, today would be a good day to support trans creators. Trans folk, please add your links to this thread for books or crafts or whatever you do!

Check out all the Welsh horror movies that @abertoirfest.bsky.social has championed over the years. It's such an awesome festival - million percent recommend for horror fans and film nerds, and in one of the coolest towns on the planet IMHO. letterboxd.com/abertoir/sto... #Filmsky #Scriptsky

Sent out a brand new idea to some writer friends for feedback, and one response was - "reminds me of Drag Me To Hell". OK, fine, I'll TAKE that. #scriptsky

First of the month, which means it's time for another Apple Park Film Club: appleparkfilmclub.substack.com/p/the-auteur... This month I revisit the auteur series and examine my favourite filmmaker, John Carpenter. If you enjoy this, please check out the rest of the substack and share! #FilmSky

Bagging potatoes for the corner shop. I was nine, and I got 65p an hour.

Apparently the UK government are doing an emergency alert test on the 7th of September so just in case anyone knows any current domestic abuse victims who would need to have their safety phones switched off so as not to be outed, please pass it in.

This week, I’m sharing how to find a lost film that you can adapt into a screenplay. Yes, I know the word “lost” implies that it’s basically dust and completely unfindable. However, “lost” is a bit of a misnomer. #scriptsky 1/10

More than a week into using Tidal instead of Spotify and it's just better in every way, to me I encourage you to ditch Roganville and join me in the land of hi-fi and music videos: tidal.com/transfer-music

A few years into my TV writing career, I was struggling! But one simple piece of advice changed the entire trajectory of my career. So I wanted to do a #Scriptsky #Screenwriting thread about that advice and the ways in which CREATIVITY CAN FLOURISH (and also how it wanes). 🧵1

Research #scriptsky #sineater #wales

I’ve mulled over posting this for months now. But yesterday it came to a head. And I’m aware that the people who need to see it will either not be here, or will suggest that I’m lying. I live near an asylum hotel. The reason I didn’t post earlier is that I didn’t want to raise undue attention

Slightly diminish a band: Imagine Large Lizards

That's nice for them, they have to put up with a lot of shit. #SewerJoke

There's a certain irony that Yvette Fielding disliked Biddy Baxter so much, yet she's the only Blue Peter presenter who can still hear from her.

When you reach your fifties, and you played a lot of sport as a kid, and you are naturally clumsy, then you see a clear future, where every journey across a room or to the shops becomes an epic battle against the forces of pain and gravity.

Solo trip to a cinema in Manchester, midweek, had some awful news and needed solace; found myself with around 20 strangers watching TEAM AMERICA WORLD POLICE. I swear fifteen of us joined in and chanted: "I promise, I will never die" at THAT moment.

Josh Tongue has a complex bowling action with arms going in different directions. In olden times he'd have bowled thousands of overs by this stage of his career and it would be "grooved" as they used to say. When he grooves it I reckon he'll be consistently excellent #cricket

I wrote three pages. BUT I also outlined two alternative versions of the same story (sitcom and micro-drama), and I spent about a week polishing a portfolio for a meeting that turned out to be a blowout, and I have just been outlining a new idea, anyway how's your ADHD going? #scriptsky

Today's bugbear phrase: "please don't take this the wrong way". I'll take it however the fuck I like thank you Nathan.

THE SWIFTS ARE DEPARTING #TooSoon #Powys #FineHaveItYourWayIDidntMeanIt

It's unforgivable that we let plaid shirts with ripped jeans become the default uniform of men when it used to be the most reliable way of identifying who's secretly a werewolf.

holy shit lmao

Hey, you! Are you a teacher, librarian, bookseller, media reviewer etc.? Do you love TTRPGs, short fiction, and being gay? I'm collecting info to send to my publicist for ARC distribution for THIS IS HOW WE ROLL. Fill out this form if you want to be on the list! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I've spent too long this year planning and outlining and getting distracted by the day job. So I'm making a solid digital commitment: I'm going to write the first draft of my super-personal micro-budget comedy movie by the end of July. No take-backs #scriptsky

#ScriptSky #ScreenPit Remember to follow the Screenpit list and please repost your fellow writers. A rising tide lifts all boats! Have fun.

This is such a great movie

What actor's expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?

This was a big project. I've picked away at it since early last fall in order to not interfere with my writing. Feels good to have it finished and I hope it helps some writers! www.reddit.com/r/Screenwrit...

I no longer write stories about Biff Tannen. I write McFly-fi. #scriptsky.

There are currently six readers on the site right now So if you’re an lgbtq+ writer and want some expert feedback Take a look here www.pridereads.co.uk/pride-readers

Describe your favourite movie in the most misleading way possible. A homeless man shaves his head and leads some other hobos on an ultraviolent rampage.

The first lot of readers will be live on the site later this afternoon. ANYONE ELSE WANNA READ? pridereads.co.uk/pride-readers

Back on The Third Man. Still my second favourite film ever. I've given up on scripts because they could never be this good. #scriptsky

Imagine a found-footage version of this. #Scriptsky

Imagine an animated gif of an enormous bat taking an enormous shit. #scriptsky

The Sin-Eater. It's only a short, but it's probably the most distilled and disciplined example of what I can achieve with a story. Plus it got made by @kellydirector.bsky.social and it's utterly beautiful. #Scriptsky

Challenging or outsider MCs - usually with undiagnosed thinking problems. BIG turns. EITHER - big mythology or squirming awkwardness. #Scriptsky

Buzz. My whole life is one big fucking ideas-fest, I'm plagued by "what-ifs", and so I've got thirty ideas waiting to go right now. I pursue the one that gives me - and my writer friends - the biggest buzz. #Scriptsky

Since that summer reading list came out last week, it was filled with non-existent books thanks to a stupid move by the author. I decided to start my own. Today, part one goes live. Check it out here 😀 gnofhorror.com/a-summer-rea... @kitgonzo.bsky.social @markewest.bsky.social

Working on the most personal thing I've ever written. You mean sin-eating in Victorian rural Wales wasn't personal? You mean live-streamed murder spree comedy wasn't personal? No not really.