"Grinding Screenwriter" By the Numbers I've written 109 scripts! Been paid on 48 of them... SPEC OPTIONS (w Rewrites): 12 ASSIGNMENTS: 36 PITCHES SOLD: 2 MOVIES PRODUCED: 14 (a couple anthologies) MOVIES DIRECTED 3 After 25 years, I've done enough that I've forgotten a few.

There are 242 working days in 2026. If you write just one page a day - just 250-300wds, roughly 5 Bsky posts - you will have two full scripts or a novel by New Years Eve. If you write just two pages a day - just 500-600 words - you will have five scripts or one epic novel. Just. Keep. Writing.

Just found out and bought Save the Cat Writes Horror by Jamie Nash in audio. The universe does want me to be a better writer.

Haunted Girl is now an Audiobook! Get yours here: www.audible.com/pd/B0G7666PS...

Haunted Girl is now an Audiobook! Get yours here: www.audible.com/pd/B0G7666PS...

A rainy night in December: reading Save the Cat! Writes Horror, & plotting a ghost story--with a human monster--in my head. ✨️👻👺👀 #horrorstories ##writersky #ghoststories #winterthoughts #savethecat!

Third time (the deep dive, application and sense making phase) into “Save the Cat Writes Horror”. I clearly need 3 more highlights for everything to click into place. @jamie-nash.bsky.social and I are childhood friends now — in my head.

Publishing costs: * You writing your manuscript - $6,000 * $8.50 production cost (paperback) per book (includes shipping) * $.68 per book marketing $3,400 per 5k books * $3,000 pre-production (edits, cover, formatting) It's all math. #writingcommunity #booksky #publishingmoney #thecosts

BIG DISCOUNTS!! Get your screenwriting books on the cheap this weekend!

I still haven't sunk my teeth into Save The Cat! Writes Horror, but the TV one is the best book about writing ongoing series that I've found!

BIG DISCOUNTS!! Get your screenwriting books on the cheap this weekend!

For any newer horror writers, I started reading “Save The Cat! Writes Horror” this afternoon and really enjoying it.

How do you incorporate "dread" into your books? Jamie Nash, author of Save the Cat! Writes Horror, broke down what dread is, and why it's vital. You can watch the full conversation in the Writing Mastery Academy library! Or check out his book, Save the Cat! Writers Horror! 🙀 #WritingCommunity

I’ve just requested this for my birthday present!

Loving this latest episode of #FictionWritingMadeEasy, all about how Save The Cat Writes Horror. Brilliant genre tips in here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...

For their animated movie about the Paluten book series, YouTuber Patrick Mayer ( @paluten.bsky.social ) and production company Odeon Fiction from Munich are getting 300,000 euros from FilmFernsehFonds Bayern in the current movie funding round. www.gamesmarket.global/paluten-anim...

We had a great conversation with Jamie Nash last weekend! He answered the tough question... What makes a horror novel/movie horror? He uses the Save the Cat! genre, Monster in the House, to define horror. What do you think? 👻 #WritingCommunity

I have two movies opening theatrically tomorrow... One is opening in Turkey. The other is opening in Germany, Austria, and Ukraine.

If you want to see Last Night at Terrace Lanes on the big screen -- now is your chance. Just head on down to Istanbul. Terrace Lanes opens in TURKEY this Friday -- in theaters!

Are you a horror writer? Did you miss our conversation on THE INSIDE PITCH? I'm your Huckleberry... www.youtube.com/live/mlRC8Et...

If you're writing a horror novel or screenplay, I highly recommend reading Save the Cat! Writes Horror by Jamie Nash! I'll also be having a conversation with Jamie Nash in the Writing Mastery Academy on November 8th at 3pm ET. DM me for details!! #writingcommunity @writingmastery.bsky.social

Some light reading on my way to Austin Screenwriting conference. Thanks for the mood lighting Southwest! #austinfilmfest #scriptsky #horrorwriter #filmsky

Some light reading for my beach vacation.

For any horror writer, I 100% recommend Save the Cat! Writes Horror! It's hard to pick one single thing from the book, but I really love all the tips and tricks it gives you to help weave tension and dread throughout the book, esp for a slow-burn horror writer like me!

GIVEAWAY ALERT— From pro writer @jamie-nash.bsky.social x #savethecat comes “the ultimate guide to creating ‘monster in the house’ stories.” For a FREE copy, comment your favorite horror gif for a chance to win ⚡️☠️⚡️👇🏻 #scriptsjy #filmsky

'Write what scares you' isn't just good creative advice - it's a career strategy. I've watched countless writers break in by writing the story they were afraid to tell. The one that felt too personal, too weird, too raw. Those are the scripts that get noticed. #scriptsky

ICYMI ... THE SAVE THE CAT WRITES HORROR WEBINAR is now on YouTube. Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1UJ...

A couple years ago, I was on The Black List with a script that’s in development with an amazing producer. After that, I signed on to write & produce two projects with fantastic, talented teams. This year, I pitched a movie with cool IP, a director of a hit film, and a great actor attached to star.

Haven't watched the video but I enjoyed reading this little breakdown on structuring horror novels 🐈‍⬛✍️ I'm a big proponent of save the cat especially for early writers blog.reedsy.com/live/save-th...

Here are our events for October! We have a stacked line up of webinars coming your way: 📆 WEBINAR: Office Hours October 11th - 12pm PT 📆 WEBINAR: How to Write Romantasy October 25th - 12pm PT 📆 WEBINAR: Save the Cat! Writes Horror November 8th - 12pm PT #WritingCommunity

Every time I use "BACK TO SCENE" I question every choice in my life that led me to this moment. #screenwriting

“Your screenwriters were so preoccupied with whether they could use "SAUNTERS" in a sentence, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” -- Ian Malcolm #scriptsky

Giving a screenwriter “saunters” is like handing them the nuclear codes.

just ordered my copy of @jamie-nash.bsky.social Two Front Teeth, limited edition error4444.bigcartel.com/product/two-...

Recently read Jamie Nash's SAVE THE CAT! WRITES HORROR and it might have made me like the StC story structure a little? Will I follow it verbatim? Absolutely not, but there's some useful stuff in there that's helped me unstick a few points already! #HorrorWriters 📚💙

ICYMI ... THE SAVE THE CAT WRITES HORROR WEBINAR is now on YouTube. Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1UJ...

The book is free on Kindle! Go get yours. Tonight only!

NEW BOOK DAY!!! THE BOOK IS OUT!!! GO GET YOURS!!! #ScriptSky

Decided to teach a screenwriting class where we study the most powerful opening scene of all time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDdQ...

Did you like the last episode of ALIEN: EARTH? If you did, you'll love my novel NOMAD! Go get yours over at the Amazon Mothership right now. It's on sale this week!!

Halt & Catch Fire... one of my faves of this century. Follow Chris!

Just received my pre-order of @jamie-nash.bsky.social 's Save the Cat Writes Horror. Can't wait to dig in. My buddy Ogden Hobs has some big scary ideas.

Super proud of my dude, @jamie-nash.bsky.social for his new book, Save the Cat! Writes Horror (currently a #1 bestseller on Amazon) Bonus- yours truly gets a shout-out for WNUF … so that’s especially mind-blowing for a dorky kid who grew up devouring Snyder’s original tome. Pick it up asap!!

👻 COVER REVEAL 👻 I’m excited to announce my new YA horror novel: HAUNTED GIRL. The exorcism became legend. The movies made it myth. Now one girl discovers the family secret: evil doesn’t die, it waits. 📕 Pre-order: amzn.to/4mNQf5R 🎨 Cover by Scott Cole

Already a Bestseller! Pre-Order your copy. Comes out Sept. 9. Sometimes these things sell out their first prints. So be sure to reserve yours. pbs.twimg.com/media/Gyq3-Q...

will be picking this one up!

Oh, the things we have seen on #IndieWatch!! 🤣🤣🤣

Hitting play on "A Comedy of Horrors!" Welcome everybody! #IndieWatch

The new book showed up at my door today! Pre-order your own copy now (pretty much in all the usual places) #scriptsky

The new book showed up at my door today! Pre-order your own copy now (pretty much in all the usual places) #scriptsky