Every now and again (esp. while wrangling a jangling first draft) you get a little bit of good news and it reminds you why you paddled out into the lineup in the first place. Wishing you all a brilliant rest of the (writing) week. #scriptsky #filmsky

Always know we're approaching peak Spooky Season when The Dead List hits. Check it out if you haven't already #scriptsky

Just in time for #spooky season, here’s a rad new showcase of horror scripts from some of my very favorite writers! Thx @theiwclist.bsky.social for putting it all together!! Thrilled to be a part of it… www.iwclist.com/talesofhorror

This is going to be brilliant! So thrilled to be a part of this amazing community of gutsy writers. Thx so much @theiwclist.bsky.social for the very warm welcome.

So honored to be invited to join @theiwclist.bsky.social alongside so many other talented writers + filmmakers committed to telling groundbreaking stories in new and unexpected ways! Thx so much you guys!!

Thrilled to find out that HEREAFTER made the QFs of the 2025 Big Break competition! Thx so much @finaldraftinc.bsky.social for the nod. I'm honored to see this project land in the thriller/horror category alongside so many other fantastic sounding scripts from so many truly great writers!

Thank you @coverfly.bsky.social. It's been real. As have the myriad connections you've helped forge between up-and-coming writers all over the globe. We'll miss your hustle + grit! And your super-clean UI. #ScriptSky

Love it when even my most cumbersome, seeming mouthful of a one-word title gets a look-see. Plus, who *wouldn't* want to read a gender-swapped Radiers set on the surface of Mars adapted from a rad public domain sci-fi story by the kick-ass pulp master H. Beam Piper? #ScriptSky

Fresh Monday Drop 📦 👇 🎧 ❤️ #ScriptSky

I just had the full-tilt pleasure of reading THE TRIAL OF EDGAR ALLAN POE by @svenanarki.bsky.social and, if you haven't yet, you must. Equal parts swing-for-the-fences, gonzo magical realism and a heady examination of the writing life, this script grabs you and totally refuses to let go! #ScriptSky

Never fails to get my day moving in the right direction... #ScriptSky #FilmSky

Kinda love the feeling of posting a shiny new project to @coverfly.bsky.social and seeing it land WAYYYY down at the bottom of the list without any sort of ranking at all. Badges? We don't need no stinking-- Well, actually, maybe just one or two. Someday. If I'm lucky. #ScriptSky

Honored to hear from @heidihornbacher.bsky.social that Escape Velocity (my coming of age road movie/spy thriller) made the Top 50! Massive congrats @theartofcharts.bsky.social and all my fellow writers. And thank you again @networkisa.bsky.social for all you do to bring outsider voices to the fore.

Very nice to see that my 80s coming of age road trip spy thriller ESCAPE VELOCITY made it to the Second Round of this year's @networkisa.bsky.social Fast Track Fellowship. This project is near + dear to my heart. So thx so much you guys! And huge congrats to my fellow second rounders!!

This one's massive for me—mostly because I found out while elbows-deep in a rewrite of another project discovered via last year's list by a truly kick-ass A-list producer. Thank you @bradmjohnson.com for making this—and SO MUCH more—possible. I'm beyond thrilled. #TheGreyList25 #scriptsky #filmsky

Super THRILLED to be the mix with brilliant work from @rgriggs.bsky.social @stephenkrespel.bsky.social @kimhornsby.bsky.social @theartofcharts.bsky.social @leahfromsd.bsky.social @jennifergrand.bsky.social @phoenixblack.bsky.social @heidihornbacher.bsky.social And so SO many more! #TheGreyList2025

Love thinking that *maybe* the very same person who just finished reading my western about Buddhism (so, an eastern?) is now also reading my Busby Berkeley meets All Quiet on the Western Front feature examining the perils of letting your art blind you to the rise of fascism… #ScriptSky

Exciting!!

Who says nobody wants westerns (with insanely long titles) these days? #ScriptSky

Stoked to see the latest (bonkers) rev of my horror/comedy REJUVENATION make the finals of this year's Filmmatic Horror competition. Sometimes you never know what'll come when you blow a script up and then stitch it back together again (more than a few times). Thx so much guys!!

Oh, hey. Happy first birthday @bsky.app - we’re all so glad you’re here (so that we can all be here).

Nothing beats the feeling of watching a script you've lived with for a while begin to become the story it was always meant to be—just by working with excellent, rightly critical producer + director notes. Sometimes it takes expert outside opinions to turn some coal into a diamond. #ScriptSky

TOP 10 MOST VIEWED | 2024 Massive numbers for our overall most viewed projects from the entire year of 2024 showcases presented by #TheStuntList. Massive congrats to all the writers! Deets & links below 👇🏻 #scriptsky

It's the last Friday of January! ⌛️ Let's do a #FirstPageFriday with the first project you have worked on this year—even if it's an older project you are currently revising! We always love to read your pages! #WritingCommunity

Fantastic episode of the @blcklstd.bsky.social podcast this week with the inimitable @leejessup.bsky.social. So much strategic wisdom here!! Check it out if you haven’t already. And get your 2025 off to a great start: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

Stoked to see my pilot about an FBI hostage negotiator having to track down and take down her father—a former special ops sniper now on a mission to execute the world's ten worst CEOs (sound familiar????) make to the QFs of one of my all-time favorite competitions. Congrats to everyone who entered!!

Since it's really starting to look a lot like... Nakatomi time, here's a #FirstPageFriday from my Hans Gruber origin story Die Hard prequel written expressly for the #StuntList. SO MUCH FUN to spend time in that universe (as a way to hone my action writing chops). #scriptsky

Well, that’s my holiday wish list sorted. Thank you @theblcklst.bsky.social!!

Oh hiiiiiii (Great piece in @theankler.bsky.social)

We hear this all the time: Reps and execs love a writer with a strong voice. But what does that look like on the page? I break it down in my latest advice vid. #scriptsky #scriptskyuk #screenwriters

Don't wanna jinx it... but LFG!!

SOOOO many great projects on this holiday-themed showcase. Check it out, if you haven't already!

Just added a huge collection of the year’s best screenplays to Weekend Read for your enjoyment. johnaugust.com/2024/feature...

There’s unidentified flying objects in the skies around Christmas time you say… #scriptsky

I was an outsider when I sold a spec script. Just one Hollywood connection. Ever since, I've had a mission to help outsiders break in. That's why I launched GoIntoTheStory.com 16 years ago. Partnered with the Black List. Daily posts on social media. We need new voices, fresh takes, diverse stories.

Ripped from the headlines (before they were written). MESSAGE THE SHOOTER A hot-tempered ​FBI hostage negotiator gets tapped to take down an elite assassin on a killing spree targeting the world’s worst CEOs. Turns out, the shooter is actually her father. #firstpagefriday #scriptsky #screenwriting

It’s time for the studios to come off the sidelines. After this industry has spent decades fighting piracy, it cannot stand idly by while tech companies steal full libraries of content for their own financial gain.

Check out my November 2024 Industry Update! Looks like we're finally - FINALLY!!!! - turning that all important corner! #scriptsky #scriptskyuk #screenwriters

This is going to be good...

People always want early information on the annual Black List, and I always say no. But this year is different. Here’s a fact likely of interest to only me: The number of scripts on #BlackList2024 is prime.

Oh, right. Sometimes just having the (rad) producer you're working with bring you eye-opening + critical directors' notes shows you you can trim seven pages AND amplify your lead's agency AND make the story more personal by not letting the truth get in the way of a telling good story. Um, duh!

A boatload of brilliance (and originality, obvs) on this year's showcase. Check it out if you haven't already...

Christmas comes early this year...

Very thankful to find out from a writer I massively respect that THE ESCAPIST made the semifinals of @VailFilmFest 2024. This one means tons to me—especially because of what this script says about the dangers of letting your art distract you from society's slide toward fascism. Deeply appreciative!!

"What put him on the map and got his Untitled reps to find him was the script I’ll Fucking Kill You, which landed on the Black List a year ago today and became an instant hit on the site."

You know what makes going back to revamp a script you'd set aside for maybe a bit too long? Getting rad + actionable notes from the awesome folks at Barnstorm. Like, line-level notes in the script itself. Feedback as detailed and as on the money as I'd expect from my closest friends and colleagues.

#FirstPageFriday For the short I'm hoping to direct in early '25. LAST CALL After surviving a terrible car accident, a grieving young man follows the restless spirit of his comatose girlfriend to their favorite bar for one last round before her parents pull the plug. #Scriptsky #ScreenWriting

Stoked to find out this morning that THE ESCAPIST landed in the quarterfinalist of this year's Vail Film Fest. And, of course, quadruply thrilled to see @svenanarki.bsky.social notch four slots (yes four) with a fistful of very, very different scripts. Nicely done sir. Nicely done!

📣 Now accepting mentorship applications! Our @acttwowriters mentor for December is Chris Hill! He'd like to mentor a female genre screenwriter to help more women get opportunities in the industry. Comment with your Coverfly profile by Sunday, November 24th to be considered. ⬇️