Just as a #character’s actions (or inactions) can reveal a deeper truth about them, so too can subtleties & nuances in speech offer us clues to what they think, feel, fear or deny. sowhatsyourstory.ca #storytelling #writing @ce-gbpolytech.bsky.social @gbpolytech.bsky.social

Always delighted to spend the evening with my extended family at Veloute Palace Pier. Celebrating a belated Mother's Day dinner with Chef Fawzi Kotb, Alise Matos & my mother.

Grateful for & honoured by the TRUST so many put in me. From my #storytelling classmates & #screenwriting students to my Effortless Alphas brothers & friends & family, your faith in my caring faithfulness is humbling. @ce-gbpolytech.bsky.social @gbpolytech.bsky.social

On a good day, creative #storytelling is like whitewater rafting: an incredible, chaotic thrill. On a bad day, creative storytelling is like whitewater rafting in the movie Deliverance: same but with more squealing. sowhatsyourstory.ca #writing #screenwriting #process @ce-gbpolytech.bsky.social

Let’s demystify #storytelling. Any story delivered in any manner is really just a #conversation, first with myself & then with a single person engaged in the story. Whether on-stage, on-screen or published, my audience – no matter how large – is always an audience of one. sowhatsyourstory.ca

“The writer is not, then, an all-powerful architect of our reading experience. The writer guides the way we imagine but does not determine it…” – Jonathan Gottschall, The Storytelling Animal sowhatsyourstory.ca #storytelling #writing #audience @ce-gbpolytech.bsky.social @gbpolytech.bsky.social

Sometimes, the best thing you can do for your creative passions is nothing. Even the things that bring great joy demand your energies, energies that wax & wane. Gift yourself the freedom to recharge. sowhatsyourstory.ca #creativity #storytelling #replenish #wellness @ce-gbpolytech.bsky.social

Learn & practice valuable techniques for effective & affecting #storytelling that reach into every aspect of life, work, & community! Dig deep into human #emotion & #motivation. Explore the subtlety & #subtext of action & reaction. REGISTER NOW: coned.georgebrown.ca/scriptwriting

Excited to join the beautiful James Gangl & my new classmates in PAGE TO STAGE: THE WORKS on Monday at Sweet Action Theatre! Can already feel the #storytelling energies amping up (or my veggie korma… very similar feeling)

If you use AI because... You don’t feel you’re a strong enough writer, what makes you think you’re a strong enough editor to verify & clarify what the AI produced. It saves time over writing it yourself, what makes me think you’re going to take the time to verify & clarify what the AI produced.

Would also have accepted:

Sometimes you have to write a story to discover the story you should write. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingtips #WIP #writesky #storytelling #screenwriting

If your minor characters are more interesting/intriguing than the main character, you may be telling the wrong story. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingtips #WIP #writesky

If you are hiking or are Mandalorian, “The Way” might be a good idea. If you are a creator, however, be wary of advice described as “The Way”. It is, at best, a way, & it doesn’t have to be your way. sowhatsyourstory.ca #storytelling #writing @ce-gbpolytech.bsky.social @gbpolytech.bsky.social

I can feel diminished by the talents of others, or I can be inspired to discover & unleash my own. My choice determines my joy. #creativity #selfexpression #inspiration #storytelling @gioardio.bsky.social @ce-gbpolytech.bsky.social @gbpolytech.bsky.social @shortweird.bsky.social

If you are looking for guarantees in the creative arts, if failure is NOT an option, here is a foolproof, no-cost, no-effort solution! Stop with the crazy making! #welcometomytedtalk

Researchers curb the carbon footprint of cement manufacture to almost zero using electricity & recycled concrete My press release on the industrial & #environmental implications. www.acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2026.html #materialsscience #sciencewriting #scicomms #greenchemistry

To improve the effectiveness & safety of cancer drugs, scientists are integrating them directly into the membranes of cancer cells. My press release on the results in animal #models of human #cancers. www.acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2026.html #oncology #cancerresearch #sciencewriting #scicomms

Although the obstacles ahead test a character’s mettle & provide dramatic tension, the obstacles behind block their retreat & force them toward their destiny. If a #character can escape their fate, the story is at an end. sowhatsyourstory.ca #storytelling #writing @ce-gbpolytech.bsky.social

A good #mentor or #teacher doesn’t show you the path forward. They encourage & support you as you discover & blaze your own.

The adventures you’ve survived. The mistakes you’ve made. The lessons you’ve learned. The wounds you’ve borne & bear. These give your #voice its unique timber, cadence, tones, & perspective. They define your #art as yours & yours alone. sowhatsyourstory.ca #creativity #storytelling #style

SPOTS ARE FILLING QUICKLY ON A GREAT SCREENWRITING ADVENTURE! #Screenwriting: Learn & practice the #techniques to #write evocative stories Screenwriting Workshop: Take your #screenplay & #characters to the next level REGISTER NOW at: coned.georgebrown.ca/scriptwriting @ce-gbpolytech.bsky.social

I don’t typically look for images to shoot so much as remain open to opportunities as they present themselves. The same is true for my other creative efforts. – Randall C Willis #creativity #photography #storytelling #inspiration #opportunity #openness

QRP with the doctor you'd trust leading the hantavirus response instead of RFK Jr.

Perhaps it is because I live incredibly distant from any ocean, but there is something otherworldly about pelicans to me. A couple shots from a 2018 trip to San Diego.

TORONTO CHINESE CANADIAN FILM FESTIVAL IS HIRING! TCCFF is seeking a graphic/web design intern to work on the promotion of the festival in its 3rd year. This is a PAID position. Please respond to the people named in the post (not me). #filmfestival #filmfest #filmmaking #webdesign #graphicdesign

Sadly, there will occasionally be people who want you to fail, who can only see fault, who will delight in your struggle. The problem is theirs, not yours, so do what you will unafraid. sowhatsyourstory.ca #creativity #storytelling #selfbelief @ce-gbpolytech.bsky.social @gbpolytech.bsky.social

With care & under the right conditions, these two pinecones can become a forest. Imagine what you might become with care & under the right conditions. #limitless #potential #possibilities

The most terrifying foe in any story is the truth that a protagonist refuses to acknowledge & accept. In the end, the protagonist must choose to be defined by that truth or their fear of it. sowhatsyourstory.ca #storytelling #writing #characters @ce-gbpolytech.bsky.social @gbpolytech.bsky.social

Never confuse smallness with insignificance. You are limitless. You are valuable. You are integral. You are a Universe of your own making.

Can hardly wait to see The Cage, a #shortfilm that raises questions about how we surrender our autonomy to invasive apps. When a young woman signs up for an AI Companion app designed to help her recognize emotional manipulation, the app starts manipulating her to keep her subscribed. #filmmaking

My choices for the first 3 faces on the Mr. Rushmore of the Natural Universe. Happy 100th birthday, Sir David.

TIME & SPACE ARE RUNNING OUT TO ENGAGE YOUR SCREENWRITING ADVENTURE! Explore #screenwriting technique in LIBA 9086 Deepen & expand your story in LIBA 9091 REGISTER NOW AT: coned.georgebrown.ca/scriptwriting #storytelling #screenplay #writing @ce-gbpolytech.bsky.social @gbpolytech.bsky.social

In storytelling, facts are filtered through the lenses of #emotion & mental state. How you describe a situation can therefore tell us much about how a #character (or you) are doing. Join OUT OF OUR MINDS to explore evocative #storytelling. youtu.be/96z_NqrABnw btw, that's 26°C, not 26°F!

If I am a strong, caring, loving man, these women are to blame. If I can be a bull-headed, independent pain in the ass, the same is also true. Happy Mother’s Day weekend, Ruby Dixon, Dorothy Eby & Jan Smart, and thanks.

Well, he thought the joke was funny!

THE COINCIDENCE MEN assume the position when MATT BARAM & NAOMI SNIECKUS add their insanity to THE STUPID GOOD COMEDY SHOW Tickets at: stoopidgood.eventbrite.ca (Early-bird pricing ends TOMORROW! May 8) #improv #comedy #CouplesTherapy #TorontoEvents @gioardio.bsky.social @shortweird.bsky.social

Annoyed by #storytelling that won’t get to the point? @replaystorytelling.com has a show for you! On May 13, FAST FORWARD #storytellers serve up bite-sized #truetales aiming for the best short tale! Live or live-stream tickets at: www.showpass.com/replay-storytelling-presents-fast-forward/

Take a LEAP OF FAITH and come out to TALES TOLD LIVE AT THE TRANZAC on Tues, May 12 Storytellers Mihnea Galeteanu, Ali Hassan, Bonnie Hay, Chris Rosati, Sandra Whiting & Andrew Wong share #truetales of personal tests PWYC show, so arrive early. www.talestoronto.com #storytelling #TorontoEvents

For your consideration & debate: “Is AI art Art? Who cares” An essay that considers the definition of capital-A Art & whether we are being capital-A A-holes about it createdbyrcw.com/2026/05/06/i... #creativity #ArtificialIntelligence #artists #art #essay

You still haven’t signed up for OUT OF OUR MINDS (& onto the page)?!?! Don’t make me give you a 30% discount! ($178 after taxes) BUT you can ask for one! DM me or visit createdbyrcw.com #writing #storytelling #improv #games #play

A beautiful & joyous happy birthday to Marcel St. Pierre: Friend, Poet, Fool, Coink, Storyteller, Clown, Maniac, Paperweight @shortweird.bsky.social

KEEP (more of) YOUR MONEY! Making films is expensive & leaving budget space for #filmfestivals is never easy. Submit to our 2026 SHORT FILM COMPETITION by MAY 31 & take advantage of our EARLY-BIRD PRICING! filmfreeway.com/TorontoChineseCanadianFilmFestival #shortfilms #shortdocs #TCCFF2026

For my friends Gord & Neil @gioardio.bsky.social

OUT OF OUR MINDS (& ONTO THE PAGE) 5 Saturdays of freewheeling #play & antic #creativity starts May 16 at SoCap Comedy Theatre. DM me or visit: createdbyrcw.com Fear is not an option… …but sucking totally is. #writing #storytelling #improv

BURDEN OR GIFT? How I bear the weight of the world is all in how I perceive that weight. #perspective #opportunity #acceptance

TIME TO LIVE YOUR #SCREENWRITING ADVENTURE! Turn your #story idea into an evocative, compelling #screenplay in SCREENWRITING! Enhance your existing screenplay through #experimentation & #play in SCREENWRITING WORKSHOP! REGISTER AT: coned.georgebrown.ca/scriptwriting @ce-gbpolytech.bsky.social

#Toronto’s #storytelling #community overflows with amazing #artists sharing heartfelt #truetales www.showpass.com/the-yarn-storytelling-curiouser-curiouser www.eventbrite.ca/e/page-to-stage-showcase-may-11th-2026-tickets-1988500307950 www.talestoronto.com

3 insane Toronto #storytelling events this coming week! AGE AIN’T NOTHING BUT A NUMBER, MAY 7 www.showpass.com/age-aint-nothing-but-a-number-may-2026/ THE SPIT, MAY 7 www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-spit-tickets-1988415497279 FUNNY, YOU SHOULD TELL THAT, MAY 8 www.storytellingtoronto.org/festival-2026

Telling a story is as easy as speaking or writing the first word, followed by another & another & another. Come join the fun at OUT OF OUR MINDS (& ONTO THE PAGE) at SoCap Comedy Theatre for 5 Saturdays, starting May 16 youtu.be/su_dRKmh8Uw For details or to register, visit: createdbyrcw.com