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My favourite thing about writing? Thinking I have a good idea, getting almost done, and then being terrified it's awful and never wanting it to see the light of day. #ScriptSky #TheTendernessOfWolves

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

24 pages down on this pilot rewrite. It's not as daunting as I thought it would be. Slowly coming together. By no means perfect, but there's a better chance of getting it right when it's on the page than when it's not. Forward we go! #ScriptSky #TheTendernessOfWolves

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Happy to report, I still reside at a house on the corner of "I suck at writing and none of my ideas have legs road, and perhaps I'm not as bad as I think lane." Will continue to report back on my residency at this address. #ScriptSky

submitted 36 days ago • 2 comments

Writers with a catalogue, a question for you: How do you keep the progress when the pages aren't flowing? I'm desperately trying to get out of a cycle of lack of progression and self criticism so I can actually write freely. Welcome all tips. #ScriptSky

submitted 40 days ago • 6 comments

Too many script ideas, not enough time #ScriptSky

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

You mean to tell me now that I have an idea, key story beats and distinct characters, I actually have to write the script, it doesn't just magically happen? #screenwriting #scriptsky

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

A 2-hour writing session in the books - and 2 pages to show for it. I love this game. #Screenwriting #ScriptSky

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Excited to see that the changes to the Nicholl have been as well received as a swift kick to the nether-regions. Talk about a train wreck.

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

If people have any tips on how to make a story less complicated and bloated, I would greatly appreciate any help. Plagued by an incessant need to "do more," and it's hurting my progression as a screenwriter. #ScriptSky

submitted 48 days ago • 8 comments

Would anyone be up for a read of my short film? I think there's something in this story and am keen to make the most of it. I SAW YOU AT A FUNERAL - A writer grapples with himself as he attempts to write his most important story yet.

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

Can't help but feel like I'm playing writer these last few days with this pilot. Just nothing seems to be working. #ScriptSky

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Friday nights make me miss the old #PipelineWriters mixers. So in that spirit, what is it that people are working on at the moment? Film? Pilot? Networking? Querying? Where are we at? @scriptpipeline.bsky.social

submitted 52 days ago • 2 comments

So many story ideas, never enough time to write them all. Live look at my attempt to work on a project tonight.

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Are there any takers on a read for my short film script? First time finishing one. I'm keen to see if there's any legs to it.

submitted 60 days ago • 2 comments

I Saw You At A Funeral - Seeking clarity in the face of tragedy, a young man attempting to write a eulogy confronts his grief, face to face. Before the Coffee Gets Cold x Aftersun. Never been so satisfied to type 'The End.'

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

In possession of a killer idea, with little to no idea how to execute it. The tradition continues. Writing, you cruel mistress.

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

I love movies and tv so much that I'm mad that I don't feel good enough to contribute to them in a meaningful way. The art changed my life, and I just am so desperate to be good enough to do the same for others.

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

I'm unsure if it's just me or not, but it's feeling more and more... demoralising to try and be a writer at the moment. Communities a closing. Contests are shutting doors. Funding is falling off. It all just feels like pushing a rock up a never ending hill.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Just because screenwriting contests don't consistently result in jobs doesn't mean they don't serve a purpose in the writing landscape. I won a US contest from the other side of the world, and got meetings and reads from it. That wouldn't get eyes by cold emails.

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Never ceases to amaze me how one small change in a scene can flip your script on its head and move you in a new and exciting direction. Was floundering on this pilot when BOOM! Problem solved. Onwards and Upwards! #TheTendernessOfWolves

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Anyone else having issues with their finaldraft working at the moment? Can't get the program to open at all.

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

Why did no one tell me that when you write one page of a pilot, you have to do that again, 60 some odd more times! Ugh. Getting back into writing is hard, guys.

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

I'm not saying I want to give up on writing, but I'm starting to wonder if I'm still on the right track? The same struggles. The same story problems. A lack of tangible progression on outcomes and feelings. Tear it all down and start again?

submitted 121 days ago • 0 comments

Some writers start with their ending. Some writers start with a rich set of characters. Some writers start at the beginning and work it out as they go. Me? I start with a title, write a page and then have a nervous breakdown.

submitted 131 days ago • 0 comments

Weekly fight with Imposter Syndrome. When will this infernal devil on my shoulder go away?

submitted 148 days ago • 0 comments

Anyone down to help refine a logline. The idea is there, I just can't seem to simplify the sales pitch at the minute. #WriterThings

submitted 159 days ago • 0 comments

Draft number 2 in the books. I'm bogged down in details, missing something. Hopefully, it will come to Draft Number 3, but for now... #TheTendernessOfWolves

submitted 175 days ago • 0 comments

Closing out 2024 how I brought it in. Cursing my inefficiencies and inadequacies as a writer.

submitted 184 days ago • 0 comments

Research for this new feature idea seem like they'll break me, all for entirely different reasons.

submitted 194 days ago • 0 comments

Question for my writer friends : How do you manage all your writing notes and ideas? Like, spur of the moment, lighting strikes notes. How do you manage it? Use your phone notes? Microsoft OneNote? Anything else? My notes and records are a mess.

submitted 194 days ago • 3 comments

Nothing quite like the sense of accomplishment at finishing a script, then almost immediately staring down the barrel of a full rewrite when you come up with a better way to start the whole thing. Got to love it... right?

submitted 196 days ago • 1 comment

By no means is this script perfect, but by God, it feels good to be writing "THE END" on a new script again. 'A game hunter is drawn to the booming Colorado Gold Rush in the promise of a new life, but instead finds a new violent purpose." #TheTendernessOfWolves

submitted 203 days ago • 0 comments

Does anyone have a copy of the pilot episode for HELL ON WHEELS?

submitted 203 days ago • 0 comments

I'm so desperate to be a good writer in the future, that I feel like I'm losing sight of what actually makes me a good writer right now.

submitted 204 days ago • 0 comments

Now around 40 pages down on this pilot. Enjoying trying to move from out and out action and seeing if I can wade into the psychology of violence space. What makes the language of violence universal. It's been a lot more fun to rewrite then I first expected. ##TheTendernessOfWolves

submitted 213 days ago • 0 comments