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If you’re a TV writer (or doing any collaborative creative job) you will encounter problems in other people’s work. So this week’s #Scriptsky #Screenwriting thread is about THE THREE WAYS OF DEALING WITH SOMEONE ELSE’S ISSUE. Two options will lead to more problems and one will keep you employed.

Everyday is full of new waking nightmares. Billionaires and politicians tearing apart our social contract. Efforts to outsource all labor to AI. Jamgrass! To stay sane, I’m focused on the stuff I can do to make things just a little better. Inspired by posts on here, I started donating platelets.

If your script is super funny or dramatic or scary or innovative, does it also have to make sense? In short, yes. But why? Who really cares if things feel a little too convenient, or confusing, or characters make odd choices? So this week’s #Scriptsky #Screenwriting 🧵 is on THE LOGIC OF LOGIC. 1

For anyone who wonders why gas prices matter, please understand that the reason you're seeing higher prices on EVERYTHING in the stores is because of transportation costs skyrocketing due to Trump's pointless, stupid war.

I went to the Wendy’s Superbar with my buddy in middle school. After eating, he got a big bowl of vanilla pudding, took one bite and puked everywhere! Turned out his vanilla pudding was actually bleu cheese dressing.

Katie…@kathleenatl.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thinking about the Wendy’s Superbar. 🙂‍↔️

But what about all the teenage boys who were victims of warm apple pies?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Kash Patel: "Applicants who have engaged in beastiliaty means they were victims of beastility because they were forced to do so. At this FBI we are not going to criminalize and prevent victims from serving."

You can call him Sturgill Simpson or Johnny Blue Skies, just don’t miss him when he comes to your town. I’m still glowing from last night’s show at the Forum. So damn good!

I started back up on a show a few weeks ago but was dealing with a family member’s health issue. And that had me in a bit of a funk. I was much more sullen than usual and didn’t feel my usual creative spark. So this week’s #Scriptsky 🧵is about #Screenwriting and SELF-CARE.

I’m Federman. He’s Fetterman. No relation. None. Zero. Zilch. We Federmans HATE this Fetterman. He’s an embarrassment to our otherwise mediocre name.

Axios@axios.com · 3w ago

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. John Fetterman is preparing to make a bombshell appearance tonight at the GOP convention in a video praising President Trump and Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Dave McCormick

I have buddy named Ada, who’s a graffiti artist, but when he tags stuff, everyone just assumes he’s a really big advocate for disabled folks.

No place else I’d rather be.

Unwritten rule of the writers room: if a story point has been “room canon” for at least a full episode, don’t come in one day and say, “this doesn’t work” unless the VERY next thing you say is a workable alternative. Pointing out holes is easy. Pitch the fix not the problem

Nate Federman@natefederman.bsky.social · 3w ago

UNWRITTEN RULES OF THE WRITERS’ ROOM: You probably don’t want to wear a “funny” t-shirt to work. You definitely don’t want to wear the same “funny” t-shirt more than once. #Scriptsky #Screenwriting

UNWRITTEN RULES OF THE WRITERS’ ROOM: You probably don’t want to wear a “funny” t-shirt to work. You definitely don’t want to wear the same “funny” t-shirt more than once. #Scriptsky #Screenwriting

Headed to Denver for Dicks. For my jamband followers, this is a very normal thing to see me post. For everyone else, maybe less so?

The Hollywood Palladium played Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” as the walk-out music at last night’s Courtney Barnett / Built To Spill show. As soon as it started, nearly every face I saw, lit up and sung along. It was one of those small but beautiful moments of humanity that I cling to these days.

I’m back to work and spent this week trying to break an idea germ (that my bosses responded to) into a story. It didn’t go well. The more I dug in, the worse I felt about the idea. So this week’s #Scriptsky #Screenwriting thread is about WHEN TO CUT BAIT AND PIVOT TO A NEW STORY. 🧵1

Dolly Parton was a brilliant singer and songwriter, but an even better human. If you don’t know much about her, I recommend listening to the Dolly Parton’s America podcast. We lost a great one today. pca.st/podcast/9936...

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In this intensely divided moment, one of the few things everyone still seems to agree on is Dolly Parton—but why? That simple question leads to a deeply personal, historical, and musical rethinking of...

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The second best piece of parenting advice I ever got was, “Your kid is gonna soak up far less of what you say than they are from the behavior you model for them.” The best piece of parenting advice I ever got was, “Don’t outsource being a parent to AI, you fucking ghoul!”

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · last mo.

I got nothing.

Wrote about the proposed Paramount-WBD merger and why it is bad across the board.

The Hollywood Reporter@thr.com · last mo.

"A market ceases to function when competition disappears. And it’s disappearing," contends writer Mike Schur in a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter

PLEASE RE-POST! The eBook for VIVIANA VALENTINE & THE TICKING CLOCK is $2.99 for TODAY ONLY at all major retailers. Get it now! Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/vivi... B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/viviana-va... Amzn: a.co/d/044EwJ7P

The first batch of episodes of Big City Greens Season 5 dropped on Disney+ today. I wrote, “The Farmies,” “Caging Cricket,” and “Trainer Tilly,” but you should check out all the episodes. I think S5 is our most consistently funny season to date.

BUYS. You can get an audience to buy a convenience early in a story. And you can get them to accept convenient hardships that make life more difficult for the hero. But if life conveniently gets easier for them, you’re cheating the audience of conflict + growth opportunity. #Scriptsky #Screenwriting

During a thinking walk on the Hermosa Beach strand, I see two dudes with weighted vests walking towards me. They’re having a VERY INTENSE conversation. Politics? Relationships? Working through trauma? No… When they passed, all I heard was, “Beef bone broth, bro! Beef bone broth!”

The few times I’ve been tasked with reading writers for staffing, I’ve always read the shortest scripts first. Showrunners are insanely busy - if your script is bloated, there’s a good chance they won’t read the whole thing. Make it compelling and concise.

Adam Mallinger@bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · last mo.

Because last week’s sale is going to be used as a shield by the worst kind of writer, remember that it’s not 190 pages that makes a script great, it’s that it didn’t FEEL like 190 pages to anyone who read it. Most people trying to be writers struggle to make 120 pages compelling

My kids got back from summer camp and loved it! Not surprising. Every camp is different but they all seem to share 1 thing: kids are encouraged to be weird, silly, and wild. And during a developmental period when most kids are nervous to be their authentic selves at school, camp encourages it.

also if you have a manager, take 10% of that pre-tax. more, if you also have an agent or lawyer. if you're a writing team, you're splitting that between two of you

Nate Federman@natefederman.bsky.social · last mo.

Now $95K for 4 months of work sounds great… until you dig into it. That same writer will have no idea if their show will get another season and if they’ll have a job waiting for them. There’s basically zero job security. So they’ll try to get a gig on another show. But that ain’t easy. 🧵4

This is important information, and… you should know that animation artists are dealing with similar issues and get paid a lot less. I have peers who are experienced and good wondering each time they get a job, if it will be their last. Hoping something changes for good or we won’t have an industry.

Nate Federman@natefederman.bsky.social · last mo.

Going back to work next week after a 4 month hiatus, so this week’s #Scriptsky #Screenwriting thread is on THE ECONOMIC REALITIES OF BEING A TV WRITER. The short of it is, if your goal is to make a lot of money, do anything else besides trying to be a writer. 🧵1

Going back to work next week after a 4 month hiatus, so this week’s #Scriptsky #Screenwriting thread is on THE ECONOMIC REALITIES OF BEING A TV WRITER. The short of it is, if your goal is to make a lot of money, do anything else besides trying to be a writer. 🧵1

Jared Kushner’s brother (and Bob Iger) just bought the Lakers for 12 billion dollars. I didn’t need another reason to hate the Lakers, but I’ll take it.