Tim Westland
@timwestland.bsky.social
SoCal screenwriter of Horror, Scifi, Drama... whatever genre or story compels me. If you need the threat of hell to be a good person, then you're just a bad person on a leash.
Quick Shot: FLATLINE As anyone remotely involved in healthcare knows, YOU CAN’T SHOCK A FLATLINE Shocks just prove your character is uneducated A charge “shocks” the heart INTO a flatline so a regular rhythm can resume FIX: you get the same dramatic effect with Vfib arrest #scriptsky #writing
Oh man... just started watching S4 E1 of TED LASSO!!!!! It feels... the same... in the best way possible. I'm a little emotional right now. Come at me, heartless interwebs!
Ted Lasso's Iconic Smile
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WAY late for the #Euphoria train Just binged S1/S2, starting S3 now Gotta say... GREAT show. Wow! Stellar cast, writing, and directing Zendaya is devastating in this! Hunter Schafer is unreasonably, heart achingly good (FWIW: Lots more dong that I expected, true story)
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Only 2 hrs 30min until Mitch McConnell is declared dead on the Moon. #MitchIsDead
Watching the ABC7 news in So Cal... Airforce 1 just landed at LAX The stairs just connected with the plane Trump is likely having his diaper changed before he descends Hoping he trips and falls down them and breaks his fucking neck Sorry, not sorry.
#scriptsky You need to follow @theplotdoc.bsky.social if you want to ensure the medical stuff in your script isn't just a whole lotta bullshit
The PLOT DOC, MD🩺📝✍️@theplotdoc.bsky.social · yesterdayOn the topic of venom/poison, an ambulance/hospital isn’t a magic cure. A doctor can’t instantly diagnose what’s causing your character’s symptoms. Sometimes it takes a few weeks…after the autopsy. #writing #scriptsky #gamedev
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Senator Mitch McConnell, who has secretly been training to become a Space Force astronaut over the last two months, has lost control of his spacecraft and is expected to collide with the Moon at approximately 11:35 p.m. PT tonight. He is not expected to survive.
New deck for THE OPEN AIR! Learn more about the project here: staceycampbellruss5.wixsite.com/home/the-ope... Make a TAX DEDUCTIBLE donation through The Redwood Film Foundation here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #scriptsky
Rose, sitting in the doorway (aka Tim needs to clean that sill!)
Hey WGA members! Mark Swift here, and you may know I'm running for the board. If you know me you know I care about writers and want more of us steadily employed. I would love your endorsement. Click at the bottom of my statement here. Appreciate your consideration! elections.wga.org/2026/mark-sw...
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It may not be the stupidest thing on the internet, but Amazon advertising products to me that I literally just purchased is pretty fucking stupid #AmazonIsStupid
I feel like I'm starting my annual 'If you go to Austin' posts earlier and earlier, but #scriptsky... if you go to Austin *please* protect yourself and those around you by wearing a good respirator at least in airports, panels and other crowded places.
Jennifer Kretchmer@dreamwisp.bsky.social · 3d agoA thread (starts further up, but this feels particularly relevant amidst the string of “Why aren’t you at [Convention]?” messages that inevitably arrive the last two weeks of July with a cascade of unmasked photos, followed by three weeks of “I’m so incredibly sick with *something*…”
I'm adapting a book! Do I own the rights? Nope! Will I send it out when completed? Absolutely not (unless I secure the rights later) So why am I doing it, you ask? #Scripsky
Now watching, "The Drama" I'd never heard of this movie until this morning It was released in April and made $132 million on a budget of $28 million It stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson That's a pretty big hit, with some big stars I don't live in a bubble How had I not heard of it? #Scriptsky
THE BLACK When fragments from an interstellar comet hit Antarctica and unleash an alien organism capable of terraforming Earth, the crew of a remote research station must risk their lives to stop it before a wave of nuclear missiles becomes humanity's only option. #Scriptsky #ScifiSunday #Scifi
The Black - A Scifi Screenplay by Tim Westland
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THE BLACK When fragments from an interstellar comet hit Antarctica and unleash an alien organism capable of terraforming Earth, the crew of a remote research station must risk their lives to stop it before a wave of nuclear missiles becomes humanity's only option #Scriptsky #ScifiSaturdayNight
Southern California It don't suck (Currently at a public park in San Clemente, enjoying egg salad sandwiches and cool ocean breezes) #NotWriting
Manifesting Does it work? Probably not Prayer never does, and it seems a lot like praying But according to Quantum Physics, manifesting seems to be a possibility So why not try manifesting something important? Like... It You know IT *THE* IT And maybe IT will happen tomorrow #Manifesting
Haven't seen any #ThirdPageThursday action out there today. This from "THE BLACK" I'm still slaving away on Draft 2... hoping to get that completed in the next week or so. Everything crossed! #Scriptsky
Received a spam text saying they drove by my house (they had the address) and said they are interested in buying if I'm selling. I named a price that's twice what it's worth. We'll see if they respond. Should be hilarious.
Writing something with no goal or expectations can be cathartic and fun And using existing IP you love as source material is a great way to do this (aka #FanFiction) On that note, here is the opening to my "dream" spin-off of #RaidersOfTheLostArk, and it starts in Indy's classroom - #Scriptsky
Diarrhea Lettuce: I am the greatest source of diarrhea in the entire world! OC Fair: Hold my beer
Hey -- go Google: Jimothy Then watch the screen Love it
A beautiful Monarch at Lowe's just a few minutes ago...
Two pages from my Scifi Thriller: THE BLACK Think Annihilation meets The Andromeda Strain, set in a remote Antarctic research station (No, it's not like The Thing... unless you thinking that gets me reads. Then it's TOTALLY like The Thing. Totally!) 😉 #FirstPageFriday #Scriptsky #Screenwriting
Hey #Scriptsky friends, If you're not following @colbyday.com, you're missing out. Read his article about "The Questions to Ask When You're Rewriting a Screenplay" It's good stuff! hollyweird.colbyday.com/p/the-questi... (linking to his article without permission)
The Questions to Ask When You're Rewriting a Screenplay
40+ questions to ask before your next rewrite — big picture, structure, character, scene by scene.
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Trump's smiling because he thought all of these guys were a bunch DRAFT DODGERS, just like him
