Bronson West @SlackerBronson

Great article. And it comes down to this line: “The audience has no idea how great a writer you have to be just to get the opportunity to write a bad movie.”

Joe Russo @joerussotweets

a day ago

SUPERGIRL is on VOD after only 33 days, which has left a lot of people asking:

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"Why isn't this exactly the movie I would have made!??" is a pretty boring way to engage with art, imo.

Jamie Blanks, 29/11/1971 – 16/03/2026 FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENT youtu.be/cwk3fl9BLXY

If you do this thing, "they will know you're an amateur" seems to be the scary threat of so much bad screenwriting advice. But trust me, the reader knows where they got the script they're reading. They know whether an agent sent it to them, whether they requested it from a logline, or whether a colleague slipped it to them because they loved it. They already know if you're a professional or not. They don't care. They just want a good script. Earn the reader's trust through specific choices, emotional truth, and all-around good storytelling. Do that with confidence, and I guarantee you, they will be willing to work with everything else.

I don't doubt AI can probably match the average low-level reader right now. All I want from them is a synopsis. It will never match a skilled reader. It will certainly never match a person truly gifted in story development. So why not replace the low-level reader with AI right now? Because that's how those other, more skilled people learned their skill. By first being low-level readers. That was how they trained. We will have a debilitating knowledge gap within a generation, with few people knowing how to help develop stories. It's incredibly short-sighted to turn the industry over to models with a primary skill of knowing what words usually go next to each other.

Variety @Variety

9 months ago

Paul Schrader says he has the “perfect script to do all AI” and “I think we’re only two years away from the first AI feature.” “AI is [already] taking over film coverage. AI does better coverage than the average coverage. And AI doesn’t have to favor anybody. Often, when you’re

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If there’s one thing I’ve learned as a screenwriter, it’s this: Don’t let notes dictate your voice. Use them for the information given, even if they try to inject their own take. Your voice as a writer is the most unique aspect of your writing. Use it.

Official poster for the first PUPPET COMBO MOVIE NIGHT SHIFT Shot on 16mm, and set in the 1980s, the story follows a serial killer targeting late night gas station clerks. Get tickets in my replies

Populating your screenplay with supporting characters can be intimidating for anyone. I was hit and miss most of my screenwriting career, focusing on too many random things. I finally found consistency when I learned to ask the right questions. This is how I do it now. 🧵👇

Finally going to see Weapons this weekend. Just have to avoid spoilers until then - that’s the hard part.

The three cardinal sins of the outline phase for your screenwriting: 1. Impatience (I just want to write.) 2. Laziness (It's easier to write it.) 3. Indecisiveness (I can't make a decision.) Often, we tell ourselves we're not good at something because it creates discomfort. We're not used to it, so something must be wrong. We go back to what is comfortable. But once you get comfortable with outlining, it will feel as natural as writing the scene. But you have to cross the chasm. Do the work. It will make everything else easier. You can’t tell a story if you don’t know what story you’re telling.

Just finished the outline for my next script. Such a good feeling.

Stories have themes. Themes do not have the stories. Find the story first, and it will tell you its theme. It will scream it from the rooftop. But if you start with theme and try to cram a story into it, you're going to make your screenwriting substantially more challenging.

For my screenwriting friends: Make sure that every scene in your script means something to your story. Get in and get out. Show us what you need us to know and move on. Economic storytelling. Trust the reader to pick up what you’re putting down.

In screenwriting, the page count matters. Everyone tells you this. Believe it. Here is a Weekly Email where I show how you can trim 130 pages down to 104. I also include my favorite trick that cuts 8 pages every time. 👇

Giving screenwriting notes is easy. Anyone can give notes, and everyone thinks their notes are terrific. But that's not development. Development is something else, and development is hard. Knowing what a story wants to be and helping it get there is a professional skill. It takes knowledge, experience, and character. And even if the person reading and giving notes doesn't know the difference, the writer should.

The rest of the summer is going to be a wild ride for me. I’m nervous and excited, but I can’t wait to finally dive in and get my dream moving.

I love writing a good treatment. Part of my process that I always look forward to!

Waiting for @theblcklst to send me an evaluation is making me want to rip my hair out. And I'm bald.

Halloween 4 deserves a better sequel than Halloween 5.

The more you write, the more your process will evolve. Keep writing, keep finishing. That’s the fastest way to improve.