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This isn't a career.

Showbusiness careers don't progress based on the growth of our experience, per se. Instead, they reflect our impact on the people around us.

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Working on my stilly dolphin rom com script because it makes me happy 🐬 #Scriptsky

Reading a script right now that is legit this meme to a tee, and kind of thankful for the ridiculous distraction from reality 😆 #Scriptsky

She breasted boobily to the stairs, and titted downwards.

Be necessary.

What makes people show up for you? Is getting people interested in what you have to offer going to be enough?

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#BackOnMyBullshit with the novelization of this pilot. You can enjoy up to Chapter 8 over on Wattpad for now. Link in the comments! 🦇 #Booksky #WritingCommunity #Scriptsky

Everything They Don't Tell You About Being a Vampire, but Leah Simmons

Rows of fake vampire teeth on bubblegum pink background.

I had a really weird, vivid dream earlier this week, so I decided to write about it in a short. This may or may not be related to Zooks attempting (and failing) to rename our cat Phoenix, "Potatoes." #FirstPageFriday #Scriptsky

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OVER BLACK:

COURTNEY (V.O.)

We're supposed to get married in April. Four-Four, it was this whole thing... the invites came last week, before...

BELINDA (V.O.)

It's okay. Take your time. You're in a safe space.

INT. COMMUNITY CENTER BASEMENT - NIGHT

COURTNEY (30s) lifts her tear-streaked face. It's been days since she washed her hair. She sits in a metal folding chair, clutching a bundle of blankets in her lap.

She is one of ten people seated in a circle.

BELINDA (50s), the moderator, puts a hand on Courtney's shoulder. Soft-spoken. Patient. Experienced.

BELINDA

Why don't you share a memory of Adam?

COURTNEY

Okay. So, one day I brought home this mirror from the thrift shop. It was this big, ugly thing, but Adam spent all afternoon rearranging the living room and all the stuff on the walls to hang it up to surprise me when I got home from work. That was just the way he was... he was always so thoughtful.

Courtney's grief tips over into sobs. She doubles over and hugs the bundle close to her body.

COURTNEY

I just don't understand. He didn't do anything wrong!

BELINDA

It's okay, we're all navigating unfamiliar territory here.

COURTNEY

I just want him back...

Courtney pulls back the blankets to reveal a russet potato.

How do we get people to show up?

Hollywood loves to think of an audience as something you can tap into, by making the right kind of content. It's not. An audience is something you have to build.

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Get on it, #Scriptsky 🍄🏃‍♂️🍄

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Screenwriting is about empowering actors, rather than asking them to sell our ideas.

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Sometimes I kind of forget that people have no clue that I have two novels out there (and yes, marketing is sort of my day job, so you think I'd be better at this 😄). Both FREE to read on Kindle rn #Booksky #WritingCommunity #Scriptsky www.amazon.com/Thorna-Book-... www.amazon.com/Thorna-Book-...

I need a TL cleanse, #Scriptsky! Who here has a writing-themed tattoo, and can we see it??? Bonus points for the story behind what it means/why you got it 😁✨

a woman in a blue scrub top is...

Fail upwards.

If showpeople stay focused on the simple work of building strength in our craft and strength in our community, then our success becomes sustainable.

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What could go wrong?

Every risk-based business venture is defined by our efforts to manage the risks involved. In showbusiness, there's always two fundamental risks that we need to account for.

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We have begun the outline stage. Not sure if this has the wheels to go anywhere, but guess this is the best way to find out. #Scriptsky

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Walking actors, cinematographers, and designers through the details of their work on the page is obviously bad form. Nobody likes being told how to do their job...

...but what if you're right?

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Showbusiness is simple.

It's only ever taken two things to succeed in showbusiness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.

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My first #firstpagefriday post on here. A Guy Ritchie style feature set during biblical times. #scriptsky

Sometimes I dip back into the dusty archives of unfinished stories because I started writing them before I was ready. I might be ready to finish THE CURSE YOU CARRY this year. #Scriptsky #FirstPageFriday

EXT. CITY BUS Stop - NIGHT

Drizzling rain dampens the sounds of the city.

No cars drive by, no lights twinkle in the distance.

MARGO (40s) sits alone on a bench. Oversized clothing and hair that hasn't been brushed or washed in days. Not neglect, but profound sadness that consumes time and reason.

An amber cone of street light illuminates her hunched body as her fingers pry away the skin of an ORANGE.

MARGO (V.O.)

There's this old saying about holding a grudge, that it's like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

Margo tugs the last chunk of peel from the orange, tosses it to the ground.

MARGO (V.O.)

I try not to think about him. But I can't stop myself. Some days, it's all I think about... I know. Drinking the poison.

She pulls the fruit apart to find the center black and spongy with rot. Margo chucks the rotten orange to the ground, wiping the sticky juice on her pants.

MARGO (V.O.)

But it'd be worth drinking all the poison in the entire fucking world if Karl Rostov would fucking drop dead.

The CITY BUS pulls up and Margo leaves with it.

int. community center - night

Margo pads down a hallway in a repurposed elementary school.

Harsh overhead lighting. Linoleum floors. Cinderblock walls.

At the end of the hall, and open door awaits.

A hand drawn sign leans on an easel:

FROM GRIEF TO GROWTH SUPPORT NETWORK

Let the protagonist do the work!

Don't let other characters do the work of driving the protagonist's arc. Remember, it's the effort that people watch. You want them watching the protagonist!

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