Henry Kurkowski

The Artful Ask How arts organizations can build better partnerships & lifelong sponsors

More info about the book at theartfulask.com

Arts orgs are struggling with funding cuts but the work still matters

A reader told me The Artful Ask helped them reconnect with their mission.

If you’re fundraising for the arts, DM me & I’ll gladly send you a free e-copy.

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfBluesky #SupportTheArts #ArtsFunding

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ScreenPit is over for this round!
You guys are GREAT!
We hope you had fun but we also hope you learned something, made friends, got a bite on a read request and upped your promo game.

Until next time...

And that’s a wrap on #screenpit

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Screenwriters participating in Today’s SCREENPIT Follow the Rules & Guidelines screenpit.org

8 am – 8 pm PST

4 separate projects, 2 tweets per project = 8 tweets in 12 hours

Have fun!

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Let's Do This Thing!!!

Remember to use #screenpit in your post

DO NOT USE OUR ADDRESS
@screenpit
in your post!!!!

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Good luck tomorrow screenwriters!!!! Let’s hope we get some lurkers and shoppers!

Remember: 4 Projects Only

2 Tweets Per Project = 8 Tweets with #ScreenPit

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#Screenwriting #writerslife #writingTV #Producers #LiteraryManagers #scriptsky

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One day to SCREENPIT! Are your loglines ready?

You never know who might drop in

ScreenPit emails a large list of producers/execs to alert them

You can help by tagging an exec with one of our posts about the event

Wednesday 8–8 PST

Rules found here: screenpit.org
#ScreenPit

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Hi! I attempted that last event. Unfortunately the BlueSky Api is not currently developed to allow that granular level of traffic tracking over a specific past period of time to get accurate enough information and counts.

However in the future it may be possible.

#ScriptSky
#FilmSky

Join us on Wednesday!

Only two days left! Join me in supporting
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You can bid on critiques, AMA sessions, and other goodies. 😍
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In one week , June 25th is the next #ScreenPit!
Get your log lines ready People

Let's. Do. This. Thing!

screenpit.org

Literary Auction for Change Silent auction 'Literary Auction for Change' hosted online at 32auctions.

@litagentsofchange.bsky.social

Auction is live! Untill June 23!

From valuable critiques to talks & events such as seminars, there's items for everyone ✨️
I'm offering a
Digital Tools for Writers & Creatives Workshop

Auction items can be found here: www.32auctions.com/LAFC?r=1&t=all

Yay!

How Writers Can Protect Their Work From AI Exploitation Tech entrepreneur and arts advocate Henry Kurkowski shares five practical actions writers can take to protect against AI exploitation.

Take a read of my Writer's Digest article on how writers, authors & illustrators can protect their work from Al exploitation tinyurl.com/9h8t2sjn

It's a practical, writer-first guide to setting boundaries in the age of Al

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AI Could Be Scraping Your Agency’s Work—Here’s What You Can Do About It An increasing number of agencies are waking up to a growing threat: AI companies are quietly scraping creative work on the web without permission.

Click to read my latest article on Forbes on AI theft. What agencies can do to protect themselves and their clients.

Click link below to read my latest post: How Writing My Memoir Healed My Relationship with My Deceased Dad
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Starting a New Chapter: Sharing the Road from Experience to New Horizons

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Beware of clever fraudsters looking to scam writers.

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Start to protect your works from AI and bots

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ScreenPit gives screenwriters:

1. the opportunity to promote their work in a public setting
2. the reason to up your game to be seen
3. hope
4. peer friendship

If you ask to read peer scripts, you won
If you had fun, you won
If you polished your promo materials, you won

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Hopefully the dog won't think the frog is a chew toy. 🤞

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8 pm and that's it for this ScreenPit!
No more tweets with #ScreenPit hashtag please

Thanks for participating!
Having your work seen, read, talked about is half the battle to a sale or option

Good luck & let us know if you:

1. Had fun
2. Got a read
3. Learned something

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You guys are AMAZING!
It's great fun to see what everyone has worked so hard to produce with their big brains & abundant imaginations

Did you have fun?
People are watching us
Guaranteed
We offer anonymity for obv reasons but try to give vague good news

Congrats!
#screenpit

❤️❤️❤️

Some of you ping pong to the other place too and saw we trended there all day as usual for #ScreenPit

We missed some of our usual crowd over there today but had an amazing turnout on this site too (for the 1st time)

We trended here too!
Between "ass" and "furry"
Just telling it like it is

True story, after stumbling upon a mysterious murder connected to high level corruption, a tenacious FBI agent races against time to prove the truth as danger closes in around his family. Top 2% @coverfly.bsky.social Top Script @theblcklst.bsky.social #Greylist #Fea #My #Th #scriptsky #screenpit

SEEKING SUGAR MASON

A reporter who digs too deep is assigned a story behind the 40-year-old disappearance of a local girl, only to find the urban legend he chases now chases him. #ScreenPit #Fea #Ho #Th #My

Shamelessly reupping for the last post #screenpit