Dr David Kain

I had a dream that I was part of a team that committed a pretty successful bank heist. When the police started to investigate, I escaped justice by waking up, which I think makes it a perfect crime.

#dream #bankheist #dreams

The trouble with #writing a #medievalfantasy is having things like “how to butcher a deer”, “how long does it take to butcher a deer”, “how long does it take to butcher a deer with just a small dagger” in your search history for the most boring reason imaginable.

#highfantasy #fantasy #novel

A fun little extra as the IMDB page for #TheCityisOurs goes up: a reminder of what can happen if you show up as a writer on set wearing a suit. Also known as my very first acting credit!

#screeenwriting #filmmaking #scriptsky #scriptskyuk #crimedrama

Some stills from #TheCityisOurs, fast approaching its big release! I have particularly fond memories of the second photo, as I’m playing the role of a bodyguard in that scene, somewhat out of frame.

#screenwriting #crimedrama #crimethriller #scriptsky #scriptskyuk #UKcrime

A trailer for episode 3 of #TheCityIsOurs. This was the third episode I wrote for the series, setting up the world, its characters, and the approaching gang war.

#writing #screenwriting #crimethriller #crimedrama #scriptsky #scriptskyuk

Amongst the many and worthy ways of coming up with a plot (or a way out of a plot), do not let us discount the “pissing off for a walk while listening to the #LifeisStrange soundtrack and coming up with an idea by the time you get to the bar” method.

#writing #narrative #screenwriting #scriptsky

Another teaser for #TheCityisOurs, coming out in March 2025! This one featuring yours truly, due to unexpectedly being cast as a bodyguard after showing up on set in a suit.

#writing #screenwriting #scriptskyuk #crimefiction #crimedrama #britishcrimefiction

I’ll let you know - waiting to find out!

Episode one of #TheCityisOurs is coming out later this month! It was awesome to write the first three episodes and the finale of this series, and I can’t wait to finally watch the whole thing!

#screenwriting #scriptsky #scriptskyuk #crimefiction #crimeseries

YouTube video by Smoggie Productions Mothers Legacy Trailer

The official trailer for "Mother's Legacy" is out! Love this glimpse of what's been made from a screenplay written almost entirely in bars and coffee shops, and I can't wait to see the whole thing.

#horror #scriptskyuk #scriptsky #screenwriting #psychologicalhorror

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Finished writing “Fulcrum”, the first episode of “The Amalia Chronicles” tonight! This is such an amazing project to work on, and I’m already psyched for more! @amaliachronicles.bsky.social

#scriptsky #screenwriting #highfantasy #writing

I’m all for moral complexity, Byronic antiheroes, and slamming the personal and political against each other with gusto in my #highfantasy, but sometimes it’s fun to write the old “they’re teaching them how to swordfight and it’s somehow seduction” bit as well.

#scriptsky #screenwriting #fantasy

Cackling like a lunatic in the gym as I WhatsApp my unsuspecting filmmaker collaborator my most deranged idea for a horror-comedy short yet, featuring the sentence: “We’ll probably need a trained pro-wrestler”.

#writing #scriptsky #screenwriting #horrorcomedy #horror

My toxic trait is writing a medieval fantasy fight scene, trying to recreate it in "Blade and Sorcery", and accidentally uppercutting my ceiling lamp.

#writing #fantasy #swordfighting #IAlwaysApologiseToTheLamp

I’ve never understood the complex political structure of high schools in American movies.

Then again, at my school we had a game where everyone tried to rugby tackle each other for an indeterminate time with no teams, points, or goal in mind, and that’s probably a tortured metaphor for politics.

I’ve fallen into the #lifetime movie snare trap, and I don’t wish to escape. Give me more movies about high school girls murdering each other over perceived slights, or mothers realising their child isn’t their child, but a murderous psychopath, each as inconsistently lit as the last.

While watching “The Mask of Zorro”, I realised that #Zorro and #Sharpe are both alive and at least sort-of active during the same time period, and I cannot think of a better “What If” crossover than those two.

Watching #BatmanVSuperman and #LineOfDuty in the same week is weird, because journalist Clark Kent heard about a branded man being murdered in prison and blamed a man in a bat costume, rather than the corruption that allowed a prisoner at increased risk of violence to be left exposed and vulnerable.

Got sent some storyboards that have been made of my short screenplay in preparation for filming, and I don’t want to say that it’s the coolest thing anyone’s ever given me, but it’s honestly somewhere in the top three.

#screenwriting #scriptsky #storyboard #writing

Nothing is so infuriating as selecting a film for #BadMovieNight and then discovering a thoughtful, well-written story created by clearly talented people putting in their best effort.

Bastards.

#movies #screenwriting

If your high fantasy princess isn’t spelunking in ancient tombs and desecrating graves to steal cursed trinkets, then she isn’t as irresponsible as mine is.

#writing #fantasy #highfantasy #prose

Another piece from the "Paranormal Prep" novel adaptation. Expanding on the relationships between the werewolf and vampire students has been the most fun part of this project. Check out the original #ChoiceofGames game here: www.choiceofgames.com/paranormal-p...

#writing #prose #fantasy #vampires

That is tremendously flattering, thank you!

I often like to try to set up the vibe for whatever I’m writing as soon as possible.

If I can throw the word “dickhead” into the intro as well, it’s a fun bonus.

#writing #prose #fantasy #satire #highfantasy

For #SecondPageSaturday, here’s something from “Paranormal Preparatory School”, adapted from my game of the same name. Caitria, the protagonist, was an invention purely for the script, but I love the opportunity to write a character with a lot of inner fury.

#screenwriting #Scriptsky #urbanfantasy

Hopefully I’ll soon be able to come back to this message and link the finished video!

For this #FirstPageFriday, here’s page one of a comedy short that’s soon to go into production! “The Substitute” is the product of my love for and desire to take the piss out of John le Carré’s excellent spy fiction, and I can’t wait to be on set for this one.

#scriptsky #scriptskyuk #screenplay

I have a PhD in Creative Writing with a focus on political fiction, which means I have a lot of practice at writing very cynical passages about politics with no evidence, only for a friend who works with the Government to later tell me, “You’d be surprised”.

#writing #prose #fantasy #highfantasy

Another character introduction from “The King is Dead”. I’m not apologising for the Elvish joke at the end, and I hope I’m strong enough to never do so.

#writing #fantasy #comedy #highfantasy #novel

Still at work on the first draft of the novelisation of “The King is Dead”, and here’s the introduction of one of the story’s idiots/heroes (delete as appropriate).

#writing #prose #fantasy #comedy #highfantasy