I am still Carlo

So happy to see the progress you made @staceycrussell.bsky.social — and so happy you joined us for the @pagecraft.bsky.social rewriting lab!

Worth it.

Follow up: we are watching and enjoying.

Warning: sportsball post

I just cut Miami’s Janson Junk in my #fantasybaseball league. Since Jul 20: 6.38 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, only 5.6 K/9.

If only there had been some kind of obvious clue about the quality of Junk’s pitches.

Had a CD rejected by a used record store; sold it online for $12.50. Eat MY dust, crypto investors.

Stay in a cave.

Dear Ms. Wood,
We are sorry your day did not meet expectations. We are shipping you a new day, which should arrive in the morning.
Regards,
Customer Service

Great news about a great short!

As I wander these quiet streets late at night, it occurs to me that I’m spending a much larger proportion of my life than I ever would have guessed hoping that an animal will poo.

@pagecraft.bsky.social and its staff hereby disavow all sacrilegious behavior by screenwriting lab participants, such as ordering breakfast drinks from Italian cafes in the evening.

Does it not imply also the existence of Neopolitan, New York, and Hawaiian popes?

Congratulations @heidihornbacher.bsky.social !!!!

To save water, the building up the street has installed green turf outside instead of grass. It unfortunately collects quite an array of stains and smells from neighborhood dogs. So, once a week, they powerwash it. You know, with water.

Academy Nicholl Fellowships | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The Nicholl now open only to those who can afford film school or other forms of access, and/or who already have strong personal networks. I thought the Nicholl was supposed to level the playing field, not slant it further. #disappointed #screenwriting #screenwriters

www.oscars.org/nicholl

Sharing is an option, but rooms are single occupancy and en suite.

A lot of tragic losses this week,but this…oof.
Gene Hackman was the everyman w/ attitude,a captivating presence on-screen (and off)who seemed to work his way into so many of my favorite films growing up that still are today.
Pick those feet in the Poughkeepsie in the sky,Popeye…pick away in peace.

Congratulations Heidi!

Absolutely

Breaking: FEMA deployed to Kansas City sideline.

I’ve blocked three or four of these.

Direct hit on the Sunset Fire in Hollywood. 🎯

Nice work, @lafd.bsky.social #LAFD c/o @nbcla.bsky.social 👨🏼‍🚒

Why filmmaker Nenad Cicin-Sain fired his AI screenwriter | Semafor ChatGPT said it would write a screenplay for filmmaker Nenad Cicin-Sain. It never got past the opening scene.

Ha! We're safe... for now. Thanks to the most excellent @ryanrowe.bsky.social for bringing this one to our attention.
www.semafor.com/article/12/1... #scriptsky

Fair enough, 2024.
Fair enough.

Harry: what if we sold pears
David: sounds good
Harry: but once a year
David: huh
Harry: by mail
David: Harry, I…
Harry: in the dead of winter

John L’Heureux: "Dialogue is not conversation. It is a construct. Dialogue eliminates all the false starts and irrelevant intrusions of real life in order to reveal character and move the encounter toward a dramatic conclusion." #screenwriting

Post-landing pilot announcements, by city:

“Welcome to New York, the Big Apple!”

“Welcome to Washington DC, our nation’s capital!”

“Welcome to LAX, our gate is currently occupied.”

It doesn’t take much to see that the problem of my internet connectivity doesn’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world, but it is interesting that my cable cuts out every time we have… *checks notes* … warm wind in SoCal.

Scott Frank: “The first paragraph of a screenplay can tell you if they can write. The first five pages can tell you if they have a voice.” #screenwriting

Can’t resist sharing this breakdown of science denial from John Cook (via a friend).

“By embedding spurious claims within truthful information, conspiracy theorists create a veneer of credibility. The true information functions as a gateway for the falsehoods.”

skepticalscience.com/history-flic...

The story of a tall woman and the short man who threatened to shoot her in the foot