The Storyteller Session

Hey guys! Just making sure everyone knows that the submission deadline for the Hollywood TV Writers Bootcamp (round two) is this Monday the 17th at midnight. It's a great resource to prep you for your first staffing position-- and it's free to apply. glenisemullins.com/bootcamp

Today we we have our WRITE. CAMERA. ACTION! session, lead by TV director Andi Behring (LEGACIES, DYNASTY, CHICAGO MED) with our guest Writer/Co-Executive Producer Kemiyondo Coutinho (P-VALLEY)!

Details for this free event can be found here:
thestorytellersession.mn.co/events/write...

I love being a world-builder

Thank you for your humor, your heart, and your insights! The community had a great time and learned a lot!

Thank you again to @storytellersession.bsky.social for having me speak last night. Hope y’all had a great time laughing at my journey to staffing my first job and continuing to make my name well known in these temporarily unemployed streets.

I don’t know how many people know the story about how YOUNGBLOODS was supposed to be a drama, but anyway, here is when it started to get away from me and I was like, “Well, shit. WTF am I supposed to do now?” So I just said “fuck it” and let it do its thing. #scriptsky

#ScriptSky, #FilmSky, and #DirectorSky if you have time today I wanna invite you to this discussion with @itskristinathomas.bsky.social

A talented and giving mind has worked on some great shows and shot some great projects, too. Come talk with us. Shoot me or @storytellersession.bsky.social a DM.

Today, at 5pst/8est, our community has The Storyteller Q&A with our guest Writer/Director/Producer @itskristinathomas.bsky.social!

We will discuss (on Zoom) Kristina's journey from script coordinator on shows like The Haunting of Bly Manor to staff writer on FBI: International!

#ScriptSky #FilmSky

DM us for details on how to join today!

The Storyteller Session

Our community The Storyteller Session is a free community where we celebrate Storytellers in the industry, especially othered voices! We have weekly table reads, monthly guests, and more!

Nothing on our calendar has a cost, so hop into a session!

For more info: www.thestorytellersession.com

Today, at 5pst/8est, our community has The Storyteller Q&A with our guest Writer/Director/Producer @itskristinathomas.bsky.social!

We will discuss (on Zoom) Kristina's journey from script coordinator on shows like The Haunting of Bly Manor to staff writer on FBI: International!

#ScriptSky #FilmSky

Here's an example of poor dialogue:

"Whatever."

Here's an example of great dialogue:

"Whatever."

It's all about what it means to the story...

#scriptsky #screenwriting

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The Storyteller Q&A (NOVEMBER) — The Storyteller Session The Storyteller Q&A A Conversation with Storytellers in our Industry

For Kristina's full bio you can go here: www.thestorytellersession.com/events-one/m...

We can't wait to hear Kristina's story and begin a dialogue with our community!

Next Tuesday, 11/26, The Storyteller Session will have The Storyteller Q&A with our guest Writer/Director/Producer @itskristinathomas.bsky.social!

We will discuss Kristina's journey from sxript coordinator on shows like The Haunting of Bly Manor to staff writer on FBI: International!

Thank you, @jboal.bsky.social for sharing his story with us. Thank you to every actor who brought the world to life and everybody who gave notes!

Until the next session!

@storytellersession.bsky.social

Just a quick postscript to Profound and everyone who contributed with their suggestions after the Table Read.

I've eliminated the CALLER #1, #2 etc. and put in their actor names.

Now to the challenging changes of your other ideas!

Note from DQ: Muchas Grass!

Thanks for sharing your story!

Profound,

Thanks again for embracing my short and offering such insightful guidance!

And thanks to everyone in the Cast for giving it so much vitality that will also help me revise it and make it sing more smoothly!

There is no Plan B or Second Nature ...

But we can outsmart the inevitable!

LOGLINE: A tortured environmentalist who has been writing about Eco-solutions for over 20 years dresses as Don Quixote to get an interview on a Nevada Public Radio station in Las Vegas and converts a cynical Gen Z host into a believer on his solution to end the Megadrought.

In less than an hour, @jboal.bsky.social brings in his Comedy Short PEAK WATER for a session!

Cast includes: Virginia Vogt, Mark Ferrando, Jasirii Simpkins, J.D. Elliby, Elizabeth Erhart, Pamela Williams

Narrated by Marianne Kaleida

Excited to hear this story!

SCREENWRITER AXIOMS FOR PITCHING

Relax, they want to you do well.

Don't pitch every scene. Detailed Act 1, summarize Act 2, bring it all together in end.

They'll sched an hour. Pitch is 25. Rest is preamble and Qs after.

Memorize, read, riff... doesn't matter. Just be confident and passionate.

So...
Y'all find yourself opening this 🌌 app & being friendly to strangers just cuz? I just did a happiness drive by &...I hope that's not weird. 🤦🏿‍♀️

If you are a Black TV or feature writer, show your face or comment or something.

Then give me a few to get all these names together. #BlackSky

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Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi

Has anyone created a Black writers Starter Pack thingy get???

Since we’re all getting acquainted…

Some of my all-time favorite movies:

• The Silence of the Lambs
• Do the Right Thing
• Who’s Afaid of Virginia Woolf?
• Forrest Gump
• In the Line of Fire
• Heat
• The Shawshank Redemption
• Far from Heaven
• Se7en
• Moonlight

HM: Deep Cover, Set It Off

Since we're all getting acquainted...

Some of my all-time favorite movies:
(no particular order)

• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• The Before Trilogy
• Defending Your Life
• Get Out
• Hitch
• Eveything Everywhere All At Once
• Moonlight
• The Usual Suspects
• It Follows

We LOVE how many scripts you get to read in this community!

We are reading about seven unproduced scripts a month along with our Script Club (lead by @kendrachristel.bsky.social) which reads a produced script every month for discussion.

Loving story is a big part of writing story.

3 non-negotiables to being a better screenwriter:

1.) Read screenplays.
2.) Write screenplays.
3.) Watch movies.

BUT

• Don't just watch, break down the movie's structure, too. See the story's 30k foot view.

• Read FEWER classics; favor NEWER scripts and plenty of recently sold specs.