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This is so cool. Zohran Mamdani just released the 2026 NYC Dev Roadmap and he's updating Williamsburg with not one but TWO new 20-man raids with their own endgame armor sets and weapons

so by shoehorning in the "main" plot lines in to these offshoots, you're effectively flattening the world and negating all that fun nuance you've built up around it. the offshoot series loses its charm -- it becomes less fun immediately. stop shoehorning the "main" plot into my offshoots!!

what owners of big franchises don't seem to Get is that one of the reasons their offshoot series become popular is because it is Not linked to the main goings on in the franchise -- these offshoots allow us to see different facets of the world they've created. that's cool! that's fun!!

managed to write a full draft of my proof of concept short for WET FOOD this morning and then... promptly fell asleep for ~4 hours. this illness is kicking my ass! #scriptsky

did a pitch half-dead this evening and still ended up with a script request! maybe i should pitch sick more often... #scriptsky

it's definitely a situation of the spirit is willing but the body refuses 😩 time to take my third nap of the day!

happy #letterboxdfriday! here's what i watched in iceland 🇮🇸

i've been really sick all week so writing has gone by the wayside 😩 so frustrating! i have a revision of WET FOOD waiting for me!! #scriptsky

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

finished up another residency application this morning but the sick-brain-fog is making tinkering with WET FOOD very difficult 😩 the soul is willing but the body is wrecked #scriptsky

still feeling pretty sick but also feeling invigorated to work on the next draft of WET FOOD after my notes session yesterday 🙌 draft 3, let's go! #scriptsky

back from Iceland with what appears to be a fairly nasty cold but I have notes to give! back to work! #scriptsky

i am a librarian! #Art #TheMummy

I’m coming back to NY reinvigorated, with two short film ideas and a sense of urgency to direct my first feature. I’m so excited to get back to work! #scriptsky #filmsky

heading back to New York today 😩 my time in Iceland at the Reykjavík International Film Festival Talent Lab was incredible. I met so many cool people and learned so much! I’m excited to get back to work but will miss my cohort a lot. Thank you RIFF!!

pitched at RIFF today! it went super well 🥰 #scriptsky

talent lab day 4! pitching today 😱 #scriptsky

RIFF Talent Lab day 3! meeting some amazing directors and producers today! i'm having so much fun here #scriptsky

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

RIFF Talent Lab day two let’s go! #scriptsky

finished not one but two drafts of my feature, WET FOOD 🙌 productive #spectember for sure!! #scriptsky

RIFF Talent Lab day one: done! Got to meet the other amazing participants, see Apitchatpong Weerasethakul talk about his films, and screened the shorts from the Talent Lab participants! I also walked 14k steps and am operating on two hours of sleep 🤪 good night!! #scriptsky #filmsky

good morning from Reykjavik! I’m wandering around waiting for my room to be ready at the hotel so I can take a nap. Coffee in the meantime

I feel the same way! i always come away from these sorts of things feeling ready to throw myself into my work again!

thank you so much!! i'm so exited 🤩

leaving for iceland today! excited to meet the other filmmakers at the Reykjavik International Film Festival Talent Lab!! #scriptsky #filmsky