Dan Williams

@screencrafting @kylie_boersma Incredibly honored! Thank you so much - and a big congrats to the other winners!

Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 ScreenCraft True Story & Public Domain Competition! Grand Prize: Richard Mauro - Angel Eyes Feature: @bydanwilliams - The Boy Scout TV Pilot: @kylie_boersma - Once and Future See the post: bit.ly/3NR4kiU

Congrats to the finalists of the True Story & PublicDomain Competition! @Sofielafille @voxmirage @kalebtuttle @ReneGutteridge @JohnnyGilligan1 @KatherineCronyn @WhokilledBugsy @bydanwilliams @montyrockhead @bencarterolcott @tennesseemartin @kylie_boersma @MahonriStewart @McGomp19

@timkmak Count me as a subscriber. Invaluable reporting. Look forward to reading anything you write. Stay safe.

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Good morning to readers. Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands. Please RT this thread. It’s an important one. Some news: I’m leaving NPR as part of the layoffs that dramatically cut the org's workforce. I’ve decided to go back into Ukraine to keep reporting. But this time, alone.

Loved @limlouisa's Indelible City, what a beautiful and personal account of Hong Kong's history and mythology and identity from so many perspectives

Stumbled onto 'Battleborn' collection of short stories from Claire Vaye Watkins. "Ghosts, Cowboys" kicks off wild tour through histories and lives in a forgotten West

@TriciaLockwood And then without losing stride turns into the most affecting, personal, profound, sad, beautiful story I've read in a long long time. Incredible.

'No One Is Talking About This' by @TriciaLockwood visceral experience of a very online life (and why "sneazing" is the funnier way to spell it)

'God, Human, Animal, Machine' by Meghan O'Gieblyn - inspired Annie Dillard-like exploration of tech and AI. Check her out on @WIRED: wired.com/tag/cloud-supp…

'The Nineties' @CKlosterman come for the Pauly Shore and (real) bio-dome deep dives, stay for the Alan Greenspan v Oprah analysis - always unexpected, never disappointing

'Wild Souls' by @Emma_Marris - beautifully written, fact-packed, great characters - dive into the knotty philosophy and morality of conservation and environmental issues

Reading Kelefa Sanneh's excellent 'Major Labels' hit-the-ground-running history of popular music, packed with insightful connections, deep-cut references, and unexpectedly funny quotes

Grateful to have @vanita_bee and @etanwrites along with me. Sorry for subjecting you to the same stories! But excited and inspired by the amazing projects you both have going!

That’s it for now. Still processing this incredible opportunity, so I’m sure I’ll have more to share!

Can’t believe @screencrafting Fellowship Week is in the books—but there’s still more to come! Amazing meetings with producers, managers, agents, executives, writers, showrunners . . . My takeaways? Let’s unspool some 🧵 . . .