Dick Lowry

THE HABS HAVE TIED THE SERIES! 🔵⚪️🔴 #StanleyCup Game 3 between the @BuffaloSabres and @CanadiensMTL is SUNDAY at 7p ET on @espn, @Sportsnet, & @TVASports!

Norman Krasna: “When you are committed to the skeleton of a beginning, a middle and an end, the cleverness is in concealing the skeleton." #screenwriting

#24Vintage 18 years ago today - Shooting on the Universal backlot. Executive Producer Howard Gordon, Jack Bauer aka Kiefer Sutherland & the beautiful and sadly missed Annie Wersching.

Jane Smiley: "Writing is only one word at a time. When you face the page, it’s a couple of words, and then a couple more words, and, if you’re lucky, a sentence or a paragraph. Writing is linear, it must organize itself into this thin little stream that moves forward." #writing

Story structure: What the audience knows and when. That's it. That's all it is. Yesterday, I shared with 13,000 subscribers how every choice is a structural choice and what your goal is with each one. Did you miss it? No worries! One more chance at the link below. 👇

Don't miss this: A Film USA webinar with Fred Siegel on Section 181 (tax benefit for filmmakers and financiers) today May 5, at 3pm EST lsu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

LORD OF THE FLIES (Netflix): I had my doubts, but it's remarkable. Captures all the horror and mystery of lost children descending into...well, you decide.

It's difficult to discuss screenwriting and not mention structure. Tomorrow, we'll go back to the basics with 13,000 subscribers and define story structure. We'll explore what it is, what it is not, and why it's so vital. Interested? The link to subscribe is below. 👇

Viola Davis’ career spans decades, with some of her biggest milestones coming later in life. She grew up in “abject poverty,” living in rat infested, condemned buildings and at times eating out of garbage cans and dumpsters. In 2015, she became the first woman of color to win the Emmy for best lead actress in a drama for "How to Get Away With Murder." A year later, she won an Academy Award for "Fences," a role that had already earned her a Tony Award. In 2023, she completed EGOT status with a Grammy for narrating her memoir "Finding Me." She is also a co owner of JuVee Productions, which helped bring "The Woman King" to the screen. She is one of the greatest living self-made Americans on the #Forbes250 list. forbes.com/sites/alexknap… 📸: Emma McIntyre/WireImage via Getty Images

It’s official. The @CanadiensMTL are Canada’s team in the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs. Montréal, we’re behind you all the way 🇨🇦

This is very interesting!

Fun fact. Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather, had no screenwriting experience. After winning two Oscars, he bought a screenwriting book to learn how, which recommended 'Study The Godfather'.

Today, we announced $270 million of new military support to Ukraine. Ukraine’s fight is our fight. Their cause — freedom, democracy, sovereignty — is our cause. Good to see President @ZelenskyyUa today in Yerevan. 🇨🇦🇺🇦

I directed tonights episode of FBI titled Roleplay. Give it a look - CBS 9pm. FBI 8x20 Promo "Roleplay" (HD) youtu.be/81zK4ZiVmGA?si… via @YouTube

@storyandplot I've always thought of it this way: There are two worlds in the film biz - one is dreamy, aspirational, and rooted in creative skills; the other is cold, driven by money, and the opposite of the former. Filmmakers must learn how to bridge these two worlds.

Never forget: the question anyone ever asks when they encounter your screenplay: "Can I make money off this?" Assessments will be different. Timelines will be different. Revenue streams will be different. But it ultimately comes down to that.

It all starts with the want. The want drives the moment. The want drives the scene. The want drives the sequence. The want drives the story. Know the want through each. Know the obstacles. Know the stakes. Lean on them, and you'll carry narrative momentum until the end.

@storyandplot So true.

Glad to see the Academy making more international films eligible, but this is a drop in the bucket. I wonder aloud if these rules will affect juries at these festivals given the stakes. Why would they give the top award to a film that doesn't have the high stakes? Just asking.

In everyone's life there are extreme highs, deep lows, and a whole lot of in betweens. It ain't easy, but it's how one deals with these vacillations that counts. Be calm, honorable, and most of all be yourself.

RETWEET if you stand with Jimmy Kimmel against Donald Trump!