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@KatzFilms Good advice, however the problem is deeper. So many new screenwriters dont even know what a set up/pay off is, they scoff at structure, etc. i sold my first script in 1991 and those things are my bible thanks to Syd Field

I see a lot of bad screenwriting advice on here, often from people who aren't working industry professionals. Here is some basic advice: within three act structure, focus on set-ups and payoffs across story, action and character. Outline fully. Write it out from there. Then edit.

@HwoodScrptReadr Couldnt agree more

This article has a lot of good points but I would like to make one of my own. BAYWATCH, I get it – but THE ROCKFORD FILES, LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, SCRUBS? Nobody gives a fuck about these shows anymore. THE SOCIAL NETWORK does not need a sequel. Nor does BEETLEJUICE or SPACEBALLS. You know what's gonna kill Hollywood a heck of a lot faster than the lack of tax breaks? Making more crappy sequels and reboots that nobody wants to see based on dusty old IP that isn't worth shit. variety.com/2026/tv/featur…

Big Hollywood wont die but there are massive changes coming. AI is going to lower budgets and make studios more profitable but there will be w lot of crew needing to find new careers. AI will also create a new segment filled with indie filmmakers similar to how the 80s direct to video market did (i made my first movie in 1985).

With all the doomsayer talk of the death of Hollywood, let’s put things into perspective. This has been a great year. My friends in the exhibition business are downright upbeat, something they haven’t been for years. Audiences are going to the movies. They say 2027 and 2028 will be even better. We’ve just seen two indie films from new directors do huge business, thanks to skillful & deft Hollywood distribution. Disclosure Day has done respectable business and like the film or not, it had people talking. And even if you didn’t care for it’s boomer perspective, it’s coming on the heels of Project Hail Mary, which was Hollywood doing what Hollywood does best, with traditional positive storytelling, also with aliens, and a pro humanity, pro morality, visually fantastic character study which explores our relationship with God. We have a new Paramount rising from the brink with the promise of 30 new films a year. There’s new and exciting storytelling tools available to all, heretofore unseen in history, which will certainly advance the medium. The year 2026 has been awesome so far. I can’t wait to see what’s next to come. Hollywood’s absolutely not dead.

@Jamie_Nash The real problem w screenplays today is that the writers, along w much of society, have never reached full maturity/adulthood. They literally are writing at a high school level as thats where their maturity is stuck

Feature screenwriters: go to the movies. Not for research. Not to analyze structure. Just sit in a theater. Look at the posters in the lobby. Watch the trailers. Eat the popcorn. It’ll help your writing somehow. I promise.

@Tectone I used to be against torture. Not anymore

> Gay couple adopts male baby > rape it to death its insides are completely destroyed by them Yeah we can go ahead and rip out their intestines, hang them using their own entrails, and slowly dissolve them in acid.

Foster Mom Exposes the Demonic Fraud Inside Foster Care “She goes, ‘Oh honey, I make $28,000 a month on foster care.’ I was like, ‘What?’ And she was like, ‘Yeah, because I have this many kids.’ She goes, ‘Here’s the thing. You want to make sure they fail in school. If they fail in school and you can get them on medication, your rate goes up. Every time they don’t pass a grade, your rate goes up because they’re a more difficult kid. Every time they need medication, your rate goes up.’” @jen_lilley

@IGN The majority are tired of these producers crap

Fans are celebrating the final update for Assassin's Creed Shadows, which they say finally fixes plot holes and gives the game a proper ending, as Ubisoft admits some elements of the base game missed the mark. bit.ly/4vbMagp #IGNSummerOfGaming

@PedroRonchetti @benjamincowen Nope theres likely one more upside push to 1900

@BurgerMeistar @benjamincowen Sold already?

Rotating BTC to ALTs in a bear market is a great way to get rekt. But to be fair it's also a great way to get rekt in bull markets too

Classic Karen approaches a small group minding their own business and demands they leave because one guy has a legally carried firearm. "That’s a GUN! You can’t be here! I feel unsafe!"

RFK Jr: "Every hospital in the country is now going to have to publish their prices… If you go to a restaurant and look at the menu, the prices are there. Health care is the only place where you can’t see your prices."

@David_Da_Boss Once i realized Bear was the antagonist it all clicked. Great movie

Just watched #Obsession! Hot take: Sandy’s death opening the movie is more than just a tragedy. It shows how Bear would be treating Nikki down the line. He lost his pet due to not caring for it (he knew the shelves with the pills were flimsy but did nothing to fix that, the food is just lying around). And I feel like that’s exactly what he does to Nikki, he gets a pet. The one that “loves him more than anyone”, and doesn’t care for her. If Bear really loved Nikki, then Nikki’s wish shouldn’t have worked. But because his entire demeanor changed like hers, it proves one last time that he never truly loved Nikki. The only person Bear actually loves is himself.

@Timcast You need to stop using the mcdonalds versions of AI

One big problem i find with AI is that as the owner of a large publicly visible company I cannot use it for creative works GPT for instance sometimes refuses to create content for my company saying it violates Timcast's copyright and trademark despite the fact the graphics are for the company Similarly Suno will not allow me to edit or remix my own songs because they are protected and publicly visible To put it simply these AIs are trying to protect IP and thus blocking me from using my own IP Yet a smaller company which is less visible has no issue creating images, graphics, videos, or music for their companies

Chants of "send them back" rings around the European Parliament today as MEPs voted overwhelmingly for tougher immigration policies, paving way for "deportation hubs" to remove en masse.

"The police officers were holding what were called 'cop nights.' Police officers was taking turns to rape the children...they wasn't just beaten and raped, this was about pure humiliation and degrading children." @officialsammyuk describes the horrifying complicity—and participation—of UK authorities in Pakistani grooming gangs:

@WriterMcG A huge part of this is Netflix didnt promote it. It never showed up on my home screen or if it did it was for such a short time i didnt see it. I only learned the show existed from people posting on X

The predictable essence is what Hollywood always sells. And when you start looking at careers that way, the pattern becomes obvious. Jim Carrey isn’t really selling Ace Ventura, The Mask, or Bruce Almighty individually. The audience is buying elastic-faced Jim Carrey chaos. The particulars change. The core experience stays recognizable. Ben Stiller isn’t selling Zoolander, Dodgeball, or Tropic Thunder as completely unrelated products. The audience is buying a particular flavor of awkward absurdity, social discomfort, and comic escalation. M. Night Shyamalan isn’t selling individual premises. For years he was selling the feeling that reality is hiding something from you. The Duffer Brothers weren’t merely selling Stranger Things or The Boroughs. They were selling a specific experience: “Normal reality contains a hidden adjacent reality.” That’s the product. The monsters, children, laboratories, retirement communities, portals, towns, and settings are interchangeable pieces around the central experience. Hollywood is a reduction machine. A creator makes something complex. The audience loves it. Hollywood then asks: “What single thing did people actually buy?” Then it reduces the work down to that answer. Jim Carrey becomes “funny faces.” M. Night becomes “twists.” The Duffer Brothers become “secret worlds.” Then future projects are built around preserving that recognizable element. From a business perspective this makes perfect sense. Investors want familiarity. From an artistic perspective it can become a trap. A studio succeeds by making surprises predictable. Those goals coexist for a while. Then eventually they collide and a career comes to a screeching halt and power remains in the hands of bureaucrats with no imagination who forced this situation and guaranteed their own survival.

@Macarena_Olona @policiademadrid Olona is a liar - pass it on

En Canadá la desobediencia a un Oficial de Policía está castigada con pena de prisión de hasta 3 años. La negativa a identificarte comporta el arresto inmediato. Pero este canadiense está en España y se atreve a tratar así a nuestra Policía. Enhorabuena a @policiademadrid por una actuación impecable. Vuestra paciencia solo se explica por vuestra inmensa profesionalidad. Lamento que os utilicen para esta campaña publicitaria.

@ClownWorld He knows that but he is playing to his base

Elon’s wealth is in company shares, not cash sitting in a vault. Force a liquidation like that and you crash the stock and kill thousands of jobs. Schiff’s math doesn’t work.

@Codename_LEON Im friends w more pro screenwriters than i can count and most are using AI. Not to write but as a sounding board to explore ideas quickly. Time is money and AI makes things go faster

Why someone would want to AI a screenplay is beyond me. I swear screen screenwriter is the best part of filmmaking at least for me.... the only hard part is narrowing your focus instead of spreading it out, it'll take you forever to do things lol which is not always a bad thing

@mattvanswol @catturd2 Your eyes arent opened yet? Seriously? Come on bro. You are in the thick of it but constantly posting how surprised you are. At what point are you not going to be surprised?

@catturd2 It's been very very VERY eye-opening to see who has chosen not to say anything about the rape of a QUARTER-MILLION White girls. Take note of who is choosing to be silent on it. It's a choice. It's a horrific, terrible, evil choice.

Because they sold out to Islam.

@NormalGayPsych The nastiest people i know are on the far left

Conservatives, Christians, and most religious people in general are MUCH nicer to me as a gay conservative than liberal women.