Screenwriter. Black List top 4%, BBC Writersroom finalist. Penchant for anti-heroes and snappy banter. Loves lions. Wishes it was permanently 1987.
Joined August 2025
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My most detailed beat sheet and outline, the story comprehensively tracked, subplots, arcs and themes.
The hard work has been done β the actual script should flood onto the page.
Yet I still write at a snail's pace!
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Just watched new shark film, Thrash.
As with War Machine, my first and overwhelming thought was not 'it's good' or 'it's bad' but 'it's content'.
Non-descript story, characters, action.
It just 'is'. It exists.
To be consumed and instantly forgotten.
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Just got back from seeing Project Hail Mary at the cinema.
Wow. Wow. Wow.
So much humour and heart.
Never thought I'd lose it over a rock.
Straight into my list of all-time greatest films.
May just be the Hail Mary Hollywood (and screenwriters) needed.
@projecthailmary
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FB screenwriting group - member seeks loglines - set genre and budget ($10-20m) for Far East prodco they work for. No scripts unless requested.
Member = inexperienced writer themselves?
Theft risk?
@SethMSherwood
@CindyBegel
@AshLazerWrites
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Aliens > Alien
Dawn of the Dead 2004 > Dawn of the Dead 1978
Chainsaw Massacre 2003 > Chainsaw Massacre 1974
Prove me wrong.
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Just watched PRIMATE.
Already wary of, and unnerved by, chimpanzees.
Then THAT happens in the opening scene. π³
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Why is it so hard to get traction on X?
Even just a 'like'.
Reply to posts - nada.
Follow people - nada.
Stay on topic (screenwriting) - nada.
Mention people - nada.
Ask for opinions - nada.
Perhaps I should spew unsolicited political rants like every other screenwriter?
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28 Dec 2025
Just watched THE DARK AND THE WICKED. Not sure how I feel about it though glad to see actual creepiness and dread rather than cheap jump scares.
Lead actress was spectacular.
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10 Dec 2025
Let's appreciate the sheer majesty of THE GREY (2011).
So powerful, layered, brutal, poignant.
Existential themes for days.
On first watch I realised it was profound but also that I missed so much and it nagged away at me.
With each viewing I discover more.
A masterclass.
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9 Dec 2025
I have an idea for a script but the same premise was covered in a best-selling novel.
This could cause a rights issue for a production but as a calling card spec - when others broke in blatantly using existing IP - is it fair game?
@CindyBegel
@johnzaozirny
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5 Dec 2025
Controversial opinion 2:
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) is one of the greatest films of the 21st century.
#films #GodzillaxKong #godzillaminuszero #MoviesBokepEkko
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5 Dec 2025
Controversial opinion 1:
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) is the greatest Godzilla - and monster - film of all time.
#godzilla #godzillaminuszero #GodzillaxKong #Kaiju
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4 Dec 2025
Most writers find Act 2 the easiest - especially in action and horror β writing conflict and ramping up the stakes.
But for me Act 1 and 3 are easy and Act 2 is difficult - anyone else agree?
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4 Dec 2025
TEN MOST UNDERRATED FILMS
King of the Monsters (2019)
The Grey (2011)
The Reef (2010)
Strange Days
An Officer and a Gentleman
Hot Tub Time Machine
Edge of Tomorrow
K-PAX
Nefarious
Deep Rising
If one of your hidden gems is on this list then congratulations, you have great taste.
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21 Nov 2025
Oh, the horror! The horror!
Terror, dread and nightmare fuel on a $10-15 million budget.
@jason_blum call me, yeah?
@SethMSherwood - The Scary Movie Writer's Guide helped with this.
#firstpagefriday
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20 Nov 2025
Theatre: playwright is king. Producers, directors & actors work to their scripts.
Cinema: screenwriter is a necessary evil. Producers, directors & actors demand changes to their scripts.
Reason: film is collaborative.
But so is theatre.
Real reason: power.
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18 Nov 2025
Screenwriters I'm interested to know how *you* go about rewriting β particularly when you have to work around much of the current draft so it's not simply tossing Act 3 and restarting with a blank page?
#writing #WritingCommunity #writingtips #scriptwritingtips
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7 Nov 2025
1 original 70% complete.
10 ideas percolating.
5 sets of opening teaser pages.
A wealth of ideas, material and reasons to push on yet here I am - again - scrolling X on my days off and doing anything but the writing I vowed to do on my days off.
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