geckobenny: Endless List of Favorite Characters: Malcolm Tucker, The Thick of It Malcolm is gone. You can’t know Malcolm, because Malcolm is not here. Malcolm fucking left the building fucking years ago. This is a fucking husk. I am a fucking host for this fucking job.

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writerlyn: Sometimes, when editing scripts, you just have to be clear.

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Logline: A young startup nerd struggles to win the heart of the cool girl next door away from his alpha jerk boss. Me: This is chicken nuggets.

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Them: why aren’t you more angry about — Me: because I’m exhausted

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What Your Spec is Not About

annerocious: Make it about one thing. Because it takes time to write a script, first drafts tend to turn into lint traps for whatever is busy developing in the writer’s life.  Pro tip: This includes popular media. I have read scripts that morph recognizably into Jane Austen or True Detective or Broad City halfway through….

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veracity24: THE BEST DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR EXAMINING THE DRAMATIC STRENGTHS & WEAKNESS OF YOUR DRAFT SCREENPLAY : THE DRAMA REPORT This will help you.

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