Notes From The Typewriter

The trials and tribulations of an up and coming screenwriter...I'm making these mistakes so you don't have to.

[onioncologist-deactivated201604]

Please help me prove a point. Reblog this if you love Christopher Eccleston's Doctor.

[rosamundpike]

ted and robin s1

ted and robin s9

[killtheintern]

I didn’t know how to describe my feelings about the HIMYM final until I saw.  

Yaass JK Simmons Yaass

[killtheintern]

What did you do at work today?

Oh not much, just watched Pride & Prejudice

[cl-hilbert]

A Tasting Menu of Female Representation:

The Bechdel:

two or more women talking to each other about something other than a man

The Mako Mori:

at least one female character with her own narrative arc that is not about supporting a man’s story

The Sexy Lamp:

a female character that cannot be removed from the plot and replaced with a sexy lamp without destroying the story.

Chef’s Specials:

The Anti-Freeze:

no woman assaulted, injured or killed to further the story of another character.

The “Strength is Relative”:

complex women defined by solid characterization rather than a handful of underdeveloped masculine-coded stereotypes.

[pastelprisma]

Somebody show this to the Supernatural writers.

[weneeddiversebooks]

I’m normalizing TV. I am making TV look like the world looks. Women, people of color, LGBTQ people equal WAY more than 50% of the population. Which means it ain’t out of the ordinary. I am making the world of television look NORMAL. I am NORMALIZING television. You should get to turn on the TV and see your tribe. And your tribe can be any kind of person, any one you identify with, anyone who feels like you, who feels like home, who feels like truth. You should get to turn on the TV and see your tribe, see your people, someone like you out there, existing. So that you know on your darkest day that when you run (metaphorically or physically RUN), there is somewhere, someone, to run TO. Your tribe is waiting for you. You are not alone.

Shonda Rhimes at the humanrightscampaign Gala in Los Angeles. You can read her entire speech on “normalizing TV” here. (via weneeddiversebooks)

THIS IS SO IMPORTANT

(via runwithskizzers)

[lamelatios-deactivated20140809]

not being at comic con like 

[oldfilmsflicker]

Black Panther: Ava DuVernay Not Directing the Marvel Movie

Selma director Ava DuVernay reveals that she has passed on Marvel's Black Panther over a difference of vision with the studio about the film.

[killtheintern]

........sadness thats the only thing i feel right now

[murmaider]

[inkandcayenne]

For the greater good…

[theavc]

OH YES

[killtheintern]

I will start watching True Detective if this comes true

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[lenaleaderoftheresistance-deact]

Can we have movies about her backstories?

[sweaterweathercub]

I think Phoebe was one of the test runs for the Black Widow.

[killtheintern]

head canon accepted

[i-am-not-a-guardian-deactivated]

If you would be so kind as to reblog this if you feel insecure about your writing skills.

[madamehardy]

Duh.

[gothiccharmschool]

ahahahahahahaha

[letslipthehounds]

all the time

[writerlyn]

I have two degrees in it and just…all the insecurity. All the time.

[killtheintern]

My writing insecurity has become a constant companion in my life....it’s sad.

[lifeascaty]

TV Pilots: 2014-2015 - UPDATED

It’s that time of year again! I am always excited about new pilots.

A lot of the scripts aren’t available yet, but here are the ones online so far. I’ll update as more become available.

BIG BUMPER CROP OF NEW PILOT SCRIPTS.

Added: 12 Monkeys, A to Z, Allegiance, American Crime, Aquarius, Astronaut Wives Club, Backstrom, Bad Judge, Battle Creek, Big Time in Hollywood Fl, Bloodline, Clipped, Cocked, Complications, CSI Cyber, Deliverance Creek, Dig, Down Dog, Empire, Eye Candy, Fresh Off The Boat, Galavant, Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce, Grace & Frankie, Gracepoint, Happyland, Hindsight, iZombie, Librarians, Mad Dogs, Man Seeking Woman, Marco Polo, Marry Me, Mr Robot, Mystery Girls, Odyssey, Olympus, One Big Happy, Petals on the Wind, Point of Honor, Powers, Proof, Salem Rogers, Secrets and Lies, Sons of Liberty, Stalker, State of Affairs, Texas Rising, The Knick, The McCarthys, The Messengers, The Odd Couple, The Royals, The Slap, The Whispers, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, UnReal, Wayward Pines, Weird Loners, Young & Hungry, Your Family Or Mine.

12 Monkeys - Terry Matalas & Travis Fickett

A to Z - Ben Queen

Allegiance - George Nolfi

American Crime - John Ridley

Aquarius - John McNamara

Backstrom - Hart Hanson

Bad Judge - Chad Kultgen

Battle Creek - Vince Gilligan and David Shore

Benched - Damon Jones & Michaela Watkins

Big Time in Hollywood, Fl - Dan Schimpf & Alex Anfanger

Black-ish - Kenya Barris

Bloodline - Todd A. Kessler, Daniel Zelman, & Glenn Kessler

Clipped - David Kohan & Max Mutchnick

Cocked - Samuel Baum & Sam Shaw

Complications - Matt Nix

Constantine - Daniel Cerone

Cristela - Cristela Alonzo & Kevin Hench

CSI Cyber - Carol Mendelsohn, Ann Donahue, & Anthony E. Zuiker

Deliverance Creek - Melissa Carter

Dig - Tim Kring & Gideon Raff 

Down Dog - Robin Schiff 

Empire - Lee Daniels & Danny Strong

Eye Candy - Emmy Grinwis

Fresh Off The Boat - Nahnatchka Khan 

Forever - Matt Miller

Galavant - Dan Fogelman

Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce - Marti Noxon

Gotham - Bruno Heller

Grace & Frankie - Marta Kauffman & Howard J. Morris 

Gracepoint - Chris Chibnall

Hand of God - Ben Watkins

Happyland - Ben Epstein

High Moon* - Jim Danger Gray

Hindsight - Emily Fox

How to Get Away with Murder - Pete Nowalk

iZombie - Rob Thomas & Diane Ruggiero-Wright

Jane the Virgin - Jennie Snyder Urman

Kingdom - Byron Balasco

Legends - Jeffrey Nachmanoff

Madam Secretary - Barbara Hall

Mad Dogs - Cris Cole

Man Seeking Woman - Simon Rich

Manhattan Love Story - Jeff Lowell

Marco Polo - John Fusco 

Marry Me - David Caspe

Mr Robot - Sam Esmail

Mulaney - John Mulaney

Mystery Girls - Shepard Boucher

Odyssey - Adam Armus & Kay Foster & Peter Horton

Olympus - Nick Willing

One Big Happy - Liz Feldman

Petals on the Wind* - Kayla Alpert

Point of Honor - Carlton Cuse & Randall Wallace

Powers - Charlie Huston

Proof - Rob Bragin

Salem Rogers - Lindsey Stoddart

Secrets and Lies - Barbie Kligman

Sons of Liberty - Stephen David & David C. White

Stalker - Kevin Williamson

State of Affairs - Alexi Hawley

Texas Rising - Leslie Greif, Darrell Fetty, & George Nihil

The Affair - Sarah Treem

The Astronaut Wives Club - Stephanie Savage

The Cosmopolitans - Whit Stillman

The Flash - Andrew Kreisberg & Geoff Johns

The Knick - Jack Amiel & Michael Begler

The Librarians - John Rogers

The McCarthys - Brian Gallivan

The Messengers - Eoghan O'Donnell

The Mysteries of Laura - Jeff Rake

The Odd Couple - Matthew Perry and Joe Keenan

The Royals - Mark Schwahn

The Slap - Jon Robin Baitz

The Whispers - Soo Hugh

Red Band Society - Margaret Nagle

Red Oaks - Greg Jacobs & Joe Gangemi

Scorpion - Nick Santora

Selfie - Emily Kapnek

Survivor’s Remorse - Mike O'Malley

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - Tina Fey and Robert Carlock

UnReal - Sarah Gertrude Shapiro & Marti Noxon

Wayward Pines - Chad Hodge

Weird Loners - Michael J. Weithorn

Young & Hungry - David Holden

Your Family Or Mine - Greg Malins

*Technically a 90min movie now, though originally conceived as a pilot.

See the rest of my screenplay collection here.

[lifeascaty]

Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery—celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from—it’s where you take them to.

Jim Jarmusch (via lifeascaty)

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iconic

[spacemohawks]

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Oh my god tvtheinternet oh my god my babies

[tvtheinternet]

Today is the day they should come out to the world and own their love.

[killtheintern]

Joe Biden...I’m gonna miss you.

[killtheintern]

Change has come

Growing up I was very close to one of our neighbors. His name was Mr. John. He was my parents age and lived in a house toward the front of our neighborhood with another man...his partner. I always knew they were in a relationship like my parents and it never register that it could be wrong to me. Like my parents their love for each other was valid. For the first 9 years of my life Mr. John was like a surrogate father to me. My own worked late nights and when he was home...had other issues. Growing up I remember Mr. John happily volunteering to tuck me in and read me a story. I sometimes think he happily did this because being gay and living Georgia having his own child was a far off dream. He taught me how to read, how to swim, but most importantly to be proud of who I am. When I heard the supreme courts decision today I thought of him. A few years ago i never thought I would see this in my life time. And now all I can think about is that someone who was so important in my life is finally getting the rights he deserves. Mr. John thank you for teaching that love is love, for teaching me acceptance of myself and everyone around me, and for being a father to a little girl who needed one. I am bursting with happiness for you and the gay community. This is an amazing moment in our history and I am in awe of us. ***He eventually did have a child. He adopted a little girl with his partner about a decade ago. I can honestly say I have never seen a child so loved.

[annerocious]

Useful Confession #9

If you read a script for a movie you love, you will immediately grasp how much of what you experienced was NOT ON THE PAGE.

So read a bunch of scripts from movies you love. Screenwriting is not hand-holding and spoon-feeding.

[mondlers]

girl power in my mind is to let girls be exactly what they are. let them be angry. let them be resentful. and rebellious. let them be hard and soft and loving and sad and silly. let them be wrong. let them be right. let them be everything because they are everything.    – amy sherman-palladino (x)

[tastefullyoffensive]

“Thanks for the new bed, guys.” (photo by maxb176)

[killtheintern]

he just looks so happy