David Dean

New Bluesky feature's proving popular.

This is making me realize that if Alan Moore ever comes out as pro-AI I may actually just jump into a volcano.

If I don't finish this rewrite before AFF, I vow to commit ritual seppuku with a Hello Kitty pencil in the lobby of the Stephen F. Austin hotel. #scriptsky

As we approach the midterms, remember that the Alt National Park Service is a merch sales operation claiming without evidence to be a group of federal employees, and is not a genuine source of news about elections of any kind. Please get your election info from a local, reputable source.

Appreciating Colorado's official "I Voted" digital sticker. Blucifer's a fundamentally pro-democracy Satanic horse.

I originally had a whole paragraph about how we couldn't rely on professional writers to hold the line against any of this, but I removed it because it seemed overly pessimistic. #scriptsky #booksky

Great Moments In Scene Description History. #scriptsky

I took all my feelings about using AI for screenwriting and wrote them down. It's a little long, but don't worry, it's also depressing. #scriptsky cynohead.com/notes/writin...

Maybe nothing sums up where we're at better than this. 2.5k likes on an ostensibly anti-AI post which is actually a stolen comment (likely originally from QueenMother1976 on Twitter) slapped over an AI-generated image.

Didn't want to believe this, but I'm seeing confirmation all over social media.

Now that the full schedule's been released, it's good to see that this year's AFF panels look pretty manageable for me and my seven clones. #scriptsky

Tilly Norwood Moved To Trash Folder By Deranged Fan

Time traveler POV shot.

The shortest unit of time ever measured was between me seeing a political AI-generated Peanuts cartoon and hitting the block button.

With some regex, I could really refine this.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJs7... #screenwriting #scriptsky

The correct reaction to the list of best TV shows is to scan emotionlessly past any ranking you agree with, then: - "X should be higher / lower" - "The presence / absence of X renders this entire list invalid" - "Only a monster would put X above / below Y" - "No Garth Marenghi's Darkplace!?!"

Some years ago the Iconfactory created some nice downloadable icons based on these designs: blog.iconfactory.com/2013/10/ios-...

Migrant rights - especially the rights of asylum seekers - matter to me, because as an economic migrant myself, I know how hard it is to migrate, even when everything goes right. No Ghosts Tonight is about how much worse it can get when things go wrong. #scriptsky #screenpit.

I've read VOICELESS - it's a really powerful, smart, story that stands up to rereading.

This week’s Scriptnotes with Aaron Sorkin is one of my favorites. In the bonus segment, we discuss his never-made Houdini musical.

DUST ON DIRT A burger-slinging astronomy student used as prey in a sadistic hunting game in the desert escapes, and finds help from a reclusive smuggler – but when she uncovers his deal with her kidnappers, she must confront her own capacity for violence. Nicholl QF #screenpit #scriptsky #Fe #Thr

FAR AS THE CROW FLIES A guilt-plagued school-shooting survivor and an emotionally-numb goth become unlikely 'fruit-pickers for a visa' on a remote orchard — but when their predatory boss kidnaps them, they must rekindle each other’s will to live. Big Break QF #screenpit #scriptsky #fe #thr #ho

NO GHOSTS TONIGHT by Adele Smaill In a bid to get home, a young exile forces her way aboard an inflatable dinghy full of asylum seekers, who must band together to evade capture and survive a deadly Channel crossing. I wish this one wasn't topical, but it is. #Screenpit #Scriptsky #Fe #Dr #Thr

✨ PAGE Gold Winner ✨ – VOICELESS In 1890s Montana, a mute girl with an unsettling power escapes an abusive marriage and flees across the plains, joining a disillusioned preacher on a journey towards freedom or damnation. #ScreenPit #scriptsky #Fea #CWin #Dr #Wes #Su #Ad

Hammering the Like button on all the Screenpit posters that weren’t generated by AI. #scriptsky

✨ PAGE Gold Winner ✨ – VOICELESS In 1890s Montana, a mute girl with an unsettling power escapes an abusive marriage and flees across the plains, joining a disillusioned preacher on a journey towards freedom or damnation. #ScreenPit #scriptsky #Fea #CWin #Dr #Wes #Su #Ad

A little harsh, but probably fair. #scriptsky

When you receive feedback on a script, do you want to know about typos? I seem to be a human typo detector, but I feel guilty mentioning them, like, "Thanks for sharing your deeply emotional narrative. Here's thirteen typos." Useful or insultingly nitpicky? #scriptsky

One of my memories about the weeks following 9/11 was the collective belief among cultural commentators that movies had been forever changed, and that no longer would anyone in the West want to see large-scale violence on screen.

I have ethical concerns about plagiarism as much as anyone, but it's clearly not going away so we have a responsibility to get a seat at the table and help guarantee clean, conscientious plagiarism that *democratizes* theft.

Aside from the practical purpose, I also like CONTINUOUS for the reading experience. Scene headings imply a little mental reset. CONTINUOUS says, “Nope, stay in the moment.” #scriptsky

It's AFF results time again... #scriptsky bsky.app/profile/cyno...

Logline for "3.1415926535": "Brock 'Math' Matheson needs to beat the record for reciting Pi at the International Mathematical Symposium or his career's over. But there's a bomb in his brain that will explode if he takes too long between digits, and terrorists have taken his family." #scriptsky

"44. Title consists entirely of a string of digits." This is why my action spec about reciting Pi to 1000 decimal places didn't sell. #scriptsky

Maybe I'm weird in that I don't share early ideas for new projects. I like to get a solid version of what I'm aiming for (second draft at least) before bringing anyone else in and getting feedback. Could be I just don't have enough ideas I like to need help choosing between them... #scriptsky

People who generate fiction with AI will never know the exhilaration of hating everything you write and then finally scraping out a half-sentence that isn't completely terrible and taking the rest of the day off. #scriptsky

This is making me realize that meeting people at festivals like AFF will become important just to confirm they're human. #scriptsky

Software engineers employ "rubberducking" (describing bugs to a rubber duck) as a way to prompt new insights and solve problems. For writing I do something similar by explaining my plot holes to a Lego Shakespeare. Hasn't helped a bit, but at least he's non-judgmental. #scriptsky

Now this is how you end a script... #scriptsky

David Lynch cares not for your scene headings. #scriptsky

Me and my taste in fictional characters.

Index cards on a corkboard. Colored sharpies on a whiteboard. These are my favorite ways to feel like a professional writer while completely failing to solve these goddamn fucking plot holes. #scriptsky

Just checked my manly bookshelf and sure enough my copy of Crime And Punishment has up and vanished.

PAGE Awards now promoting $250 AI-generated slop-boards. #scriptsky