Steve Paulo

And here it is: your moment of Zen.

NEW EPISODE! For our second episode of Shocktoberfest II: Electric Boogaloo, Steve brough the 1995 David Fincher crime/mystery spookfest SE7EN to the podcast. Seven sins. One switchblade. And about a thousand tiny pine trees. 2d1m.net/episodes/se7... #filmsky 📽️

NEW EPISODE! This week the Dads kick off SHOCKTOBERFEST II: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO with the spooky 1989 Tom Hanks comedy THE 'BURBS! Join Steve and Nic as we answer the age-old question: What are the neighbors doing over there?! #filmsky 2d1m.net/episodes/the...

Giovanni Ribisi needs at least an Emmy nomination for this. #AmericanHostage

It's not Friday, but I wanted to share the 1st page of a full rewrite of a pilot spec I only recently realized I had just written the wrong story for these characters. I loved the world and people, not the story, so I'm starting again. This is the intro to two of the major characters. #scriptsky

no matter what I do with this series pilot screenplay, it feels like "not enough happens"... of course, I'm introducing like 12 character and two season-long story arcs, plus wrapping a small version of one of them, all in 30-ish pages. Maybe this is why writing spec pilots isn't more popular.

NEW EPISODE! We're going back to 1997, but the soundtrack is all '80s! John Cusack is back in town for his 10-year reunion in GROSSE POINTE BLANK, maybe the best action-rom-com of all time? #movies #80s #90s #filmsky 📽️ 2d1m.net/episodes/gro...

Just put 3.5 miles on my shoes in just 64 minutes. Not easy at 305 lbs, but what worth doing is?

What options are out there to get coverage/feedback on not just a series pilot spec, but the series bible to go with it? #scriptsky #tvsky

I find the process of writing a series pilot so interesting compared to a feature. Like I *can't* wrap up all the threads or pay off all the setups, but I have to let the reader in on what *might* be coming. Very different. #scriptsky

First page of my new pilot spec, KENTMORE, for #FirstPageFriday. It's still in very rough form...

When I post about my screenwriting journey on bsky, I get a few likes from obviously real people, other writers, just like, "hey pal. Nice. We see you." That's good. Same content on Threads gets me a half-dozen people (bots?) offering beta reader and editing services. That's bad.

The first screenplay I ever finished got an 8 on the Black List, a semifinal finish at Fade In, and a 2nd-round finish at AFF. And I'm happily shelving it indefinitely. It's not actually the kind of story I want to write. But still. Feels good for a first stab. #scriptsky

It's been a couple months since I "finished" anything new, but after spending ~2 weeks on a series bible, I just wrapped the first draft of a series pilot, a single-cam comedy set in Napa Valley about a tiny town and its community theater. Really enjoying the format! #scriptsky

NEW EPISODE! Join the Dads as we dive into Rob Reiner's 1987 masterpiece THE PRINCESS BRIDE. It has fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles, and Steve doing a pretty dang good Wallace Shawn impression! 2d1m.net/episodes/the... #filmsky 📽️

NEW EPISODE! Join the dads on the hottest day ever in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, as we discuss Spike Lee's epic DO THE RIGHT THING. The way Sal pronounces "pizzeria" is not remotely the most offensive thing that happens in this movie, but it isn't great. 2d1m.net/episodes/do-... #filmsky 📽️

The most feared security guard in the game wears the silliest hat... #filmsky 📽️ 2dads1movie.com/episodes/mal...

In a movie where very little made sense, offering Brodie The Tonight Show made the most little sense. Err. Whatever. You know what we mean. #filmsky 📽️ 2dads1movie.com/episodes/mal...

Great call, Bill Atherton! #filmsky 📽️ 2dads1movie.com/episodes/mal...

Did you know the Diet Coke fountain cup in front of T.S. was cropped out of the TV edit? #filmsky 📽️ 2dads1movie.com/episodes/mal...

Be honest, now... you ever stinkpalm someone? It's okay. You can tell us. #filmsky 📽️ 2dads1movie.com/episodes/mal...

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old?

Did you get Magic Eye books or calendars for Christmas back in the '90s? I mean... who didn't? #filmsky 📽️ 2dads1movie.com/episodes/mal...

NEW EPISODE! This week the Dads tackle 1995's MALLRATS, the sophomore effort by Kevin Smith, who has divided these two before. Is this the film they disagree the most on so far? Yes. Yes it is. 2d1m.net/episodes/mal... #filmsky #movies #film #90s #80s

Did you know that both principal actors from the 1962 original CAPE FEAR reappear in Scorsese's verson? #filmsky 📽️ 2dads1movie.com/episodes/cap...

On another viewing it's even worse than we thought! One Sip Sam is *riding shotgun* while Drinkin' By Himself Danny drives! #filmsky 📽️ 2dads1movie.com/episodes/a-f...

I think getting a Black List eval with an 8 Overall on my first screenplay, just months after deciding to start writing screenplays, was actually detrimental to my growth over the months since. I have so much to learn, so many reps to still get in. I actually considered querying this Fall! Ha!

Suuuuure, Lt. Weinberg. That baby's gonna talk any day now. #filmsky 📽️ 2dads1movie.com/episodes/a-f...

Come on, everybody likes to be told when they should laugh! #filmsky 📽️ 2dads1movie.com/episodes/a-f...

Tom Cruise clearly didn't play Little League 2d1m.net/episodes/a-f... #filmsky 📽️

NEW EPISODE! Today we welcome our first-ever guest on 2 Dads 1 Movie: Nic's wife, Jeanie! She joins us for one of her favorite all-time movies, A FEW GOOD MEN from 1992. Cruise, Moore, Nicholson, Sutherland, Bacon, Pollak, Wyle, Gooding Jr., Guest, Walsh... check it out! 2d1m.net/episodes/a-f...

America has lost our beloved Grandma. Rest in peace, Dolly. She can never, ever be duplicated.

i know it's like the one fact that everyone knows about her, but still: Dolly Parton sat down and wrote "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene" in the same evening. That's a bigger contribution to american culture in a single sitting than almost anyone in their entire lives.

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: 1. The Fundamentals of Movement 2. The Politics of Terrorism 3. Beginning Golf 4. Politics, Law, and the Distribution of Justice 5. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Well I definitely did not have "Teach My 7yo Daughter That The Story 'Honey Bunny Funnybunny' Is Not Cute And Cuddly But A Textbook Example Of Abusive Childhood Relationships That Set Girls Up To Seek Out Abusive Partners Later In Life" on my bingo card tonight, but hey, here we are. #parenting

NEW EPISODE! We watched "So I Married An Axe Murderer", the 1993 Mike Myers comedy that almost doesn't feel like a Mike Myers comedy... until he shows up playing his own dad, a cartoonish Scottish sexagenarian. HEED! DOWN! #filmsky 📽️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

NEW EPISODE! Join us as we enter the Kumite alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme and Ogre from the Alpha Beta Fraternity in BLOODSPORT! Come for the slow-moving bouts, stay for the unnecessary splits! 2d1m.net/episodes/blo... #filmsky 📽️

After watching the first episode of "Bring Me The Beauties" I have to wonder if Julianne Moore didn't crib even a little of Maude Lebowski's voice from Frederick von Mierers

After watching the first episode of "Bring Me The Beauties" I have to wonder if Julianne Moore didn't crib even a little of Maude Lebowski's voice from Frederick von Mierers

My latest screenplay idea is about a small-time librarian and the zombie apocalypse. The working title is THE LEGEND OF GERTRUDE PERRY, LIBRARIAN. The title is the best thing about it, so far. So... not great, Bob.

Anybody else absolutely *hate* writing loglines? Like... passionately? Is this a personal flaw? Or do loglines *suck*? #scriptsky

Am I just completely naive, or is the question Truby poses in "Anatomy of Story" about "why am I the one writing this?" not just "because it was my fucking idea?" Is that not enough? I liked "Anatomy" but the more and more I work on story ideas, the less and less I care about it... #scriptsky

Mark my words: someday, Abdul El-Sayed will be POTUS.

Volume III of @stevepaulo.net 's notes for the podcast are now archived. 73 episodes, and counting!

I am rewriting one of my screenplays from a supporting character's perspective, making it her story instead. This is how it opens. #scriptsky #FirstPageFriday

I am rewriting a screenplay from a supporting character's perspective. I made a new copy and started working on it. I didn't realize I still had the original version opened, so I just wrote *15* new pages in the wrong draft. I'm just glad I caught it before I got even further. #scriptsky

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NEW EPISODE! Break out your multipass and count the points left on your license, because Steve and Nic are heading to the 23rd century and Luc Besson's unmistakably French fever dream, 1997's THE FIFTH ELEMENT. 2d1m.net/episodes/the... #filmsky 📽️

NEW EPISODE! Join Steve & Nic as we revist the 1998 Coen Brothers classic, THE BIG LEBOWSKI. Does the Dude abide? Come find out! 2d1m.net/episodes/the... #filmsky 📽️