Idris Elba and Beasts of No Nation is the cure for ho-hum storytelling.
Idris Elba and Beasts of No Nation is the cure for ho-hum storytelling.
I knew it was going to be a hot one today. 😅
Working on a television series that isn’t spec is so much better than working on a series that is spec. I highly recommend it for everyone. #WritingCommunity
When I was an animator at Dreamworks & I was starting to build what is now Narrative First/Subtxt I would always think to myself, how awesome would it be if I spent the first couple hours of every morning answering story questions for writers all across the world. 🤗
I LOVED Luca, but the phrase “bean shaped mouth in a pear shaped head” to describe every CalArts character design from Steven Universe to Luca makes me laugh 🤣
When your side hustle turned business nets you 3x more than a major studio with mouseears used to pay you to animate on their major motion pictures and theme parks…you know you made the right choice (hint: me – both who this is about, and who I chose).
Words cannot express how grateful I am for everyone of my subscribers to Subtext who helped analyze the entire first Season of HBO’s Succession from beginning to end. A monumental feat that I can wait to share with everyone!! Subtext #screenwriting #writing
I really miss my writing/animating buddy. 😢
James Horner Rocketeer Re-master
My first documentation success story. While I was sleeping somebody needed help abd they were able to get the answer just by reading The Manual.
This only encourages me to do more!
As annoying as Wish Dragon was as a complete copy of Aladdin…it actually turned out to be better in some respects. Top quality. (And the animation was top notch, Olivier!)
Forrest Gump finally up in Subtext. Always thought this one was a bit off (Jenny’s Resolve happens too late for the argument to work), but after going back and forth last year found a Storyform that was close. Need to work on that Premise though. #screenwriting
This one is starred and saved for periodic reading, Why we prioritize support over sales in our SaaS business. And while at times I feel Subtext is one that requires a 68-video course (and that video demos are key), I appreciate the focus on putting people over product.
I wonder how many storytellers know that the flow of the space-time continuum in their stories changes the order and substance of their scenes. 🤓
Subtext - Story Structure for Creative Geniuses #screenwriting
That subtextual analysis of Swingers, written back in 2019 and updated for the new story engine in Subtext. If you ever wanted to know why that phone call scene is so cringy (and a bit too real), this is why: narrativefirst.com/analysis/… #screenwriting
Easily the most important choice you’ll make when writing a story. Setting the Four Throughlines.
Bingo! Back in business on Monterey, looking dark and moody for the rest of the summer. 🌞🕶
Subtext is looking good in Monterey’s Safari (love the top theme bar 🤩)
Ending today with news that a musical I helped develop (in the story department) is being workshopped. 😃🎉🥳
Here’s the analysis of searching, which you haven’t seen I would highly recommend–both for the cleverness of the presentation AND the storyform…searching #screenwriting
And, of course, there’s my life story in Jon Favreau’s Swingers which I finally added to Subtext. (Pretty relevant message if you ask me ☺️) The Storyform for Swingers
With the narrative engine complete, I’m going back through and publishing my backlog of Storyforms sitting in the cloud (some dated 2019!) The first is searching - great thriller I had totally forgotten about. searching
Today’s class on Episodes 7 and 8 of the first season of Succession went GREAT! If predictions are right then Episodes 9 and 10 will be all about Becoming…☺️ #screenwriting
When a client writes to you to say they pitched the idea you helped them with and the production company LOVED it! ☺️ #alwayssuccessstories
Jupiter in Spatial Audio while reading Tchaikovsky’s Children of Ruin. 🥰
Don’t mind me. I’ll be re-installing everything after switching to Monterey a bit too soon 🙃 (I never learn).