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Brett Nicholson

@aggiebrett.bsky.social

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Screenwriter of rambunctious eloquence. Sometimes comedy, sometimes comedic, sometimes just dramatic. Hard to believe I was a Nicholl Finalist! Love movies, beer, music, tacos, and floating in a Texas river. BlueSky since 2023. Occasionally sarcastic.

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Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · Nov 11

Offered for consideration for #TheGreyList:

QUEEN OF THE SKY

When Nazis invade, young Ukrainian flier Lilya Litvyak battles not only the Luftwaffe but also the sexism and bureaucracy of the Soviet system to become history's highest scoring female ace. Then is forgotten. Until now.

#scriptsky

Mockup poster for QUEEN OF THE SKY, w/Florence Pugh dreamcasted as Lilya Litvyak

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Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 2m

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Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 12m

do KWEZ nee

Easy!

Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 13m

Well.

She could make me happier.

Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 14m

"Kuykendahl"

(or "Mexia")

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Progressive-Man @progressive-man.bsky.social · 16h

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Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 3h

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Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 3h

Well, clearly you lack the warm gooey loving charisma synonymous with my name.

Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 3h

I offer this only because I know the world hangs in nervous expectation:

Yes, I cracked the magical mystical 3000 follower barrier.

You may now attempt to resume your own tiny humdrum lives.

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Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 3h

There will always be another open window.

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Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 3h

1. Remove all uses of “really,” “very,” “slightly”, and “slowly,”

2. Fix all uses of “is/are [verb]-ing”

3. No names longer than four letters

4. No locations except Ohio or Iowa

5. No parenthetical

6. Kill all widows and orphans

If that doesn’t get you there, then meteorite strike on p113

YW😎

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David Anaxagoras (he/him) @davidanaxagoras.com · 4h

It's not what we have become, it's what has been revealed. ICE agents didn't suddenly poof into existence yesterday. Those dragon teeth were planted long ago and carefully cultivated for generations. Not new. Only their hoods have changed.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah, just upped up a top of the head logline for another ridiculous thing and… I gotta say, I’ve written worse things and seen them requested.

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Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 8h

Reminder to occasionally check your emails Junk folder: o almost overlooked a notice that I’d won another Nobel Prize for smartassery!

If anyone needs me, I’m shopping for a larger mantle.

Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 9h

Or, ya know, that’s like, my opinion, man.

Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 9h

Writing remains very much like exercise: the hardest part is often just getting your ass going. And then it all feels weird and ungainly for a tiny bit and then suddenly your reptilian brain stem goes “oh yeah— I remember this. We got this.” #scriptsky

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Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 9h

Sometimes I still laugh hard at snarky childish stuff I delete unposted.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 20h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 9h

Thursday which means only one more trudge before Finally Friday and then a normal 2-day weekend— a thing I’ve not had n over a month now.

Yaaa. Hooo.

Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 17h

SOMEONE SET US UP THE BOMB.

Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 17h

Why yes I just scribbled the prose version of the first few scenes for yet another completely idiotic thing that has no reason for being.

#Scriptsky

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 18h

Donald Trump demanded the arrest of Chicago’s mayor and the governor of Illinois. @jonlemire.bsky.social on why Trump’s threats are no longer bluster:

Retribution Is Here

The president’s threats of revenge are no longer bluster.

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Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 18h

We watched it as a family (daughter is big into birding), and one of the other kids said "that's like ENDLESS SUMMER but about birdwatching. It makes you want to join in."

Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 18h

These guys made a movie that was more engaging and more entertaining and more joyful than most anything else I've seen in a theater in a long long time.

Inspiring.

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Spooky Jess @iamnotaboat.bsky.social · 3d

My sister got me Quentin’s book as an early birthday gift.

A book called Field Guide of All the Birds We Found One Year in the United States by Quentin Reiser.

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