J Gideon Sarantinos
@jgsarantinos.bsky.social
Screenwriter, Editor-In-Chief of Creative Screenwriting Magazine & raconteur
To Fully Appreciate the New Knives Out, It Helps to Understand the Subgenres It’s Riffing On flip.it/gtDMQv
To Fully Appreciate the Brilliant New Knives Out, It Helps to Understand the Subgenres It’s Riffing On
Rian Johnson pays a hat tip to the locked-room mystery in Wake Up Dead Man.
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December 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
To Fully Appreciate the New Knives Out, It Helps to Understand the Subgenres It’s Riffing On flip.it/gtDMQv
The Best Movies of 2025 flip.it/R1XSrD
The Best Movies of 2025
Variety chief film critics Peter Debruge and Owen Gleiberman name the year's best movies, including 'One Battle After Another' and 'Marty Surpeme.'
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December 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The Best Movies of 2025 flip.it/R1XSrD
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December 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The complete, ordered #BlackList2025 is now available on blcklst.com/2025BlackList.
What Is ‘Plot Armor’? (Why Some Movie Characters Refuse To Die) flip.it/UWhTzD
What Is ‘Plot Armor’? (Why Some Movie Characters Refuse To Die)
Death tried everything. They still walked away.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
What Is ‘Plot Armor’? (Why Some Movie Characters Refuse To Die) flip.it/UWhTzD
How to Strengthen a Scene with Dramatic Irony flip.it/86A-uO #writesky
How to Strengthen a Scene with Dramatic Irony
Do you know how to write this into your scripts for greater tension?
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November 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
How to Strengthen a Scene with Dramatic Irony flip.it/86A-uO #writesky
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2025 Award Season Screenplays — 9 Total, 7 New Scripts: Belén, Eddington, Friendship, Materialists, The Smashing Machine, Sorry, Baby, Warfare. Download 'em. Read 'em. Analyze 'em. www.patreon.com/posts/2025-a... #movies #screenwriting #scriptsky
November 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Story vs. Plot vs. Premise: The Core Differences Every Writer Should Know flip.it/4QE9kN #storysky
Story vs. Plot vs. Premise: The Core Differences Every Writer Should Know
The three narrative pillars that work together to make or break a film.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Story vs. Plot vs. Premise: The Core Differences Every Writer Should Know flip.it/4QE9kN #storysky
The Difference Between a Plot Twist and a Reveal
And how to do both in your screenplay.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:10 AM
What's Missing From Your TV Pilot Script? flip.it/ideJAF #tvsky
What's Missing From Your TV Pilot Script?
You've read it a dozen times and it still feels like something is missing. But what could it be?
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October 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
What's Missing From Your TV Pilot Script? flip.it/ideJAF #tvsky
The Best Places to Find Inspiration for Your Horror Movie flip.it/3ABLlh #filmsky
The Best Places to Find Inspiration for Your Horror Movie
Do you need some fresh and scary ideas?
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October 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The Best Places to Find Inspiration for Your Horror Movie flip.it/3ABLlh #filmsky
Hollywood Script Readers Fear They Could be Replaced by AI. They Set Up a Test to See Who Gives Better Feedback flip.it/bChUIF #writesky #scriptsky
Hollywood Script Readers Fear They Could be Replaced by AI. They Set Up a Test to See Who Gives Better Feedback
Fearing they could be replaced, Hollywood script readers face off against AI programs to see who gives better feedback.
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October 15, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Hollywood Script Readers Fear They Could be Replaced by AI. They Set Up a Test to See Who Gives Better Feedback flip.it/bChUIF #writesky #scriptsky
5 Story Openings That Kill Your Screenplay
Don't stop your story before it starts.
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October 7, 2025 at 5:24 AM
The Psychological Trick That Turns Writer’s Block Into Momentum flip.it/7gxFwO
The Psychological Trick That Turns Writer’s Block Into Momentum
Discover the simple screenwriting trick that transforms writer’s block into creative momentum—and helps you finish your script faster with better ideas.
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September 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The Psychological Trick That Turns Writer’s Block Into Momentum flip.it/7gxFwO
‘Get Smart’ at 60: How Buck Henry, Mel Brooks and Don Adams Created TV’s Funniest Spy Spoof flip.it/BFHRuv
'Get Smart' at 60: How Mel Brooks Created a TV Classic | Woman's World
Celebrate 60 years of 'Get Smart,' the spy parody created by Mel Brooks, Buck Henry and starring Don Adams as Maxwell Smart.
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September 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
‘Get Smart’ at 60: How Buck Henry, Mel Brooks and Don Adams Created TV’s Funniest Spy Spoof flip.it/BFHRuv
5 Screenwriting Rules You Can Definitely Break flip.it/JWz-mE #writesky
5 Screenwriting Rules You Can Definitely Break
Know the rules—then have fun.
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September 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
5 Screenwriting Rules You Can Definitely Break flip.it/JWz-mE #writesky
Read the 'Hacks' Pilot And Learn Character and Worldbuilding flip.it/-wxc6k/
Read the 'Hacks' Pilot And Learn Character and Worldbuilding
How this comedy show lure huge actors to join its cast.
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August 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Read the 'Hacks' Pilot And Learn Character and Worldbuilding flip.it/-wxc6k/
YouTube Has Become the World's Biggest TV Network—Is It Also the Next Movie Studio? flip.it/e6c6eY
YouTube Has Become the World's Biggest TV Network—Is It Also the Next Movie Studio?
YouTube is dominating the living room. Will it also end up dominating theaters?
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August 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
YouTube Has Become the World's Biggest TV Network—Is It Also the Next Movie Studio? flip.it/e6c6eY
How This TV Writer Learned How to Write Extremely Fast flip.it/n0D_3q
How This TV Writer Learned How to Write Extremely Fast
Learn from TV mastermind Steven Levitan of Modern Family.
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August 16, 2025 at 5:05 AM
How This TV Writer Learned How to Write Extremely Fast flip.it/n0D_3q
Goosebumps Guaranteed: R.L. Stine’s Rules for Writers flip.it/AjbUD0 #writesky
Goosebumps Guaranteed: R.L. Stine’s Rules for Writers
No mystical rituals—just practical writing wisdom from the Goosebumps legend.
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August 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Goosebumps Guaranteed: R.L. Stine’s Rules for Writers flip.it/AjbUD0 #writesky
5 Writing Tips from the Master of Macabre: Edgar Allan Poe flip.it/HNMWRm
5 Writing Tips from the Master of Macabre: Edgar Allan Poe
The author who was the master of melancholy and goth.
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July 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
5 Writing Tips from the Master of Macabre: Edgar Allan Poe flip.it/HNMWRm