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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · 13h

maybe we’re all just living
in the carcass of a dream
that died a long time ago.

Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · 3d

Every time I’m compelled to write a script in reaction to the world, I lose my way, because, I firmly believe that the more local I am in my writing, the more universal it becomes.

When my vision becomes too wide in scope, it loses its potency. And we can’t be having that in times like these.

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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · 5d

I haven’t watched this much baseball since I was 14. We are most certainly in the end times.

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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · 6d

Still absolutely firm in my belief that we’d be better off as a species if more people admitted and embraced that we have no fucking clue what we’re doing.

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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · 8d

Personally adore Thomas Newman’s score for Revolutionary Road.

Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · 10d

Spec is out in the world. People reading.
Everything out of my control. Feels good to let go.

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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · 12d

Had a great time chatting ‘bout my path into screenwriting at Hamilton Film Festival with Hamilton Film Board this past weekend.

Being on a stage without violently loud amplifiers drowning out my voice was strange but still a good time. #screenwriting

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Leah from South Dakota @leahfromsd.bsky.social · 14d

Since I haven't done a #StoryDNA post for a hot minute, I figured in honor of INSATIOUS landing on this year's #DeadList2025, now was as good an excuse as any to get into 🧵

Because you are going to read this and have questions 😅

www.officialstuntlist.com/dead-list-20...

INSATIOUS VHS cover, written by Leah Simmons

LOGLINE: A suicidal woman is cursed with an inescapable craving for carnal pleasure and human flesh after a night of debauchery with a wealthy couple. Now she must exact her bloody revenge and find a cure before she devours the people she loves.

VIBE CHECK: EYES WIDE SHUT meets RAVENOUS

FORMAT: Feature

WORLD PREMIERE

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Jarom Scott Andrews @legendofjarom.bsky.social · 14d

What happens when a 15-foot great white shark ends up in Walden Pond? Read SHARK IN THE POND to find out! Link below. This is the most fun I’ve ever had writing a script. Hope you enjoy! #scriptsky #filmsky #screenwriting

SHARK IN THE POND — The Stunt List

There’s a great white shark in Walden Pond, and four college students who want to save it clash with the authorities trying to put it down.

www.officialstuntlist.com

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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · 14d

Dead List day is always a good day! Some wild loglines on here to sink your teeth into and, speaking of teeth--

Stoked to have something a little different on the Dead List this time around. My body horror short story, The Thing With Teeth, is available to read! #TheDeadList

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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · 15d

Nothing better than getting a great note
that makes you abolsutely stoked to rewrite.

Chop wood, carry water.

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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · 17d

First spec going out on Monday.
Simultaneously excited and terrified.

the joker is wearing a purple jacket and a black shirt

ALT: the joker is wearing a purple jacket and a black shirt

media.tenor.com

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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · 18d

On Saturday, I'm joining a panel at the local film fest to chat about my path into screenwriting and, with every second inching closer to it, my imposter syndrome grows larger and larger teeth.

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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · 18d

If the day ends with having written even one, true sentence, then it was all worth it.

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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · 26d

Nothing like a quiet moment before bed
for my brain to give me ideas of
absolute nightmare fuel
for this new script.

May you live in interesting times.

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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · Oct 2

One Battle After Another. What a movie.

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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · Sep 28

Just another casual Sunday, contemplating if I should give up writing. Think I need to disappear for a minute and recalibrate.

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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · Sep 24

Cheers! Haha, yeah got the idea from when I gave my mom one!

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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · Sep 24

I tried to get away from that trope in a recent script, haha. Used a digital picture frame instead.

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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · Sep 24

Another day, another draft of a short story. Idk, man. Writing, without a plan, for the sake of letting the mind take over narrative control, just feels right. #writing

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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · Sep 24

Sooooooooooo damn stoked for this one. Huge Congrats, dude!

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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · Sep 17

May you live in interesting times.

Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · Sep 12

The system is eating itself alive.

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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · Sep 10

powder keg.

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Joe Favalaro @joefavalaro.bsky.social · Sep 2

“No greater desire exists than a wounded person's need for another wound.” ― Georges Bataille, Guilty.

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