Joe Favalaro
@joefavalaro.bsky.social
writer. creative person. canadian.
amateur picturemaker. functioning melancholic.
rep: maddy weese | bellevue productions.
www.theonlywriterever.com
amateur picturemaker. functioning melancholic.
rep: maddy weese | bellevue productions.
www.theonlywriterever.com
When I wrote my first novel, it was dystopian fiction. It wasn’t written well — that of a young, inexperienced writer — but some of the shit I put in that book… I might need to rewrite it and republish it.
January 21, 2026 at 1:49 PM
When I wrote my first novel, it was dystopian fiction. It wasn’t written well — that of a young, inexperienced writer — but some of the shit I put in that book… I might need to rewrite it and republish it.
It is now abundantly clear that the United States of America no longer yearns to be a shining city upon a hill for the many but more so, an outhouse, gold-plated and haphazardly propped up, by a pile of bloated corpses, for the few.
January 20, 2026 at 9:02 PM
It is now abundantly clear that the United States of America no longer yearns to be a shining city upon a hill for the many but more so, an outhouse, gold-plated and haphazardly propped up, by a pile of bloated corpses, for the few.
And we’ve got a first draft.
First new spec in awhile,
first new spec of
the new year.
Feels good to finish something. #scriptsly
First new spec in awhile,
first new spec of
the new year.
Feels good to finish something. #scriptsly
January 15, 2026 at 4:20 PM
And we’ve got a first draft.
First new spec in awhile,
first new spec of
the new year.
Feels good to finish something. #scriptsly
First new spec in awhile,
first new spec of
the new year.
Feels good to finish something. #scriptsly
100 pages in.
On the home stretch
for the new horror spec.
I fuckin’ love writing.
On the home stretch
for the new horror spec.
I fuckin’ love writing.
January 14, 2026 at 6:28 PM
100 pages in.
On the home stretch
for the new horror spec.
I fuckin’ love writing.
On the home stretch
for the new horror spec.
I fuckin’ love writing.
80 pages into the new spec
I don’t know if this thing is any good
I don’t really care, sometimes you just have to write.
I don’t know if this thing is any good
I don’t really care, sometimes you just have to write.
January 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
80 pages into the new spec
I don’t know if this thing is any good
I don’t really care, sometimes you just have to write.
I don’t know if this thing is any good
I don’t really care, sometimes you just have to write.
Variety should get Alex Garland and Ari Aster into a room for a special edition of Directors on Directors.
January 8, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Variety should get Alex Garland and Ari Aster into a room for a special edition of Directors on Directors.
Who will we be
when the smoke
finally dissipates
Who will be we
when the first laugh
breaks through
the endless
wailing.
when the smoke
finally dissipates
Who will be we
when the first laugh
breaks through
the endless
wailing.
January 8, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Who will we be
when the smoke
finally dissipates
Who will be we
when the first laugh
breaks through
the endless
wailing.
when the smoke
finally dissipates
Who will be we
when the first laugh
breaks through
the endless
wailing.
86 ‘26. Getting ahead of it now.
January 1, 2026 at 3:21 AM
86 ‘26. Getting ahead of it now.
Year end roundup. Some of my favourite books I read this year. Some revisits, some new discoveries:
December 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Year end roundup. Some of my favourite books I read this year. Some revisits, some new discoveries:
2025: The Year We Learned
What It Feels Like to Live
Inside An Actively
Rotting Corpse.
What It Feels Like to Live
Inside An Actively
Rotting Corpse.
December 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
2025: The Year We Learned
What It Feels Like to Live
Inside An Actively
Rotting Corpse.
What It Feels Like to Live
Inside An Actively
Rotting Corpse.
20 pages into the new spec,
on track to finish this shit
by the end of the year.
I fuckin’ love writing.
on track to finish this shit
by the end of the year.
I fuckin’ love writing.
December 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
20 pages into the new spec,
on track to finish this shit
by the end of the year.
I fuckin’ love writing.
on track to finish this shit
by the end of the year.
I fuckin’ love writing.
Winter turns me into a lunatic because
every single time, I ended up
writing and finishing
a new script.
Will it happen again this year?
It might. Fuck it, right?
every single time, I ended up
writing and finishing
a new script.
Will it happen again this year?
It might. Fuck it, right?
December 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Winter turns me into a lunatic because
every single time, I ended up
writing and finishing
a new script.
Will it happen again this year?
It might. Fuck it, right?
every single time, I ended up
writing and finishing
a new script.
Will it happen again this year?
It might. Fuck it, right?
I’ve got a bad feeling.
December 17, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I’ve got a bad feeling.
Rest in peace to the person I used to be.
Five years ago today, I quit drinking.
I didn’t achieve anything professionally this year, but I did accomplish this, and above everything, this is what matters most.
Chop wood, carry water.
Five years ago today, I quit drinking.
I didn’t achieve anything professionally this year, but I did accomplish this, and above everything, this is what matters most.
Chop wood, carry water.
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Rest in peace to the person I used to be.
Five years ago today, I quit drinking.
I didn’t achieve anything professionally this year, but I did accomplish this, and above everything, this is what matters most.
Chop wood, carry water.
Five years ago today, I quit drinking.
I didn’t achieve anything professionally this year, but I did accomplish this, and above everything, this is what matters most.
Chop wood, carry water.
I think I chose the wrong decade to quit drinking.
December 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I think I chose the wrong decade to quit drinking.
“The human race sleepwalked to oblivion, thinking only of the corporate logos on its shroud.” ― J.G. Ballard, Kingdom Come.
December 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
“The human race sleepwalked to oblivion, thinking only of the corporate logos on its shroud.” ― J.G. Ballard, Kingdom Come.
I can’t wait to write tomorrow.
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I can’t wait to write tomorrow.
depression season.
December 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
depression season.
The joys and sorrows of creation.
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The joys and sorrows of creation.
Why buy a book shelf when you can make on yourself? Finally got ‘em all out of storage. Misery Pit (my office) feels complete now.
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Why buy a book shelf when you can make on yourself? Finally got ‘em all out of storage. Misery Pit (my office) feels complete now.
Why would I use a hallucinating AI to castrate my imagination and creativity when I can just as easily expand it the natural way — Pharmaceutically induced hallucinations made possible by my trusted friends — DMT, LSD & Mescaline.
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Why would I use a hallucinating AI to castrate my imagination and creativity when I can just as easily expand it the natural way — Pharmaceutically induced hallucinations made possible by my trusted friends — DMT, LSD & Mescaline.
Anyone else secretly find it quietly exciting but softly terrifying to be living inside an Adam Curtis documentary?
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Anyone else secretly find it quietly exciting but softly terrifying to be living inside an Adam Curtis documentary?
Ah fuck, I think I might write
another baseball movie.
What is wrong with me.
another baseball movie.
What is wrong with me.
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Ah fuck, I think I might write
another baseball movie.
What is wrong with me.
another baseball movie.
What is wrong with me.
New draft of a very exciting rewrite sent off to my manager. Time to burn the old one. Fuck, do I ever love rewriting.
Made a fresh poster for it. #scriptsky #screenwriting
Made a fresh poster for it. #scriptsky #screenwriting
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
New draft of a very exciting rewrite sent off to my manager. Time to burn the old one. Fuck, do I ever love rewriting.
Made a fresh poster for it. #scriptsky #screenwriting
Made a fresh poster for it. #scriptsky #screenwriting