Dan Thompson
@mrdanthompson.bsky.social
Writer of fiction, creative non-fiction and stories for the media.📚🖥️📰 ✍🏻
Creative Writing Alumni University of Cambridge.
Interested in writing of all kinds including for the screen, stage, prose, poetry and VSS.
Creative Writing Alumni University of Cambridge.
Interested in writing of all kinds including for the screen, stage, prose, poetry and VSS.
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Dan Thompson
@mrdanthompson.bsky.social
· Nov 17
I’ve just started on a new short story that I may try and turn into a novel. I’ve been agonising about a daily word target and 500 feels about right. It’s manageable even on a bad day and I’m being more consistent with output and quality. #writing www.thecut.com/2018/06/if-y...
Just Write 500 Words
It’s simple.
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February 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I’ve just started on a new short story that I may try and turn into a novel. I’ve been agonising about a daily word target and 500 feels about right. It’s manageable even on a bad day and I’m being more consistent with output and quality. #writing www.thecut.com/2018/06/if-y...
Reposted by Dan Thompson
December 9, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Reposted by Dan Thompson
The planet held a strange sense about it, as though a #latent evil awaited, just below the surface.
Dylan had sensed this sort of thing before. A place too quiet, with little to no life, but the sensor sweep had said nothing about what lay here.
He shouldn’t land, but he was going to.
#vss365
Dylan had sensed this sort of thing before. A place too quiet, with little to no life, but the sensor sweep had said nothing about what lay here.
He shouldn’t land, but he was going to.
#vss365
December 10, 2024 at 9:16 AM
#Latent was having a hard time.
Not only had its opposite and rival, Manifest, been named Cambridge dictionary’s word of the year, it was now being toyed with by a bunch of writers on social media.
“It’s like there are these latent forces shaping my life,” Latent mused.
#vss365
#vss
#writing
Not only had its opposite and rival, Manifest, been named Cambridge dictionary’s word of the year, it was now being toyed with by a bunch of writers on social media.
“It’s like there are these latent forces shaping my life,” Latent mused.
#vss365
#vss
#writing
December 10, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just .gifs
#FilmSky
#Movies 🎬📽️
#moviechallenge
4/20
No explanations, no reviews, just .gifs
#FilmSky
#Movies 🎬📽️
#moviechallenge
4/20
a monkey is standing in the middle of a desert in a scene from the movie 2001 : a space odyssey .
ALT: a monkey is standing in the middle of a desert in a scene from the movie 2001 : a space odyssey .
media.tenor.com
December 10, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just .gifs
#FilmSky
#Movies 🎬📽️
#moviechallenge
4/20
No explanations, no reviews, just .gifs
#FilmSky
#Movies 🎬📽️
#moviechallenge
4/20
“Vestibule.”
You watch a man with an ‘Uncommitted’ badge shuffle out the elevator.
*Ding*
“Limbo.”
You step out into a meadow wearing a stolen ‘Unbaptised’ badge.
Behind you, your wife, now wearing your ‘Traitor’ badge screams as the elevator continues its #descent through hell.
#vss365
#dante
You watch a man with an ‘Uncommitted’ badge shuffle out the elevator.
*Ding*
“Limbo.”
You step out into a meadow wearing a stolen ‘Unbaptised’ badge.
Behind you, your wife, now wearing your ‘Traitor’ badge screams as the elevator continues its #descent through hell.
#vss365
#dante
December 9, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Reposted by Dan Thompson
Yes, perhaps it's time to write surreal stories while the world spins out of kilter.
#amwriting #writingcommunity
lithub.com/the-craft-of...
#amwriting #writingcommunity
lithub.com/the-craft-of...
The Craft of Surrealism: On Accessing the Unconscious in Our Fiction
I found literary surrealism as a young teenager by way of Anaïs Nin. I’d become obsessed, fascinated with her Cities of the Interior, which felt heightened, using surrealist imagery in the context …
lithub.com
December 8, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Yes, perhaps it's time to write surreal stories while the world spins out of kilter.
#amwriting #writingcommunity
lithub.com/the-craft-of...
#amwriting #writingcommunity
lithub.com/the-craft-of...
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just .gifs
#FilmSky
#Movies 🎬📽️
#moviechallenge
3/20
No explanations, no reviews, just .gifs
#FilmSky
#Movies 🎬📽️
#moviechallenge
3/20
a man in a white shirt and red tie is holding a white mug in his hand .
ALT: a man in a white shirt and red tie is holding a white mug in his hand .
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just .gifs
#FilmSky
#Movies 🎬📽️
#moviechallenge
3/20
No explanations, no reviews, just .gifs
#FilmSky
#Movies 🎬📽️
#moviechallenge
3/20
Reposted by Dan Thompson
A planarian worm on the internet
explains that the nature of pain is subjective, and how it likes to be cut into little pieces, because, in the realm of immortality, a little pressure never hurt anyone.
#vss365
explains that the nature of pain is subjective, and how it likes to be cut into little pieces, because, in the realm of immortality, a little pressure never hurt anyone.
#vss365
December 8, 2024 at 1:37 PM
A planarian worm on the internet
explains that the nature of pain is subjective, and how it likes to be cut into little pieces, because, in the realm of immortality, a little pressure never hurt anyone.
#vss365
explains that the nature of pain is subjective, and how it likes to be cut into little pieces, because, in the realm of immortality, a little pressure never hurt anyone.
#vss365
Cleave me in two … if you think you can hurt me.
Break me down and scatter my body to the wind … if you think that will stop me.
You think me only a simple #planaria.
That you are better than me.
But unlike me, please never lose your head.
For while I’ll be reborn anew you’ll be dead.
#vss365
Break me down and scatter my body to the wind … if you think that will stop me.
You think me only a simple #planaria.
That you are better than me.
But unlike me, please never lose your head.
For while I’ll be reborn anew you’ll be dead.
#vss365
December 8, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just .gifs
#FilmSky
#Movies 🎬📽️
#moviechallenge
2/20
No explanations, no reviews, just .gifs
#FilmSky
#Movies 🎬📽️
#moviechallenge
2/20
a close up of a person 's face with a hand reaching out
ALT: a close up of a person 's face with a hand reaching out
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just .gifs
#FilmSky
#Movies 🎬📽️
#moviechallenge
2/20
No explanations, no reviews, just .gifs
#FilmSky
#Movies 🎬📽️
#moviechallenge
2/20
They call us #creepers.
Too fragile to stand tall and face the world alone.
We find our own ways of seeking out the light.
Sensitive to others, we grow where our support is strongest.
Because when we feel secure we’re fast and fun.
And flower together facing the sun.
#vss365
#vss
#writing
Too fragile to stand tall and face the world alone.
We find our own ways of seeking out the light.
Sensitive to others, we grow where our support is strongest.
Because when we feel secure we’re fast and fun.
And flower together facing the sun.
#vss365
#vss
#writing
December 8, 2024 at 7:41 AM
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just .gifs
#FilmSky
#Movies 🎬📽️
#moviechallenge
1/20
No explanations, no reviews, just .gifs
#FilmSky
#Movies 🎬📽️
#moviechallenge
1/20
a man in a suit says " o captain my captain " in white letters
ALT: a man in a suit says " o captain my captain " in white letters
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just .gifs
#FilmSky
#Movies 🎬📽️
#moviechallenge
1/20
No explanations, no reviews, just .gifs
#FilmSky
#Movies 🎬📽️
#moviechallenge
1/20
I packed up and drove into the wilderness because I needed to discover the world inside me, away from all the noise.
If only you’d have come with me we could have discovered ourselves together.
Then I would have returned to the world with you, instead of leaving it behind.
#vsspic
#vss
#writing
If only you’d have come with me we could have discovered ourselves together.
Then I would have returned to the world with you, instead of leaving it behind.
#vsspic
#vss
#writing
December 7, 2024 at 5:58 AM
What are the #parameters for this #vss365?
You need to use the word parameters and keep it to 300 characters.
And how do I make it good?
Get straight into the action and suggest a larger narrative.
If I write it you’ll let me live?
Depends on the number of likes.
*A gun clicks and is raised*
You need to use the word parameters and keep it to 300 characters.
And how do I make it good?
Get straight into the action and suggest a larger narrative.
If I write it you’ll let me live?
Depends on the number of likes.
*A gun clicks and is raised*
December 6, 2024 at 6:27 PM
What are the #parameters for this #vss365?
You need to use the word parameters and keep it to 300 characters.
And how do I make it good?
Get straight into the action and suggest a larger narrative.
If I write it you’ll let me live?
Depends on the number of likes.
*A gun clicks and is raised*
You need to use the word parameters and keep it to 300 characters.
And how do I make it good?
Get straight into the action and suggest a larger narrative.
If I write it you’ll let me live?
Depends on the number of likes.
*A gun clicks and is raised*
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
Day 20
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
Day 20
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
December 6, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
Day 20
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
Day 20
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
Humankind is central to existence.
Or so some believe.
But what are we really?
Compared to the largest living organism on Earth.
One that seeks to sustain not destroy.
What value intelligence if the intention is wrong?
What value the word #mycelium without a human left to speak it?
#vss365
#writing
Or so some believe.
But what are we really?
Compared to the largest living organism on Earth.
One that seeks to sustain not destroy.
What value intelligence if the intention is wrong?
What value the word #mycelium without a human left to speak it?
#vss365
#writing
December 5, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
Day 19
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
Day 19
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
December 5, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
Day 19
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
Day 19
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
Day 18
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
Day 18
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
December 4, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
Day 18
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
Day 18
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
Soaked, Alan waited by the ‘Welcome to Little Piddle’ sign, speed camera gun in hand.
A loud engine roar woke him from a daydream about the pointlessness of his existence.
His own number plate. His wife.
Alan raised the gun.
He’d always prided himself on being a good #citizen.
#vss365
#writing
A loud engine roar woke him from a daydream about the pointlessness of his existence.
His own number plate. His wife.
Alan raised the gun.
He’d always prided himself on being a good #citizen.
#vss365
#writing
December 3, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
Day 17
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
Day 17
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
December 3, 2024 at 8:32 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
Day 17
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
Day 17
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
It was Tony’s big day.
He’d been on the space station for weeks but it had seemed like years.
Tony was a #tardigrade of action-the toughest of the tough, and today he would prove it.
The first of his kind to space walk. Him not Tim!
The airlock opened and Tony floated into the void.
#vss365
He’d been on the space station for weeks but it had seemed like years.
Tony was a #tardigrade of action-the toughest of the tough, and today he would prove it.
The first of his kind to space walk. Him not Tim!
The airlock opened and Tony floated into the void.
#vss365
December 3, 2024 at 1:59 AM
It was Tony’s big day.
He’d been on the space station for weeks but it had seemed like years.
Tony was a #tardigrade of action-the toughest of the tough, and today he would prove it.
The first of his kind to space walk. Him not Tim!
The airlock opened and Tony floated into the void.
#vss365
He’d been on the space station for weeks but it had seemed like years.
Tony was a #tardigrade of action-the toughest of the tough, and today he would prove it.
The first of his kind to space walk. Him not Tim!
The airlock opened and Tony floated into the void.
#vss365
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
Day 16
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
Day 16
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
December 2, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
Day 16
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
Day 16
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
He never went anywhere unless he felt certain he would be safe.
They said it stemmed from his childhood and he needed to say #yes to life more.
But they didn’t know that others wanted to hurt him.
That he saw them at his window late at night.
That he could hear them talking to him.
#vss365
They said it stemmed from his childhood and he needed to say #yes to life more.
But they didn’t know that others wanted to hurt him.
That he saw them at his window late at night.
That he could hear them talking to him.
#vss365
December 1, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
Day 15
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
Day 15
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
December 1, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚
Day 15
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge
Day 15
#booksky #writingcommunity
#bookchallenge