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@scottblaszak.bsky.social
Writer of screenplays. Also McSweeneys, WNYC and Slate. Philadelphia. Enjoys the trainwreck that is college football. (Notre Dame)
https://scottblaszak.carrd.co/
https://scottblaszak.carrd.co/
The most precious commodity you have is your attention.
I’m so sorry you’re reading this.
I’m so sorry you’re reading this.
November 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention.
I’m so sorry you’re reading this.
I’m so sorry you’re reading this.
New study confirms AI will drink your milkshake but my milkshake will be waiting for me per usual with a side of golden french fries
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
New study confirms AI will drink your milkshake but my milkshake will be waiting for me per usual with a side of golden french fries
Refreshing
Breaking:
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Refreshing
So, a quick update on how the screenwriting’s going. I split with my old manager a few years ago — he kind of dropped me. So, at that point, I tried to focus on writing a few specs that could grab attention.
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
So, a quick update on how the screenwriting’s going. I split with my old manager a few years ago — he kind of dropped me. So, at that point, I tried to focus on writing a few specs that could grab attention.
At my house we're getting into the microdrama space.
November 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
At my house we're getting into the microdrama space.
I watch lots of movies on my laptop but i do it in a movie theater
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I watch lots of movies on my laptop but i do it in a movie theater
he was a thought leader in the thoughtless space
November 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
he was a thought leader in the thoughtless space
I can never remember if DEFCON 1 or DEFCON 5 is the bad one.
And I work in the situation room .
And I work in the situation room .
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I can never remember if DEFCON 1 or DEFCON 5 is the bad one.
And I work in the situation room .
And I work in the situation room .
Flight attendant to coach screenwriters while closing the first class curtain: “Maybe if you’d worked on more commercial concepts earlier in your life, I wouldn’t have to do this.”
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Flight attendant to coach screenwriters while closing the first class curtain: “Maybe if you’d worked on more commercial concepts earlier in your life, I wouldn’t have to do this.”
Local screenwriter wraps caring about his screenplay.
"These past few months have been so, so unimaginably special, but you couldn't pay me to read that scene again."
"These past few months have been so, so unimaginably special, but you couldn't pay me to read that scene again."
November 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Local screenwriter wraps caring about his screenplay.
"These past few months have been so, so unimaginably special, but you couldn't pay me to read that scene again."
"These past few months have been so, so unimaginably special, but you couldn't pay me to read that scene again."
This fall, the horror film everyone’s been talking about. It’s SLIGHTLY MISPELLED MONSTER.
October 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This fall, the horror film everyone’s been talking about. It’s SLIGHTLY MISPELLED MONSTER.
working on a script that involves the NBA, the mafia, FBI investigations, and boatloads of fraud, and I was starting to think it was all getting a bit far fetched...
and then this morning happened.
and then this morning happened.
October 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
working on a script that involves the NBA, the mafia, FBI investigations, and boatloads of fraud, and I was starting to think it was all getting a bit far fetched...
and then this morning happened.
and then this morning happened.
And that's how the Toronto Rangers made it into my script.
October 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
And that's how the Toronto Rangers made it into my script.
If you had to be jailed, what cinematic universe would you want it done in?
September 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If you had to be jailed, what cinematic universe would you want it done in?
Tony Gilroy says you get paid for like 4 days a year. Think I had one of these recently, but we won't know for a while.
September 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Tony Gilroy says you get paid for like 4 days a year. Think I had one of these recently, but we won't know for a while.
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5a) ways peer critique can fuck you up:
* you use it as a to-do list, rather than evaluating on your own
* cycle of endless revision
* people convince you to take the ambitious, interesting parts out of your story because "they're not working" and replace them with conventional parts.
* you use it as a to-do list, rather than evaluating on your own
* cycle of endless revision
* people convince you to take the ambitious, interesting parts out of your story because "they're not working" and replace them with conventional parts.
July 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
5a) ways peer critique can fuck you up:
* you use it as a to-do list, rather than evaluating on your own
* cycle of endless revision
* people convince you to take the ambitious, interesting parts out of your story because "they're not working" and replace them with conventional parts.
* you use it as a to-do list, rather than evaluating on your own
* cycle of endless revision
* people convince you to take the ambitious, interesting parts out of your story because "they're not working" and replace them with conventional parts.
bring shame back
September 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
bring shame back
find someone who looks at you the way a billionaire looks at another billionaire embroiled in scandal.
www.cbssports.com/nba/news/mar...
www.cbssports.com/nba/news/mar...
Mark Cuban defends Clippers owner Steve Ballmer amid Kawhi Leonard allegations: 'Steve isn't that dumb'
Cuban pushed back on reports suggesting Leonard received $28 million for a 'no-show job'
www.cbssports.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
find someone who looks at you the way a billionaire looks at another billionaire embroiled in scandal.
www.cbssports.com/nba/news/mar...
www.cbssports.com/nba/news/mar...
listening to this as I avoid my outline and walk to the refrigerator for ice cream.
August 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
listening to this as I avoid my outline and walk to the refrigerator for ice cream.
These days if i read half a magazine i feel like a renaissance man
August 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
These days if i read half a magazine i feel like a renaissance man
drop kid at school and then resume podcast on whether we’re under marshall law
August 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
drop kid at school and then resume podcast on whether we’re under marshall law
Slowburn bodyhorror where the star gradually morphs physically until he’s identical to the film’s director.
August 27, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Slowburn bodyhorror where the star gradually morphs physically until he’s identical to the film’s director.
nuance overrated
August 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
nuance overrated
Jack White makes some points
August 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Jack White makes some points