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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 6h

Sounds like I was a bit luckier (and it is luck). It feels like putting together a jigsaw puzzle with missing pieces and no picture - I turned up some edges, a corner, and a handy piece with a sharp line on it - but there's still a bunch missing.

Only way on is through and all that.

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 6h

I hope your hand makes a really good recovery and that you're not in pain.

It's always fascinating to the range of writing processes out there - this is a really useful guide for pitches! Thanks!

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 6h

Killer last line.

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 6h

Page 1 from NO GHOSTS TONIGHT, my tale of a young woman who embarks on a desperate Channel crossing among strangers in a bid to get home.

A Nicholl finalist, it didn't get me an agent or manager (hint, hint), but it did open various other more productiony doors.
#Scriptsky #FirstPageFriday

EXT. WINDSWEPT BEACH - DUSK
Waves roll in. They don’t stop.
Wet sand reflects a sullen sky. Foam skitters up the beach.
Beyond, rain-hazed open sea. Grey on grey.

SUPER: France, Plage Dunes de la Slack, November 2023

A sweep of beach rises, meets wind-scarred dunes.
Bleak. Apparently deserted.

SHELTERED GULLY IN THE DUNES

SETAREH (20, looks Iranian, hyped and hyper-vigilant) hunkers
down, near invisible in the long grass and shadows.

Voices MURMUR (O.S.). Setareh listens but the words are
drowned by the waves.

She scans the dunes - where are they coming from? Pulls her
dark hoodie tight, adjusts her backpack. Ready to run.

Grass rustles. Setareh focuses...

There.

A MAN (20, Eritrean) emerges from a nearby gully. Wary, he
scans the sweep of dunes behind him. Looks straight at
Setareh, screened only by long grass in the dusk.

She freezes - holds her breath.

He steps onto the sand, an unwieldy fuel container strapped
to his back. Beckons into the dunes.

Another MAN (20s, Eritrean) emerges, lugging an outboard
motor. Together they SPRINT seaward.

Behind them FOUR MEN (20s-30s, Eritrean, Nigerian), race from
the dunes, a large inflated dinghy slung between them.

Setareh launches herself out of hiding - chases them onto...

THE BEACH

She POUNDS across rock and sand towards the dinghy.

A rocky beach at dusk - grey sky, grey sea. Rollers break over boulders.
Text: No GHOSTS TONIGHT / How far will you go to get back home?

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 20h

It's important to focus on who won, not who did not.

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

www.theguardian.com

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 20h

I'd drop Victoria a message in the first instance @victoriadecapua.bsky.social - I think she's organising access.

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 22h

#scriptsky

Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social · Nov 13

All right - I've done a comedy writer and producers starter pack for everyone who's into that sort of thing. And YES, I've forgotten you, so remind me that you exist and YES I will put you on it (unless you have slighted me in some unremembered way in the last 20 years). go.bsky.app/AkQCH7U

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah - they're not a corvid. They look like one - they look really similar to the magpies I knew in the U.K. And they have beautiful voices - but they're actually a different family - they're a butcher bird.

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Nathan Graham Davis @ngdwrites.bsky.social · 1d

I've had the opportunity to test this site out, try to break it, and offer some feedback. I can attest it really is a FREE platform where writers can exchange feedback and connect with each other. It's also built by an actual writer -- and a good one!

Super cool thing for the community.

#scriptsky

Victoria De Capua @victoriadecapua.bsky.social · 1d

#scriptsky #scriptsky+ BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.

Announcing the beta of StoryPeer-a new totally free feedback exchange platform developed in collaboration with r/Screenwriting.

You can ask me questions here or ask u/storypeer on Reddit.

If you are interested in joining the beta, continue reading --

From the Screenwriting community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the Screenwriting community

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 1d

I was lucky enough to have a look at an early version of this - it's seriously elegant and you should go take a look! #scriptsky

Victoria De Capua @victoriadecapua.bsky.social · 1d

#scriptsky #scriptsky+ BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.

Announcing the beta of StoryPeer-a new totally free feedback exchange platform developed in collaboration with r/Screenwriting.

You can ask me questions here or ask u/storypeer on Reddit.

If you are interested in joining the beta, continue reading --

From the Screenwriting community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the Screenwriting community

www.reddit.com

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Victoria De Capua @victoriadecapua.bsky.social · 1d

#scriptsky #scriptsky+ BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.

Announcing the beta of StoryPeer-a new totally free feedback exchange platform developed in collaboration with r/Screenwriting.

You can ask me questions here or ask u/storypeer on Reddit.

If you are interested in joining the beta, continue reading --

From the Screenwriting community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the Screenwriting community

www.reddit.com

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 1d

So it's not just grudges they pass on! They're fascinating birds.

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 1d

Yep. Esp in thrillers, I feel like a chunk of the job is figuring out how to get your characters out of the inescapable mess you dumped them into.

There's a big overlap with programming tbh.

Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 1d

In other words, be ready to follow, rather than always trying to lead, especially if you're newly active.

Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 1d

Essential reading - an awesome thread from Phoenix Calida about the importance of infrastructure

One way to help groups working with people under threat (without burdening them with 'how can I help?') is to give them some money if you have it, or the kind of help *they* say they need.

Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 1d

My spicy take for this moment-

Too many of you do not understand the concept of infrastructure. How systems are built, how systems are maintained.

You want big bold action but haven't committed to the planning and the boring mundane tasks needed to make said action possible.

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 1d

I know right? Door doesn't need to hit their asses on the way out.

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 1d

Because she trashed the country and it never recovered. At least the part of it I lived in never did.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 1d

Australian magpies - which aren't actually a corvid but more closely related to butcher birds.

They bring their friends presents, they hold lifelong grudges against their enemies, which they pass on to their children.

So far (fingers crossed), I have an accord with the ones that visit me.

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 1d

Also - he's Nick Clegg. The guy who chose the trappings of being 'deputy prime minister' over giving the Tories the bare minimum of confidence and supply (if that) and then making them fight everything else out on its merits (but not getting the cushy office).

Why would anyone listen to him?

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 2d

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Adele @theartofcharts.bsky.social · 2d

One of my sadder memories from the U.S. was attending a union meeting and finally realising that many of my fellow stewards didn't see me or others like me as human like them. and that there were no words I could use to change that.

It was very weird.

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 2d

Also I don't think we should have any discussions *about* immigration before we come to an agreement that we are human beings. Not economic units, not enemy combatants - people.

Until then it's all moot

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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 2d

Lemme be succinct for a minute then I'll log off because this is pointless:

The pro-natalist thing is pretty firmly rooted in racism and xenophobia. Anti-immigration sentiment.

You are doing a service to it if you try to remove that component and debate its merits in isolation.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 2d

There’s lot of Covid going around at the moment, again. I don’t qualify for NHS jabs, which are now very restricted, but I just paid £90 for one at my local pharmacy. As a freelancer, that’s a lot less expensive than having to take a week or two off if I get ill, let alone risking long term issues.

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Luke Foley @lukefoley.me · 2d

News Corp Australia chairman says social media platforms are monsters and torment kids but I guess hacking the phone of a murdered schoolgirl is ok though.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 2d

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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