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Tim Westland - Screenwriter

@timwestland.bsky.social

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Mostly Horror and Scifi, but I write what compels me. If you need the threat of hell to be a good person, then you're just a bad person on a leash. Mostly Andy Often Opie Barney on occasion Goober and/or Gomer sometimes

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Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 10h

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter’s The Four Seasons

Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 10h

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter's Cats

John Carpenter's Woodstock

John Carpenter's Jaws

John Carpenter's Duck Soup

John Carpenter's Coconuts

John Carpenter's Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 10h

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter’s The Bible

John Carpenter’s Saw

John Carpenter’s Oceans 11

Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 10h

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter’s The Bible

John Carpenter’s Saw

John Carpenter’s Oceans 11

Avishai ✡️ Weinberger @avishaiw.bsky.social · 10h

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter’s Firestarter

Casey Stegman @caseystegman.com · 10h

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter’s A History of Violence

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Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 14h

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Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 14h

Life leads to Death.

Mind The Gap.

Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 18h

Just found out that Dolly Parton covered Collective Soul's song, "Shine" (and won a Grammy)

While I really enjoy Collective Soul's original, I prefer Dolly's version

The lyrics feel "more right" coming from her. She makes it her own.

There's some real "Devil went down to Georgie" fiddle work, too

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Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 21h

Pedo.
Super duper Pedo.
School Shooter.

How these three aren't already arrested is beyond comprehension.

Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 1d

I sat down tonight with a simple task:

Come up with a completely off the wall premise, something unlike anything I've ever seen or heard of!

Goals right?

Thing is... I think I may have succeeded

The outline is flowing from my fingers right now

It's deep, emotional, and 100% bonkers

#scriptsky

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Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 1d

Why is the lieutenant "hell bent?"

I think that's key

Also, not sure you need so many commas.

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Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 1d

Spitballing (in jest)

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Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 1d

METER-MADE
On the run from the Feds, a mob hitman hides in plain site as a mid-town meter reader... dispensing his own brand of street justice one double parking bastard at a time.

Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 1d

I agree about the guideline

If a film needs to move, let it move

Breaking rules should be the only rule

And yes, it has tension breakers, but it's always on the run, one way or another

Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for that, Sean

I'll be doing it!

Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 1d

Big GIANT Thanks out to @peteconradwriter.bsky.social for an unbelievable quick read of my script.

Thank you for the suggestions, notes, and thoughts.

Mucho appreciado, sir!

#scriptsky

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Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently Microsoft is scraping everything in Word if you have CoPilot turned on

To stop it:

Go to the Search bar in Word
Type in: Privacy
Select: Privacy Settings
Scroll down to: Connected Experiences
UNCHECK "Turn on experiences and analyze your content"
Click OK

That's it!
#Writing
#Scriptsky

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Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 1d

@leahfromsd.bsky.social

www.instagram.com/share/reel/B...

Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 2d

For me, that's maybe the saddest

Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 2d

What's the most stressful film you've ever watched?

I'll start with the hands down winner:

Uncut Gems

#scriptsky

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Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 2d

You know that "guideline" in screenwriting that says that you need to intersperse calm scenes here and there to let the audience catch their breath?

"One Battle After Another" flips the bird to that idea

Non-effin-stop

Great film. Loved every minute of it. Woo hoo!

#scriptsky

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💙 🇺🇦 NomadicWriter (Fritha Malcouronne) 🇺🇦 💙 @nomadicwriter.bsky.social · 3d

This is THAT speech RTD made at BAFTA Cymru on Sunday I kept banging on about yesterday morning. Inject every word of it into your veins. He’s right! If writers don’t feel they can write something because it would never be shown, well, that is censorship at its worst. 👇

#ScriptSkyUK #ScriptSky

Aieee-Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 3d

Part of Russell T Davies' speech on being awarded Outstanding Contribution to Television at the Bafta Cymru awards. (via www.instagram.com/baftacymru)

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Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing, dude!

Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 3d

Friggin' ridiculous

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Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 3d

Puttin' the muscle in my hustle

Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 3d

#Scriptsky

It's been a pretty busy #Screenwriting year for me so far, and I think I might have one more feature in me before the calendar flips over to 2026

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Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 3d

And here I thought I was the only person who loved Zelig!

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Tim Westland - Screenwriter @timwestland.bsky.social · 3d

Holy smokes, dude! That's awesome!!!

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