Phoenix Black
@phoenixblack.bsky.social
On Top 25 Screenwriters To Watch list (NetworkISA), single foster mom, former aid worker, based in Sydney. Known for feature screenplays: Keanu Reeves Is My Muse, My Son Is A Dragon and Father Trinity.
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Phoenix Black
@phoenixblack.bsky.social
· Mar 24
Hi! I’m Phoenix, a single foster mum& aidworker on the ‘Top 25 Screenwriters To Watch’ list at NetworkISa
FIRE KINGS: Point Break x The Bikeriders
BLOOD DRIVE: The Lost Boys x The Stepfather
FATHER TRINITY: Mulholland Drive x Parasite
KEANU REEVES IS MY MUSE, MY SON IS A DRAGON
FIRE KINGS: Point Break x The Bikeriders
BLOOD DRIVE: The Lost Boys x The Stepfather
FATHER TRINITY: Mulholland Drive x Parasite
KEANU REEVES IS MY MUSE, MY SON IS A DRAGON
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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For most folks, this advice could end three words sooner.
I do not recommend writing a screenplay in two weeks.
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
For most folks, this advice could end three words sooner.
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Yep. @listifications.app
Follow them and you get a DM every time someone blocks you.
I use it to block them back. Had a lot of accounts block me on Twitter back in the day, then they'd unblock me to talk shit and block me again before I could do anything. So now I just alleviate all of that.
Follow them and you get a DM every time someone blocks you.
I use it to block them back. Had a lot of accounts block me on Twitter back in the day, then they'd unblock me to talk shit and block me again before I could do anything. So now I just alleviate all of that.
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Yep. @listifications.app
Follow them and you get a DM every time someone blocks you.
I use it to block them back. Had a lot of accounts block me on Twitter back in the day, then they'd unblock me to talk shit and block me again before I could do anything. So now I just alleviate all of that.
Follow them and you get a DM every time someone blocks you.
I use it to block them back. Had a lot of accounts block me on Twitter back in the day, then they'd unblock me to talk shit and block me again before I could do anything. So now I just alleviate all of that.
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How real-life truths behind a script can be the difference between a good story… and one that stays with you. On this episode of How Would You Write It?, Tay sits down with screenwriter and novelist Jay Fingers — the sharp, genre-blending voice behind Azalea. Link in Bio. youtu.be/7wTXbvcB44I?...
How real-life truths can turn a script from a good story into one that stays with you.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
How real-life truths behind a script can be the difference between a good story… and one that stays with you. On this episode of How Would You Write It?, Tay sits down with screenwriter and novelist Jay Fingers — the sharp, genre-blending voice behind Azalea. Link in Bio. youtu.be/7wTXbvcB44I?...
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I couldn’t figure out if he’s always called side dishes “surroundings”
this one could be either the brain holes or just that he considers knowing anything about cooking/serving a meal to be for women
but I did find this striking example of how differently he spoke just 5 Thanksgivings ago
this one could be either the brain holes or just that he considers knowing anything about cooking/serving a meal to be for women
but I did find this striking example of how differently he spoke just 5 Thanksgivings ago
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I couldn’t figure out if he’s always called side dishes “surroundings”
this one could be either the brain holes or just that he considers knowing anything about cooking/serving a meal to be for women
but I did find this striking example of how differently he spoke just 5 Thanksgivings ago
this one could be either the brain holes or just that he considers knowing anything about cooking/serving a meal to be for women
but I did find this striking example of how differently he spoke just 5 Thanksgivings ago
I have a feature with 3 protagonists. Each reader had different opinions as to who the protagonist was and critical notes on the other two. I have another drama/action that someone thought was a Dramedy 🤷🏽♀️ eye of the beholder
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I have a feature with 3 protagonists. Each reader had different opinions as to who the protagonist was and critical notes on the other two. I have another drama/action that someone thought was a Dramedy 🤷🏽♀️ eye of the beholder
More goodness from @lauridonahue.bsky.social
#screenwriting #scriptsky
"'Unfilmables' refer to information or elements written into a script that cannot be visually represented or heard on screen."
Some good examples here of how to turn an "unfilmable" into a "filmable."
www.scriptreaderscheatsheet.com/post/16-unfi...
"'Unfilmables' refer to information or elements written into a script that cannot be visually represented or heard on screen."
Some good examples here of how to turn an "unfilmable" into a "filmable."
www.scriptreaderscheatsheet.com/post/16-unfi...
16 'Unfilmables' to Cut from your Screenplay (and how to fix them)
Film is a visual medium, right? It's purpose it to be watched. Yet it begins in written form - a screenplay - to be read - so there are two very different 'audiences' during the filmmaking process. Th...
www.scriptreaderscheatsheet.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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The waiting part of ‘hurry up and wait’ on set #filmmaking
November 16, 2025 at 5:19 AM
The waiting part of ‘hurry up and wait’ on set #filmmaking
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Thank you, Greg. I'm overwhelmed.
Just finished reading BLACK DOG by @davidwalesnm.bsky.social.
What a beautifully written script. The dialogue is fantastic, with the action lines reading like poetry.
The characters are alive with their own specific voices.
It's one of the best scripts I've read.
Green light in a heartbeat.
What a beautifully written script. The dialogue is fantastic, with the action lines reading like poetry.
The characters are alive with their own specific voices.
It's one of the best scripts I've read.
Green light in a heartbeat.
November 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Thank you, Greg. I'm overwhelmed.
Another rewrite of BLOOD DRIVE is out to readers. My lowest budget so far so hope it resonates.
November 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Another rewrite of BLOOD DRIVE is out to readers. My lowest budget so far so hope it resonates.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Just watched TALK TO ME. The first global Australian movie I’ve ever seen with a lead that’s not white or Aboriginal. And it is fabulous! Not ‘girl moves to the country’ ‘outback murder’ tourism ad 🤮 A great Aussie movie that presents us as we are, for better or worse.
a woman wrapped in a yellow blanket has her mouth wide open
ALT: a woman wrapped in a yellow blanket has her mouth wide open
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November 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Just watched TALK TO ME. The first global Australian movie I’ve ever seen with a lead that’s not white or Aboriginal. And it is fabulous! Not ‘girl moves to the country’ ‘outback murder’ tourism ad 🤮 A great Aussie movie that presents us as we are, for better or worse.
Used the WEAPONS formatting - which I absolutely love - for my latest script. I hope whoever reads it realises I’m not making it up. Can already see the ‘it’s not how it’s done’ coverage.
November 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Used the WEAPONS formatting - which I absolutely love - for my latest script. I hope whoever reads it realises I’m not making it up. Can already see the ‘it’s not how it’s done’ coverage.
What are the things you tell yourself to get things done?
Mine: Suck It Up Princess.
Just f@cking do it!
#scriptsky #life
Mine: Suck It Up Princess.
Just f@cking do it!
#scriptsky #life
"You are a bad bitch that gets things done," I whisper to myself as I embark and the simplest of tasks ✨
For real, the mental hoops I need my neurospicy brain to jump through just to do basic things is dumb. But, I guess it's not dumb if it works...
For real, the mental hoops I need my neurospicy brain to jump through just to do basic things is dumb. But, I guess it's not dumb if it works...
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
What are the things you tell yourself to get things done?
Mine: Suck It Up Princess.
Just f@cking do it!
#scriptsky #life
Mine: Suck It Up Princess.
Just f@cking do it!
#scriptsky #life
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Positive self talk is important.
I remember someone telling me that we read everything we see from others with the voice our your head, so do yourself a favor and make sure it's a kind and curious voice.
I mean, sometimes she's mean to make me get things done, but she means well ; )
I remember someone telling me that we read everything we see from others with the voice our your head, so do yourself a favor and make sure it's a kind and curious voice.
I mean, sometimes she's mean to make me get things done, but she means well ; )
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Positive self talk is important.
I remember someone telling me that we read everything we see from others with the voice our your head, so do yourself a favor and make sure it's a kind and curious voice.
I mean, sometimes she's mean to make me get things done, but she means well ; )
I remember someone telling me that we read everything we see from others with the voice our your head, so do yourself a favor and make sure it's a kind and curious voice.
I mean, sometimes she's mean to make me get things done, but she means well ; )
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Christopher Hampton: “I don’t believe in any of those rules for writing screenplays. What that gives you is a formula, and inevitably the result will be formulaic." gointothestory.blcklst.com/screenwritin... #screenwriting
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Christopher Hampton: “I don’t believe in any of those rules for writing screenplays. What that gives you is a formula, and inevitably the result will be formulaic." gointothestory.blcklst.com/screenwritin... #screenwriting
I’m very late to DON’T BREATHE but what a movie! Contained, no A-listers, complex villain and non-stop tension. I can see the happy-ever-after brigade got involved. Now if the producers were French…
#screenwriting #film
#screenwriting #film
a man with a beard is standing next to another man in a dark hallway .
ALT: a man with a beard is standing next to another man in a dark hallway .
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November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I’m very late to DON’T BREATHE but what a movie! Contained, no A-listers, complex villain and non-stop tension. I can see the happy-ever-after brigade got involved. Now if the producers were French…
#screenwriting #film
#screenwriting #film
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November 9, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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