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May 15 • 3 tweets • 1 min read
Actual #StarTrek writer: “You’re a moron.”

You can quote me on that.
Ha. This tweet blew up.

Probably won’t be able to keep up with responses except to mute people who creep into my mentions to tell me that I don’t understand how #StarTrek works.

I ain’t got time for that much stupid.

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Sep 28, 2021
The Hegelian Dialectical approach to #TVWriting scenes.

Thesis: Driving character wants something.

Antithesis: Another character or force opposes that want.

Synthesis: The world changes, causing the character to modify their approach/understanding/goal.

1/?
This applies to scenes and or sequences as a whole but can also apply to any given exchange of dialogue or action. Some examples:

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THESIS: EVIL COP wants HAPLESS MAN to admit guilt to a crime he didn't commit.

ANTITHESIS: Hapless knows if he talks, he's screwed.

SYNTHESIS: Evil Cop throws Hapless into cell with Psychopath.

3/?
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Aug 28, 2021
Guys! Guys!

I did some math. Not even hard math, and here’s what I figured out.

If you’re NOT vaccinated, Covid-19 is 20x more deadly that the flu.

If you ARE vaccinated, COVID-19 is 1/15th as deadly as the flu.

Anyway. Math.
For reference.

Deadliness multiplier:

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1/15 Vaccinated vs COVID-19
I used 30k fatalities as my base flu number, if you care.

Roughly 600k COVID-19 deaths.

Roughly 2k breakthrough deaths.

See? Easily math.
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May 21, 2021
Saving a Cancelled Show! A #TVWriting spew. 1/?
So your favorite show just got cancelled! Can you save it? Maybe. But it's complicated. Fan support has absolutely helped save shows like #StarTrek #Lucifer and #TheExpanse, for example. But it's really really hard. I'll try to explain why. 2/?
First and foremost, the studio, the people actually paying for the show, must also WANT to save it. Fan support can bolster this, but ultimately, its all up to the studio. 3/?
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May 19, 2020
Randomly decided to watch #DS9 “Emissary” for the first time in a decade or so. Great opening! We meet Sisko in battle against hopeless odds. He loses his wife and saves his son all in the first five minutes. Rooting interest established. 1
Struck by the handheld camera work in the opening sequence, which was unheard of for #StarTrek at the time. Adds tension, energy, and verisimilitude. 2
God I wish they’d pay to up res #DS9. It looks so grainy. 3
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How to Kill a Character. A Writing Spew in Many Parts. (Inspired by various recent pop culture events.) /BeginSpew 1
Okay, you’re a writer. You’ve got a mess of characters. You want to move your audience. So it’s time to take out the old writer’s ax and chop chop chop! But how do you do it with maximum impact without your audience turning against you forever? 2
Pull up a chair and Uncle Robert will explain it to you! #TVWriting #Novels 3
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So... what’s the hardest part of #TVWriting, you ask? (You are a metaphorical construct, but whatevs) Is it the long hours? The pressure? The actual struggle to fill blank pages with perfect words? No. TBH, it’s the constant soul-crushing rejection. 1
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And the closer you get to the win, the more bitter the disappointment of the loss. So for many in #TVWriting, the next few weeks are going to be rough. 3
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