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Comedian. Blacklist Alum.Screenwriter. Reps: UTA/Bellevue. "Tasteless" 🎥 on Amazon. Ex-Lawyer."MAN OF THE YEAR" PODCAST HOST. LINK BELOW.
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Apr 10, 2021 6 tweets 2 min read
1) Hummingbird thread. So my wife and I have debated where to put hummingbird feeder. I hung it on our patio a foot from us because I wanted to be face to face birds. She said it was too close so she moved it to the hedges. But she’s away so I moved it back.Guess what. BAD IDEA 2) A hummingbird just FLEW INTO MY HOUSE. We have a huge front window that I think the hummer saw reflection of feeder in. I googled “how the f*ck do you get hummingbird safely out of your house”. It turns out it’s not easy.Their reflex is to fly up so she’s stuck on my ceiling
Feb 2, 2021 27 tweets 6 min read
1) Here goes a fun screenwriting thread - if anyone wants to know what it's like to be in the chase for HUGE life rights, I ALSO tried to acquire rights to the GameStop story (and FAILED). It felt like I was on my own insanely wild $GME day trade. #screenwriting #pipelinewriters 2) a little background, I’m a former Wall Street lawyer, follow the markets carefully so I was ahead of this story, the only reason I even considered chasing it was my headstart. I had loosely been considering rise of Robinhood traders for years now with no angle figured out
Jan 27, 2021 37 tweets 9 min read
1) Here goes my thread about how I landed my first OWA. Open Writing Assignment. Btw, I had no idea what term meant a year ago so don't feel bad if you don't. The easy way to explain: A studio/producer has a property/IP/an idea but no writer. #screenwriting #pipelinewriters 2) So they solicit writers to come in and give their take. It's basically a bake off. I had low hopes because I'm a new writer and they almost always go with more established writers, but hey, sometimes the best idea wins! I landed it, yay.I'll get to that, but first my long road