Re-inventing the romantic comedy for the 21st Century | SIFF selected filmmaker & Best Comedy nom @ MNWebfest for INTERROBANG | ✡️ |she/her | #BlackLivesMatter
May 21, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Finally annoyed enough at the “sex scenes aren’t necessary” takes to weigh in as someone who has written and directed multiple NECESSARY sex scenes. Here are reasons they’re necessary:
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- De-stigmatize/de-mystify female pleasure
- Show the impact things that happen during sex can have on a relationship
- Illustrate how a character has different levels of comfort with physical intimacy vs emotional
- De-stigmatize/de-mystify steps couples take to try to conceive
Sep 10, 2021 • 14 tweets • 2 min read
Top 10 Things I Learned About Writing and Filmmaking from Being a Development Exec:
10. Every festival has a personality. A film that sells out at Sundance might not even get into TIFF. Figure out a festival’s personality before you submit. Tribeca doesn’t want your optimistic, L.A.- set musical… but SXSW might. This goes for ALL fests - not just big ones.
Aug 16, 2021 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
Based on my experience reading as an exec, craft thread incoming!
There’s a lot of focus on the first 1, 3, 5, 10, etc. pages when it comes to contests, fellowships, and querying.
Sure, it’s important they’re polished and dense with content so a reader becomes immediately engaged/knows you can write/blah blah blah, but if you’re looking at those first pages only in terms of how a reader who might stop after them will react, you’re doing it wrong.
Nov 29, 2020 • 32 tweets • 6 min read
Would anyone in the #screenwriting community like a thread on how I was taught to give notes as a development exec?
Holy crap in the 3 hours I spent on a #FemaleFilmmakers panel this blew up. Give me a second and I'll get to it!
In June, frustrated that my scripts were not placing in contests even though I KNEW they were good, I decided to stop entering them. In fact, every time I saw a contest I could enter, I would take the $$ the entry fee cost and save it. 1/?
You may have seen me QT myself and keep track of the amount. It's been about 4 months since I started and #screenwriters do you want to know the amount of $$ I've socked away?
$1315.
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Sep 17, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
KNOW YOUR WORTH. A thread.
I was recently asked to interview for a writing job at a small YouTube channel with decent animation on their content, but poorly written stories. They had a solid number of followers & as a non-WGA writer, I thought it was a good opportunity. 1/11
As part of the application process, they asked for a creative resume. I sent mine in and almost immediately, someone replied saying they'd be interested in my continuing the process. My resume is fine, but not yet so impressive it would warrant an immediate YES. Red flag 1. 2/11
