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Emily Schultz
@emilyschultz.bsky.social
Producer and writer. Novels: Brooklyn Kills Me, Sleeping with Friends, Little Threats, The Blondes. Cofounded Medium Cool, and prev. Joyland. Brooklyn 🏳️‍🌈
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I am trying to manifest a Hal Hartley revival with @loureedsnephew.bsky.social www.themediumcool.com/p/trust-in-h...
TRUST IN HAL HARTLEY
With a new movie out is it finally time for Gen X's most indie filmmaker?
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November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My most WTF meeting ever and how it changed us. Read it here:
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WOULD YOU WORK WITH NATALIA GRACE'S ADOPTIVE MOTHER?
Emily Schultz on why you shouldn't take every meeting
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March 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Very happy to launch Draft One, my new section at Medium Cool, a place where writers get to talk about their triumphs and failures. Here's Meredith's Turits' essay on how the death of one book led to a breakthrough on another.
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LIFE IS A HOT MESS, BOOKS SHOULD BE TOO
How novelist Meredith Turits learned to embrace storytelling with untidy endings
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March 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Catch my reading tonight (Thursday) at Pete’s Candy Store @petesreading.bsky.social 7:30pm. I’m debating reading a scene from Brooklyn Kills Me that’s set at Pete’s.
February 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day from Medium Cool! Read our new column by PolyHannah. www.themediumcool.com/p/involuntar...
February 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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One week from tonight! Come bask in some true mid-winter brilliance as Sarah Chihaya, Erin Crosby Eckstine, @emilyschultz.bsky.social , & Tyler Wetherall grace the Pete's stage! With your trusty hosts @temim.bsky.social & @briangresko.bsky.social , & books for sale via @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Is sex back at the movies? We revisit the first NC-17 film here, and it’s about writers!

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January 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today on Medium Cool our columnist Dear PolyHannah answers... Why is introducing your new thing to your friends so hard?

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January 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
There’s no writing assignment more difficult than adapting a novel into a screenplay. Listen to our new podcast “How to Adapt Your Novel”: www.themediumcool.com/p/how-to-ada...
HOW TO ADAPT YOUR NOVEL
There’s no writing assignment more difficult than adapting a novel into a screenplay.
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January 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We debate whether The Matador is the perfect Christmas movie and who has the weirdest holiday memories. (Brian won.)

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CHRISTMAS BLOODY CHRISTMAS
The Matador is the best Christmas movie you've never seen
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December 3, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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Here's a Starter Pack of independent and small-press publishers. I'll add to it as more of those publishers join these blue skies. If YOU would like to have your company added, LMK.

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November 23, 2024 at 1:54 PM
What to do when your partner has a crush… Read the new column on Medium Cool!

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CRUSHING IT
A partner’s new crush can be exciting but is it time for a shared calendar yet?
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November 20, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Lots of First Day Moving Into the Dorm energy here at Bluesky. Some nervous looks, some excitement. No one quite sure what to do.
November 15, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Got a killer writeup from the San Francisco Book Review!
November 15, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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In honor of "Holy Shit Lynne Ramsay Has a New Movie" day, here's a story of cinematic redemption with @emilyschultz.bsky.social

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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MORVERN CALLAR
How Emily’s two decade grudge against Lynne Ramsay’s breakout film ended
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November 14, 2024 at 4:40 AM
We've turnin' our trauma into knowledge base with this new podcast about the writing and creative biz.
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HOW IT WERKS
Ep 1: What do lit agents, film agents, managers, and entertainment lawyers do?
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November 13, 2024 at 5:15 PM