Jeremy Svenson
@jeremysvenson.bsky.social
Writer of words and sometimes TV shows (ABC, CBS, FOX, TNT). Favorite foods: Sushi, Brunch, Thanksgiving. #WGA 🏳️🌈
Currently in development on a legal drama for ABC.
TV writing instructor at Script Anatomy.
Follow for occasional writing tips and bad jokes.
Currently in development on a legal drama for ABC.
TV writing instructor at Script Anatomy.
Follow for occasional writing tips and bad jokes.
In case you missed it: my giant face made it on Deadline last Friday! Really excited to be writing this with such a smart creative team.
ABC & 20th Television Developing Father-Daughter Legal Drama ‘Roman Law’ From Jeremy Svenson
'Roman Law,' a new legal drama from Jeremy Svenson, is in the works for ABC & 20th Television, sources tell Deadline.
deadline.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In case you missed it: my giant face made it on Deadline last Friday! Really excited to be writing this with such a smart creative team.
LA Life Hack: Wash your car when it rains!
It pre-softens that fine crust of urban detritus and saves our precious fluids.
It pre-softens that fine crust of urban detritus and saves our precious fluids.
September 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
LA Life Hack: Wash your car when it rains!
It pre-softens that fine crust of urban detritus and saves our precious fluids.
It pre-softens that fine crust of urban detritus and saves our precious fluids.
In honor of Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning opening weekend, here are my franchise favorites — alove letter to these films that have brought me joy and thrills for nearly 3 decades.
Feel free to chime in with your faves, as well!
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Feel free to chime in with your faves, as well!
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May 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
In honor of Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning opening weekend, here are my franchise favorites — alove letter to these films that have brought me joy and thrills for nearly 3 decades.
Feel free to chime in with your faves, as well!
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Feel free to chime in with your faves, as well!
1/n
A fun game I play watching #TheLastofUs season 2 is:
How few days did they manage to schedule Catherine O’Hara for this episode?
How few days did they manage to schedule Catherine O’Hara for this episode?
May 8, 2025 at 4:38 AM
A fun game I play watching #TheLastofUs season 2 is:
How few days did they manage to schedule Catherine O’Hara for this episode?
How few days did they manage to schedule Catherine O’Hara for this episode?
Implement a 100% tariff, and ruin a movie:
“Twice Upon A Time In Hollywood”
“Twice Upon A Time In Hollywood”
May 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Implement a 100% tariff, and ruin a movie:
“Twice Upon A Time In Hollywood”
“Twice Upon A Time In Hollywood”
Final Draft 13 will not let me write the word “gorilla” without automatically changing it to “guerrilla” and it’s making this scene about an African jungle expedition impossible to write!!
Can anyone else check if this happens on your machine (I’m on a Mac)? It’s the only app that does this to me.
Can anyone else check if this happens on your machine (I’m on a Mac)? It’s the only app that does this to me.
April 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Final Draft 13 will not let me write the word “gorilla” without automatically changing it to “guerrilla” and it’s making this scene about an African jungle expedition impossible to write!!
Can anyone else check if this happens on your machine (I’m on a Mac)? It’s the only app that does this to me.
Can anyone else check if this happens on your machine (I’m on a Mac)? It’s the only app that does this to me.
“Dear valued client(s)” is a great way to start an email to let your client(s) know how little you value them.
April 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
“Dear valued client(s)” is a great way to start an email to let your client(s) know how little you value them.
Selling an item on Facebook Marketplace is 2 weeks of responding “Yes” to “Is this still available?” messages until you finally take the thing to Goodwill.
March 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Selling an item on Facebook Marketplace is 2 weeks of responding “Yes” to “Is this still available?” messages until you finally take the thing to Goodwill.
Repost with a movie you know all the words to.
March 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Repost with a movie you know all the words to.
Hey #Scriptsky, how BADLY does your character WANT something?
If your character doesn’t care, the reader never will.
Here are 2 types of weak protagonists to avoid, because they don’t WANT something badly enough:
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If your character doesn’t care, the reader never will.
Here are 2 types of weak protagonists to avoid, because they don’t WANT something badly enough:
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March 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hey #Scriptsky, how BADLY does your character WANT something?
If your character doesn’t care, the reader never will.
Here are 2 types of weak protagonists to avoid, because they don’t WANT something badly enough:
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If your character doesn’t care, the reader never will.
Here are 2 types of weak protagonists to avoid, because they don’t WANT something badly enough:
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Just watched Snow WOKE, and how DARE they!
1) No Cybertrucks ANYWHERE!
2) MINED gemstones instead of FRACKING for natural gas!
3) DELIBERATELY cast Snow White with someone who ISN’T EVEN Kid Rock!
1) No Cybertrucks ANYWHERE!
2) MINED gemstones instead of FRACKING for natural gas!
3) DELIBERATELY cast Snow White with someone who ISN’T EVEN Kid Rock!
March 22, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Just watched Snow WOKE, and how DARE they!
1) No Cybertrucks ANYWHERE!
2) MINED gemstones instead of FRACKING for natural gas!
3) DELIBERATELY cast Snow White with someone who ISN’T EVEN Kid Rock!
1) No Cybertrucks ANYWHERE!
2) MINED gemstones instead of FRACKING for natural gas!
3) DELIBERATELY cast Snow White with someone who ISN’T EVEN Kid Rock!
Hey #Scriptsky, is your character STUCK in their conflict?
So you’ve come up with a brilliant problem, but when the going gets tough, why don't they just walk away?
If your audience asks that question… you’ve lost them.
Here are 3 ways to make sure your character is truly STUCK:
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So you’ve come up with a brilliant problem, but when the going gets tough, why don't they just walk away?
If your audience asks that question… you’ve lost them.
Here are 3 ways to make sure your character is truly STUCK:
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March 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Hey #Scriptsky, is your character STUCK in their conflict?
So you’ve come up with a brilliant problem, but when the going gets tough, why don't they just walk away?
If your audience asks that question… you’ve lost them.
Here are 3 ways to make sure your character is truly STUCK:
🧵1/7
So you’ve come up with a brilliant problem, but when the going gets tough, why don't they just walk away?
If your audience asks that question… you’ve lost them.
Here are 3 ways to make sure your character is truly STUCK:
🧵1/7
March 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hey #Scriptsky, is your protagonist truly ACTIVE?
You already know that every story needs an active protagonist, but we can sometimes trick ourselves into thinking we’ve made our characters active when they are not.
Here are two traps to avoid when making your characters ACTIVE:
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You already know that every story needs an active protagonist, but we can sometimes trick ourselves into thinking we’ve made our characters active when they are not.
Here are two traps to avoid when making your characters ACTIVE:
🧵1/10
March 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Hey #Scriptsky, is your protagonist truly ACTIVE?
You already know that every story needs an active protagonist, but we can sometimes trick ourselves into thinking we’ve made our characters active when they are not.
Here are two traps to avoid when making your characters ACTIVE:
🧵1/10
You already know that every story needs an active protagonist, but we can sometimes trick ourselves into thinking we’ve made our characters active when they are not.
Here are two traps to avoid when making your characters ACTIVE:
🧵1/10
Audiences are always asking questions in their heads (whether they realize it or not). Anticipating those answers is why they care enough to keep watching.
As writers, we must ask ourselves (and answer!) just as many questions. This is an excellent thread on questions from The Office writers room:
As writers, we must ask ourselves (and answer!) just as many questions. This is an excellent thread on questions from The Office writers room:
When I worked on The Office, Greg Daniels had a list of questions he asked of every story. Some were show-specific (eg “Are we saying something truthful if exaggerated about office life?”), but many are applicable to any script. Here’s a little thread on them…
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting
March 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Audiences are always asking questions in their heads (whether they realize it or not). Anticipating those answers is why they care enough to keep watching.
As writers, we must ask ourselves (and answer!) just as many questions. This is an excellent thread on questions from The Office writers room:
As writers, we must ask ourselves (and answer!) just as many questions. This is an excellent thread on questions from The Office writers room:
I always get a kick out of discovering find/replace mistakes in a script.
Just read a scene in Istanbul where characters are taking in the beautiful sights of "Hagia Jacqueline."
Just read a scene in Istanbul where characters are taking in the beautiful sights of "Hagia Jacqueline."
March 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I always get a kick out of discovering find/replace mistakes in a script.
Just read a scene in Istanbul where characters are taking in the beautiful sights of "Hagia Jacqueline."
Just read a scene in Istanbul where characters are taking in the beautiful sights of "Hagia Jacqueline."
Hey #Scriptsky, have you ever heard that you should “write what you know”?
It’s good advice, but it can feel limiting. I’ve never been a doctor, lawyer, or cop — does that mean I shouldn’t write those stories? No!
Here’s how I authentically "write what I know" without limiting myself:
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It’s good advice, but it can feel limiting. I’ve never been a doctor, lawyer, or cop — does that mean I shouldn’t write those stories? No!
Here’s how I authentically "write what I know" without limiting myself:
🧵1/6
March 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Hey #Scriptsky, have you ever heard that you should “write what you know”?
It’s good advice, but it can feel limiting. I’ve never been a doctor, lawyer, or cop — does that mean I shouldn’t write those stories? No!
Here’s how I authentically "write what I know" without limiting myself:
🧵1/6
It’s good advice, but it can feel limiting. I’ve never been a doctor, lawyer, or cop — does that mean I shouldn’t write those stories? No!
Here’s how I authentically "write what I know" without limiting myself:
🧵1/6
4 hour movie… 4 hour acceptance speech?
March 3, 2025 at 3:28 AM
4 hour movie… 4 hour acceptance speech?
Was it just me, or did it look like Adrian Brody was definitely considering kissing Cillian Murphy?
March 3, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Was it just me, or did it look like Adrian Brody was definitely considering kissing Cillian Murphy?
Hey #Scriptsky, do you use an “Orphans” document?
I find it an incredibly helpful tool when I’m stuck on a rewrite and hesitant to make changes for fear that I’ll lose something I love about what’s already there. Here’s how I do it…
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I find it an incredibly helpful tool when I’m stuck on a rewrite and hesitant to make changes for fear that I’ll lose something I love about what’s already there. Here’s how I do it…
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February 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hey #Scriptsky, do you use an “Orphans” document?
I find it an incredibly helpful tool when I’m stuck on a rewrite and hesitant to make changes for fear that I’ll lose something I love about what’s already there. Here’s how I do it…
🧵1/4
I find it an incredibly helpful tool when I’m stuck on a rewrite and hesitant to make changes for fear that I’ll lose something I love about what’s already there. Here’s how I do it…
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You know what they say: “The bigger the front, the bigger the back.”
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February 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
You know what they say: “The bigger the front, the bigger the back.”
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How is it that I’ve already happened to watch like 10 movies with Nicholas Hoult this year?
February 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
How is it that I’ve already happened to watch like 10 movies with Nicholas Hoult this year?
Hey #Scriptsky, have you heard that “every story has to have a beginning, middle, and end”?
Me too... and I find that advice worse than useless! ANYTHING can have a “beginning,” “middle,” and “end" depending how you slice it.
So here’s how I think of B, M, E when it comes to storytelling:
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Me too... and I find that advice worse than useless! ANYTHING can have a “beginning,” “middle,” and “end" depending how you slice it.
So here’s how I think of B, M, E when it comes to storytelling:
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February 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Hey #Scriptsky, have you heard that “every story has to have a beginning, middle, and end”?
Me too... and I find that advice worse than useless! ANYTHING can have a “beginning,” “middle,” and “end" depending how you slice it.
So here’s how I think of B, M, E when it comes to storytelling:
🧵1/6
Me too... and I find that advice worse than useless! ANYTHING can have a “beginning,” “middle,” and “end" depending how you slice it.
So here’s how I think of B, M, E when it comes to storytelling:
🧵1/6
Hey #Scriptsky!
I’m starting a new thing where each week I’ll share a screenwriting tip I picked up in my decade-plus career as a TV writer with the hope that someone out there finds it useful.
So give a follow if you’re into that kind of thing. (You can always block me later if my advice sucks!)
I’m starting a new thing where each week I’ll share a screenwriting tip I picked up in my decade-plus career as a TV writer with the hope that someone out there finds it useful.
So give a follow if you’re into that kind of thing. (You can always block me later if my advice sucks!)
February 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Hey #Scriptsky!
I’m starting a new thing where each week I’ll share a screenwriting tip I picked up in my decade-plus career as a TV writer with the hope that someone out there finds it useful.
So give a follow if you’re into that kind of thing. (You can always block me later if my advice sucks!)
I’m starting a new thing where each week I’ll share a screenwriting tip I picked up in my decade-plus career as a TV writer with the hope that someone out there finds it useful.
So give a follow if you’re into that kind of thing. (You can always block me later if my advice sucks!)
February 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM