Katie Weekley
@katieweekley.bsky.social
Writer, Producer, Cats and Dogs Living Together. I thought of that. Turns out it already existed but I arrived at it independently. 🇨🇦
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A lot of identifying themes to deepen in your own work is just pattern recognition.
If you have a major character who keeps betraying his friends, then you're writing a story (at least in part) about betraying your friends, and the consequences thereof.
Whatever keeps happening is a theme.
If you have a major character who keeps betraying his friends, then you're writing a story (at least in part) about betraying your friends, and the consequences thereof.
Whatever keeps happening is a theme.
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A lot of identifying themes to deepen in your own work is just pattern recognition.
If you have a major character who keeps betraying his friends, then you're writing a story (at least in part) about betraying your friends, and the consequences thereof.
Whatever keeps happening is a theme.
If you have a major character who keeps betraying his friends, then you're writing a story (at least in part) about betraying your friends, and the consequences thereof.
Whatever keeps happening is a theme.
Begonia holy smokes. Loved it. Fantastic cast, writing, directing, cinematography.
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Begonia holy smokes. Loved it. Fantastic cast, writing, directing, cinematography.
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Folks, I fear the only way to save the planet is to completely dismantle our concept of wealth. We invented money, and all it got us is shareholders and billionaires. We need a new system.
November 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Folks, I fear the only way to save the planet is to completely dismantle our concept of wealth. We invented money, and all it got us is shareholders and billionaires. We need a new system.
Pluribus is amazing. No clue where it's going but total faith I'm in. Best pilot in a long time.
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Pluribus is amazing. No clue where it's going but total faith I'm in. Best pilot in a long time.
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Cool to be included in this article on being car free in this business. I’ve been bike commuting with transit to writers rooms for twenty years now.
Hollywood Without Wheels: A Not-So-Pedestrian Guide to Getting Around Town
Some of Hollywood’s most resourceful commuters explain how they make meetings and get to writers’ rooms without a car: “The idea that we don’t have public transit here is a myth.”
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Cool to be included in this article on being car free in this business. I’ve been bike commuting with transit to writers rooms for twenty years now.
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Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
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I wrote about why I can't sleep at night: the devaluation of so many things (critical thinking, creativity) I thought were paramount. lithub.com/when-we-deva...
When We Devalue Art (Books!) We Devalue the Future
When you’ve spent your whole adult life working in and around book publishing you get used to hearing that people don’t read anymore and that the industry is on its last legs. There is always a cri…
lithub.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I wrote about why I can't sleep at night: the devaluation of so many things (critical thinking, creativity) I thought were paramount. lithub.com/when-we-deva...
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Rewatching Zohran's victory speech bit by bit and it's hard not to be emotional about it - it's an appeal to hope and courage but also to the fundamental idea of living in society, together. Feels like we've been starved, often deliberately, of that kind of thinking
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Rewatching Zohran's victory speech bit by bit and it's hard not to be emotional about it - it's an appeal to hope and courage but also to the fundamental idea of living in society, together. Feels like we've been starved, often deliberately, of that kind of thinking
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
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New York wins Halloween.
November 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
New York wins Halloween.
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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The four aspects of a great character are the Need, the Want, the Ghost, and the Lie.
A Want is their conscious desire.
A Need is what they really want but might not know.
A Lie is the thing they believe that keeps them from that Need.
A Ghost is that spiritual wound that caused the Lie.
A Want is their conscious desire.
A Need is what they really want but might not know.
A Lie is the thing they believe that keeps them from that Need.
A Ghost is that spiritual wound that caused the Lie.
October 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The four aspects of a great character are the Need, the Want, the Ghost, and the Lie.
A Want is their conscious desire.
A Need is what they really want but might not know.
A Lie is the thing they believe that keeps them from that Need.
A Ghost is that spiritual wound that caused the Lie.
A Want is their conscious desire.
A Need is what they really want but might not know.
A Lie is the thing they believe that keeps them from that Need.
A Ghost is that spiritual wound that caused the Lie.
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The lil french Netflix movie about the louvre heist is going to be excellent.
October 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The lil french Netflix movie about the louvre heist is going to be excellent.
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In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
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Filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie: “The future belongs to the writer-producer.”
October 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie: “The future belongs to the writer-producer.”
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Keep thinking about the absurdity of punishing people, particularly children, for daydreaming.
October 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Keep thinking about the absurdity of punishing people, particularly children, for daydreaming.
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When I think of A.I. I think of asbestos. To begin with everyone thought Asbestos was amazing, folk used it in everything. Then they started learning it was dangerous, research was done, they stopped using it, thou for some the damage was already done. Stop using A.I and limit the damage it's doing.
October 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
When I think of A.I. I think of asbestos. To begin with everyone thought Asbestos was amazing, folk used it in everything. Then they started learning it was dangerous, research was done, they stopped using it, thou for some the damage was already done. Stop using A.I and limit the damage it's doing.
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Here’s how my 1st ever GENERAL meeting went…
Exec: I read Joint Custody; I’m a big fan!
Me: Thank you.
Exec: How long have you been in LA?
Me: 3 years.
Exec: You work on The Office - what’s that like?
Me: Fun.
Exec: My assistant will be in to validate your parking.
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Exec: I read Joint Custody; I’m a big fan!
Me: Thank you.
Exec: How long have you been in LA?
Me: 3 years.
Exec: You work on The Office - what’s that like?
Me: Fun.
Exec: My assistant will be in to validate your parking.
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting
October 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Here’s how my 1st ever GENERAL meeting went…
Exec: I read Joint Custody; I’m a big fan!
Me: Thank you.
Exec: How long have you been in LA?
Me: 3 years.
Exec: You work on The Office - what’s that like?
Me: Fun.
Exec: My assistant will be in to validate your parking.
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting
Exec: I read Joint Custody; I’m a big fan!
Me: Thank you.
Exec: How long have you been in LA?
Me: 3 years.
Exec: You work on The Office - what’s that like?
Me: Fun.
Exec: My assistant will be in to validate your parking.
🧵1
#Scriptsky #Screenwriting
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Capitalists have wanted to colonize our minds since forever — to squash our imaginations because the ability to imagine a better world is what keeps us free. Artificial intelligence sets limits on what we can dream and — ultimately — what we can be.
October 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Capitalists have wanted to colonize our minds since forever — to squash our imaginations because the ability to imagine a better world is what keeps us free. Artificial intelligence sets limits on what we can dream and — ultimately — what we can be.
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It is unfathomable to me that we’re all just supposed to be okay with higher energy costs and more air and light pollution, in exchange for a machine that steals personal data and copyrighted material and produces slop and wage theft, and big tech can do this to our society unilaterally.
October 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
It is unfathomable to me that we’re all just supposed to be okay with higher energy costs and more air and light pollution, in exchange for a machine that steals personal data and copyrighted material and produces slop and wage theft, and big tech can do this to our society unilaterally.
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“I had always believed myself to be pretty sanguine at the thought of my own death—I’d had a good long life, done good work, experienced true love, was generally A+ lucky—but now all I wanted was to get the hell out of there.” A new essay by Ann Patchett.
Glowworms
In the punt on the river in the cave, beneath the dim light of glowing worms, it was thoughts of my own death that consumed me.
www.newyorker.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“I had always believed myself to be pretty sanguine at the thought of my own death—I’d had a good long life, done good work, experienced true love, was generally A+ lucky—but now all I wanted was to get the hell out of there.” A new essay by Ann Patchett.