Lisa Hickey
@lisahickey.bsky.social
Screenwriter, etc. Finalist Big Break, Finalist WeScreenplay Diversity Lab. Launchpad Top 100. Nantucket Film Festival Top 3. Cinestory SF. Two scripts in top 1% on Coverfly, one script is the top 20 TV Dramas of all time on Coverfly.
Going to #AFF #AustinFilmFestival? #scriptsky I'm hosting an informal Zoom get together pre-Austin with @brettjoyce.bsky.social. Meet people, ask questions--or answer them if you've been before. Thurs. Oct 9 at 8 pm EST / 5 pm PST. Email or DM me for the Zoom link.
October 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Going to #AFF #AustinFilmFestival? #scriptsky I'm hosting an informal Zoom get together pre-Austin with @brettjoyce.bsky.social. Meet people, ask questions--or answer them if you've been before. Thurs. Oct 9 at 8 pm EST / 5 pm PST. Email or DM me for the Zoom link.
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Saw this article @lisahickey.bsky.social re hearing laughter increasing optimism. Despite the many depressing aspects of #fostercare and the lack of biological attachment, what keeps me positive is his laughter with his friends and our laughter together.
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Bonobos Are More Optimistic After Hearing Laughter
A new study shows that bonobos, our closest living relatives along with chimpanzees, are more optimistic after hearing laughter.
goodmenproject.com
July 19, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Saw this article @lisahickey.bsky.social re hearing laughter increasing optimism. Despite the many depressing aspects of #fostercare and the lack of biological attachment, what keeps me positive is his laughter with his friends and our laughter together.
goodmenproject.com/featured-con...
goodmenproject.com/featured-con...
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Congrats writing queens! #PAGEawards
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@kathrynorwigauthor.bsky.social
@rgriggs.bsky.social
@suzannegriffin1.bsky.social @kasibrown.bsky.social
@lisahickey.bsky.social @emeliesvensson.bsky.social
@andreaberting.bsky.social @merewalton.bsky.social @mslrsimpson.bsky.social @sarahgranger.bsky.social
@kathrynorwigauthor.bsky.social
@rgriggs.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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A huge congratulations to friend and fellow writers group member @lisahickey.bsky.social !!
Not only did she win the One Hour Drama Screenplay award at Cinequest …
She also came in third with a second script!🔥🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏👏
Way to crush it, Lisa!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Not only did she win the One Hour Drama Screenplay award at Cinequest …
She also came in third with a second script!🔥🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏👏
Way to crush it, Lisa!❤️❤️❤️❤️
March 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A huge congratulations to friend and fellow writers group member @lisahickey.bsky.social !!
Not only did she win the One Hour Drama Screenplay award at Cinequest …
She also came in third with a second script!🔥🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏👏
Way to crush it, Lisa!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Not only did she win the One Hour Drama Screenplay award at Cinequest …
She also came in third with a second script!🔥🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏👏
Way to crush it, Lisa!❤️❤️❤️❤️
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plot gets you into a scene, character gets you out #screenwriting
February 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
plot gets you into a scene, character gets you out #screenwriting
Yes, join it! It will be fun, promise.
Our webinar with Lisa starts in a few hours!
Sign up in the link below ⬇️
Sign up in the link below ⬇️
I’ll be doing webinar about Social Media for Screenwriters ithrough @roadmapwriters.com on Wednesday 1/29 at 4-5:30 PST. Here is the sign up link: www.roadmapwriters.com/products/you... #ScriptSky
January 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Yes, join it! It will be fun, promise.
I’ll be doing webinar about Social Media for Screenwriters ithrough @roadmapwriters.com on Wednesday 1/29 at 4-5:30 PST. Here is the sign up link: www.roadmapwriters.com/products/you... #ScriptSky
Your Social Media Guide | Roadmap Writers
435 Writers Signed to Representation and Counting!
www.roadmapwriters.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I’ll be doing webinar about Social Media for Screenwriters ithrough @roadmapwriters.com on Wednesday 1/29 at 4-5:30 PST. Here is the sign up link: www.roadmapwriters.com/products/you... #ScriptSky
Thrilled that UNPREDICTABLE is a Winner in the SoCal Screenwriting Competition #ScriptSky
January 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Thrilled that UNPREDICTABLE is a Winner in the SoCal Screenwriting Competition #ScriptSky
Great list of upcoming #screenwriting fellowships. #scriptsky
January 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Great list of upcoming #screenwriting fellowships. #scriptsky
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HAPPENING NOW: If you are able, the #Westchester #YMCA is looking for donations below or volunteers to come out between 5-6PM: #scriptsky #fire #volunteers #Palisades #Eaton
January 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
HAPPENING NOW: If you are able, the #Westchester #YMCA is looking for donations below or volunteers to come out between 5-6PM: #scriptsky #fire #volunteers #Palisades #Eaton
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Writers based in LA:
If you or someone you know has been displaced due to the LA fires and have nowhere to go, or if you or someone you know needs dog or cat food or a temporary safe place for their pets, please email joey@roadmapwriters.com
If you or someone you know has been displaced due to the LA fires and have nowhere to go, or if you or someone you know needs dog or cat food or a temporary safe place for their pets, please email joey@roadmapwriters.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Writers based in LA:
If you or someone you know has been displaced due to the LA fires and have nowhere to go, or if you or someone you know needs dog or cat food or a temporary safe place for their pets, please email joey@roadmapwriters.com
If you or someone you know has been displaced due to the LA fires and have nowhere to go, or if you or someone you know needs dog or cat food or a temporary safe place for their pets, please email joey@roadmapwriters.com
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Pro #Writing Tip: if you want to improve your dialogue, use subtext. People love submarines. Their hard exterior, cozy inside, their gauges, that little telescope thing.
Speak about subs!
#screenwriting #ScriptSky #wip #fantasy #filmsky #discworld #hhgtg #writersky #5amwritersclub
Speak about subs!
#screenwriting #ScriptSky #wip #fantasy #filmsky #discworld #hhgtg #writersky #5amwritersclub
January 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Pro #Writing Tip: if you want to improve your dialogue, use subtext. People love submarines. Their hard exterior, cozy inside, their gauges, that little telescope thing.
Speak about subs!
#screenwriting #ScriptSky #wip #fantasy #filmsky #discworld #hhgtg #writersky #5amwritersclub
Speak about subs!
#screenwriting #ScriptSky #wip #fantasy #filmsky #discworld #hhgtg #writersky #5amwritersclub
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If you’re in the #LosAngeles area, and you are able, the #RedCross is looking for #volunteers to help take shifts at local emergency #fire shelters. Please spread the word! #scriptsky #filmsky #Pacific #Palisades #Eaton #Hurst #Sunset #Lidia volunteerconnection.redcross.org?nd=intake_co...
January 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If you’re in the #LosAngeles area, and you are able, the #RedCross is looking for #volunteers to help take shifts at local emergency #fire shelters. Please spread the word! #scriptsky #filmsky #Pacific #Palisades #Eaton #Hurst #Sunset #Lidia volunteerconnection.redcross.org?nd=intake_co...
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Wisdom nuggets heard this week at the writers con:
-Producers want to connect with YOU
-Rewrite for the one producer who makes the decision
-After handing over a final script, it's a collaborative project
-The movie will never be what it is in your head
-Enjoy the process of writing
#scriptsky
-Producers want to connect with YOU
-Rewrite for the one producer who makes the decision
-After handing over a final script, it's a collaborative project
-The movie will never be what it is in your head
-Enjoy the process of writing
#scriptsky
a man in a leather jacket and tie is saying cool cool cool cool cool cool cool
ALT: a man in a leather jacket and tie is saying cool cool cool cool cool cool cool
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December 13, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Wisdom nuggets heard this week at the writers con:
-Producers want to connect with YOU
-Rewrite for the one producer who makes the decision
-After handing over a final script, it's a collaborative project
-The movie will never be what it is in your head
-Enjoy the process of writing
#scriptsky
-Producers want to connect with YOU
-Rewrite for the one producer who makes the decision
-After handing over a final script, it's a collaborative project
-The movie will never be what it is in your head
-Enjoy the process of writing
#scriptsky
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A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
November 23, 2024 at 2:09 AM
A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
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Hey folks! Are you a #screenwriter with a film or TV project that includes #climatechange elements? The @nrdc-org.bsky.social has an amazing fellowship opportunity -- deadline is Dec 5th. Pls share with your writer communities, these stories need to be on our screens. blcklst.com/programs/202...
December 2, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Hey folks! Are you a #screenwriter with a film or TV project that includes #climatechange elements? The @nrdc-org.bsky.social has an amazing fellowship opportunity -- deadline is Dec 5th. Pls share with your writer communities, these stories need to be on our screens. blcklst.com/programs/202...
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Every scene in your screenplay should be compelling in its own right.
Ask yourself why anyone would find this scene interesting to watch. Why is it fun? Or compelling?
Have an actual answer.
Few things are more boring than a scene that only exists to get to the next scene.
#scriptsky
Ask yourself why anyone would find this scene interesting to watch. Why is it fun? Or compelling?
Have an actual answer.
Few things are more boring than a scene that only exists to get to the next scene.
#scriptsky
November 29, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Every scene in your screenplay should be compelling in its own right.
Ask yourself why anyone would find this scene interesting to watch. Why is it fun? Or compelling?
Have an actual answer.
Few things are more boring than a scene that only exists to get to the next scene.
#scriptsky
Ask yourself why anyone would find this scene interesting to watch. Why is it fun? Or compelling?
Have an actual answer.
Few things are more boring than a scene that only exists to get to the next scene.
#scriptsky
Great advice. I adore precise verbs. And yeah, emotion over info every time.
Five quick ways to improve your screenwriting.
1. Let precise verbs do heavy lifting.
2. Shorter paragraphs.
3. Time to read = time it takes to happen on screen.
4. Be specific. Non-choices kill.
5. Emotion > Information.
Focus on this, and you're ahead of 90% of other writers.
#scriptsky
1. Let precise verbs do heavy lifting.
2. Shorter paragraphs.
3. Time to read = time it takes to happen on screen.
4. Be specific. Non-choices kill.
5. Emotion > Information.
Focus on this, and you're ahead of 90% of other writers.
#scriptsky
November 25, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Great advice. I adore precise verbs. And yeah, emotion over info every time.
Excited that my short script "84" advanced in the Vail Film Festival, thus landing it on Coverfly's Red List. (Zookeeper's Daughter and Unpredictable advanced also, but today I'm rooting for the underdog.)
November 23, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Excited that my short script "84" advanced in the Vail Film Festival, thus landing it on Coverfly's Red List. (Zookeeper's Daughter and Unpredictable advanced also, but today I'm rooting for the underdog.)
Since we're on the process of screenwriting processes:
1. Concept
2. Collect cool stuff related to concept. Words, images, research, snippets of dialogue
3. Rough idea of characters
4. Emotional beat sheet
5. Outline
6. First draft
7. More of steps 1-5
8. Rewrites + many notes.
#ScriptSky
1. Concept
2. Collect cool stuff related to concept. Words, images, research, snippets of dialogue
3. Rough idea of characters
4. Emotional beat sheet
5. Outline
6. First draft
7. More of steps 1-5
8. Rewrites + many notes.
#ScriptSky
This is pretty much where I’ve landed as well.
1. Notes
2. Super loose outline
3. Treatment
4. 1st draft
5. Rewrites
1. Notes
2. Super loose outline
3. Treatment
4. 1st draft
5. Rewrites
After screenwriting for 28 years, I have settled on this process:
1. Pre-Outline
2. Outline.
3. Treatment
4. Screenplay
5. Rewrites
I have found this the quickest route to a polished draft.
It leaves room for discovery in (3) and (4), with the shortest time in (5).
#scriptsky
1. Pre-Outline
2. Outline.
3. Treatment
4. Screenplay
5. Rewrites
I have found this the quickest route to a polished draft.
It leaves room for discovery in (3) and (4), with the shortest time in (5).
#scriptsky
November 23, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Since we're on the process of screenwriting processes:
1. Concept
2. Collect cool stuff related to concept. Words, images, research, snippets of dialogue
3. Rough idea of characters
4. Emotional beat sheet
5. Outline
6. First draft
7. More of steps 1-5
8. Rewrites + many notes.
#ScriptSky
1. Concept
2. Collect cool stuff related to concept. Words, images, research, snippets of dialogue
3. Rough idea of characters
4. Emotional beat sheet
5. Outline
6. First draft
7. More of steps 1-5
8. Rewrites + many notes.
#ScriptSky
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Question for all you #ScriptSky people. I just got notified that The Zookeeper's Daughter is in the Top 20 scripts for TV Drama on Coverfly. (Not for the month or year, but apparently overall). It seems like a big deal to me—but does this mean *anything* to execs, managers or producers?
November 22, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Question for all you #ScriptSky people. I just got notified that The Zookeeper's Daughter is in the Top 20 scripts for TV Drama on Coverfly. (Not for the month or year, but apparently overall). It seems like a big deal to me—but does this mean *anything* to execs, managers or producers?
Excited to see both THE ZOOKEEPER'S DAUGHTER and UNPREDICTABLE are semifinalists's in the 2025 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition. Both scripts are also in top 1% on @coverfly.bsky.social. Congrats to all! @screencraft.bsky.social screencraft.org/blog/2025-sc... #ScriptSky
2025 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition Semifinalists - ScreenCraft
See the list of exceptional projects that were selected to advance. Congratulations to the writers who have made it this far!
screencraft.org
November 20, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Excited to see both THE ZOOKEEPER'S DAUGHTER and UNPREDICTABLE are semifinalists's in the 2025 ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition. Both scripts are also in top 1% on @coverfly.bsky.social. Congrats to all! @screencraft.bsky.social screencraft.org/blog/2025-sc... #ScriptSky
Thanks for this thread. It's such a big problem—white men not able to put themselves in the roles of characters who don't look like them. How can you possibly have empathy if you can't do that? Stories are life.
Been thinking about this a lot, particularly how the right-wing bludgeon of “woke” is rooted in the increase in stories that don’t centre white boys. A disturbing amount of political discourse stems from man-babies being unable to empathise with stories led by people who don’t look like them.
Apropos of nothing in particular, stories do have great power and importance and we shouldn’t ever forget or underestimate that.
November 17, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Thanks for this thread. It's such a big problem—white men not able to put themselves in the roles of characters who don't look like them. How can you possibly have empathy if you can't do that? Stories are life.