Simon Laurence Doyle
@simondoyle87.bsky.social
Doctor, screenwriter, dad. Caffeine-powered.
BBC Voices Shortlist '25
BBC Voices Shortlist '25
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Holy hell. Forgot I'd submitted to this year's BBC Writers Room Open Call.
Found out my script 'Immiscible' (since redrafted a gazillion times and renamed!) placed in the top 1%
Today is a good day
#scriptsky
Found out my script 'Immiscible' (since redrafted a gazillion times and renamed!) placed in the top 1%
Today is a good day
#scriptsky
38 today. Roll on 39 🍻
August 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
38 today. Roll on 39 🍻
I think my cat's broken...
July 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I think my cat's broken...
Bees for the win!
July 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Bees for the win!
Garden wildflowers 🙂
June 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Garden wildflowers 🙂
Hey #scriptsky peeps! Just finished a rewrite of a super old folk #horror script - anyone fancy a swap?
I've been told just give decent notes 😁
I've been told just give decent notes 😁
June 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Hey #scriptsky peeps! Just finished a rewrite of a super old folk #horror script - anyone fancy a swap?
I've been told just give decent notes 😁
I've been told just give decent notes 😁
Finished Red Dead Redemptiom 2. What an absolute masterclass in storytelling and direction.
Guess it's time to play the first game for the first time 😁
Guess it's time to play the first game for the first time 😁
June 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Finished Red Dead Redemptiom 2. What an absolute masterclass in storytelling and direction.
Guess it's time to play the first game for the first time 😁
Guess it's time to play the first game for the first time 😁
Dammit. I've returned to my second script and it turns out what it's been missing is I've not been adequately mean to my protagonist.
Lordy lord, this new draft is gonna be (hopefully!) a heartbreaker #scriptsky
Lordy lord, this new draft is gonna be (hopefully!) a heartbreaker #scriptsky
June 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Dammit. I've returned to my second script and it turns out what it's been missing is I've not been adequately mean to my protagonist.
Lordy lord, this new draft is gonna be (hopefully!) a heartbreaker #scriptsky
Lordy lord, this new draft is gonna be (hopefully!) a heartbreaker #scriptsky
Doing a bit of a rewrite of an old script - always amazing to see how much my writing style has changed in a few years.
And, predictably, now it looks like it's a top to bottom rewrite because I love the premise, but damn there's a lot that can be improved!
#scriptsky #horror
And, predictably, now it looks like it's a top to bottom rewrite because I love the premise, but damn there's a lot that can be improved!
#scriptsky #horror
June 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Doing a bit of a rewrite of an old script - always amazing to see how much my writing style has changed in a few years.
And, predictably, now it looks like it's a top to bottom rewrite because I love the premise, but damn there's a lot that can be improved!
#scriptsky #horror
And, predictably, now it looks like it's a top to bottom rewrite because I love the premise, but damn there's a lot that can be improved!
#scriptsky #horror
My daughter's hair kicks ass
May 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
My daughter's hair kicks ass
Oh no, looks like Twitter ain't working
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
May 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Oh no, looks like Twitter ain't working
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
Reposted by Simon Laurence Doyle
Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
and the Tories destroyed them
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
and the Tories destroyed them
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
and the Tories destroyed them
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
and the Tories destroyed them
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Spent the last week working on a prose version of a short screenplay I wrote a while back, and holy hell it's been fun!
Now onto proof-reading 😁 #scriptsky #writingcommunity
Now onto proof-reading 😁 #scriptsky #writingcommunity
May 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Spent the last week working on a prose version of a short screenplay I wrote a while back, and holy hell it's been fun!
Now onto proof-reading 😁 #scriptsky #writingcommunity
Now onto proof-reading 😁 #scriptsky #writingcommunity
Astonishing number of MAGAs have become oncologists and urologist overnight.
Weird, huh?
Weird, huh?
May 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Astonishing number of MAGAs have become oncologists and urologist overnight.
Weird, huh?
Weird, huh?
Eldest lost her first tooth today. No idea where it went. She says she swallowed it.
Smart girl, mind, she made a card at school to act as proof for the tooth fairy 🤷♂️
(Apologies for duplicate posting on Twitter if anyone is still part of that. Still have people there I like who haven't migrated 🤷♂️)
Smart girl, mind, she made a card at school to act as proof for the tooth fairy 🤷♂️
(Apologies for duplicate posting on Twitter if anyone is still part of that. Still have people there I like who haven't migrated 🤷♂️)
part.lr
May 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Eldest lost her first tooth today. No idea where it went. She says she swallowed it.
Smart girl, mind, she made a card at school to act as proof for the tooth fairy 🤷♂️
(Apologies for duplicate posting on Twitter if anyone is still part of that. Still have people there I like who haven't migrated 🤷♂️)
Smart girl, mind, she made a card at school to act as proof for the tooth fairy 🤷♂️
(Apologies for duplicate posting on Twitter if anyone is still part of that. Still have people there I like who haven't migrated 🤷♂️)
Holy hell. Forgot I'd submitted to this year's BBC Writers Room Open Call.
Found out my script 'Immiscible' (since redrafted a gazillion times and renamed!) placed in the top 1%
Today is a good day
#scriptsky
Found out my script 'Immiscible' (since redrafted a gazillion times and renamed!) placed in the top 1%
Today is a good day
#scriptsky
May 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Holy hell. Forgot I'd submitted to this year's BBC Writers Room Open Call.
Found out my script 'Immiscible' (since redrafted a gazillion times and renamed!) placed in the top 1%
Today is a good day
#scriptsky
Found out my script 'Immiscible' (since redrafted a gazillion times and renamed!) placed in the top 1%
Today is a good day
#scriptsky
So many talented people here, and so many ace stories.
So much love for Ash and the team for their passion to promote great writers!
So much love for Ash and the team for their passion to promote great writers!
Lights. Camera. RADNESS—
For your consideration, an elite lineup of sports-centered scripts—from BIOPICS to horror—in a rad new showcase called THE BALLERS LIST. World premieres, Emmy winners & hot new writers.
Like & share to boost human voices. #scriptsky #ballerslist2025
Marquee preview & 🔗👇🏻
For your consideration, an elite lineup of sports-centered scripts—from BIOPICS to horror—in a rad new showcase called THE BALLERS LIST. World premieres, Emmy winners & hot new writers.
Like & share to boost human voices. #scriptsky #ballerslist2025
Marquee preview & 🔗👇🏻
May 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
So many talented people here, and so many ace stories.
So much love for Ash and the team for their passion to promote great writers!
So much love for Ash and the team for their passion to promote great writers!
But seriously, option 3, right?
May 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
But seriously, option 3, right?
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Check out my latest video on the early years of #Cleopatra. Discover her links to Alexander the Great, her dysfunctional family of the Ptolemies and the threat of an expanding Roman Empire. #AncientEgypt
youtu.be/X1a0acTTXdY?...
youtu.be/X1a0acTTXdY?...
Cleopatra: The Early Years | Ancient Egypt Explained
YouTube video by The Ancient Egyptian
youtu.be
May 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Check out my latest video on the early years of #Cleopatra. Discover her links to Alexander the Great, her dysfunctional family of the Ptolemies and the threat of an expanding Roman Empire. #AncientEgypt
youtu.be/X1a0acTTXdY?...
youtu.be/X1a0acTTXdY?...
Just bagged up a huge batch of slow-cooked silverside of beef pulled into a goulash.
This has nothing to do with writing, medicine or film, but it tastes kick-ass 😁
This has nothing to do with writing, medicine or film, but it tastes kick-ass 😁
May 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Just bagged up a huge batch of slow-cooked silverside of beef pulled into a goulash.
This has nothing to do with writing, medicine or film, but it tastes kick-ass 😁
This has nothing to do with writing, medicine or film, but it tastes kick-ass 😁
Heart Eyes is one of the lost entertaining slashers I've seen since the original Scream.
Big fan
#scriptsky
Big fan
#scriptsky
May 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Heart Eyes is one of the lost entertaining slashers I've seen since the original Scream.
Big fan
#scriptsky
Big fan
#scriptsky
Going through my phone to make space, came across the 'daughter trying to steal my beer' collection ❤️
May 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Going through my phone to make space, came across the 'daughter trying to steal my beer' collection ❤️
Gonna miss Coverfly. Gonna miss the peer reviewing even more 😞 #scriptsky
May 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Gonna miss Coverfly. Gonna miss the peer reviewing even more 😞 #scriptsky
Got a really talented friend making a documentary about road safety.
As a doctor who's worked in orthopaedics, I've seen first-hand the consequences of dangerous drivers.
If you could help out by answering a five minute questionnaire, that'd be awesome ❤️
forms.office.com/r/VKZEFsFbnf
#scriptsky
As a doctor who's worked in orthopaedics, I've seen first-hand the consequences of dangerous drivers.
If you could help out by answering a five minute questionnaire, that'd be awesome ❤️
forms.office.com/r/VKZEFsFbnf
#scriptsky
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Got a really talented friend making a documentary about road safety.
As a doctor who's worked in orthopaedics, I've seen first-hand the consequences of dangerous drivers.
If you could help out by answering a five minute questionnaire, that'd be awesome ❤️
forms.office.com/r/VKZEFsFbnf
#scriptsky
As a doctor who's worked in orthopaedics, I've seen first-hand the consequences of dangerous drivers.
If you could help out by answering a five minute questionnaire, that'd be awesome ❤️
forms.office.com/r/VKZEFsFbnf
#scriptsky
Woke up today with a temperature of 39.6 and that horrible feeling that my skin is sandpaper.
Hate being sick.
Hate being sick.
April 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Woke up today with a temperature of 39.6 and that horrible feeling that my skin is sandpaper.
Hate being sick.
Hate being sick.
Staring down the final twenty off pages of my new script. Looking like it's going to be the fastest I've taken from nascence to first draft.
All aboard the St. Christopher. It is not a happy boat 😂 #scriptsky
All aboard the St. Christopher. It is not a happy boat 😂 #scriptsky
a painting of a ship covered in spider webs in the dark
ALT: a painting of a ship covered in spider webs in the dark
media.tenor.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Staring down the final twenty off pages of my new script. Looking like it's going to be the fastest I've taken from nascence to first draft.
All aboard the St. Christopher. It is not a happy boat 😂 #scriptsky
All aboard the St. Christopher. It is not a happy boat 😂 #scriptsky