Tennyson E. Stead
@tennysonestead.bsky.social
Screenwriter. Game developer. Author. Creator of @JumpRangers.bsky.social, passionate #StarCitizen, and student of outlandish circumstances. He/Him but loosely, autistic, TBI survivor and husband to @Ipiluni.bsky.social.
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Why don't we...
...learn about screenwriting:
www.youtube.com/@TennysonESt...
...play some Jump Rangers:
ko-fi.com/Post/TABLE-O...
...play Star Citizen:
www.robertsspaceindustries.com/enlist?refer...
...seriously play some Star Citizen:
robertsspaceindustries.com/orgs/OCTOGROUP
...learn about screenwriting:
www.youtube.com/@TennysonESt...
...play some Jump Rangers:
ko-fi.com/Post/TABLE-O...
...play Star Citizen:
www.robertsspaceindustries.com/enlist?refer...
...seriously play some Star Citizen:
robertsspaceindustries.com/orgs/OCTOGROUP
The masculine urge to have other people do literally all of your emotional work, and then to be praised as a beacon of self-sufficiency.
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The masculine urge to have other people do literally all of your emotional work, and then to be praised as a beacon of self-sufficiency.
Actors perform actions!
A character's action is how they drive their arc forward. Here's how that works:
youtube.com/shorts/Ft8vP... #screenwriting #writing #film #filmmaking #scriptsky #writersky #filmsky
A character's action is how they drive their arc forward. Here's how that works:
youtube.com/shorts/Ft8vP... #screenwriting #writing #film #filmmaking #scriptsky #writersky #filmsky
Actors Perform Actions
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December 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Actors perform actions!
A character's action is how they drive their arc forward. Here's how that works:
youtube.com/shorts/Ft8vP... #screenwriting #writing #film #filmmaking #scriptsky #writersky #filmsky
A character's action is how they drive their arc forward. Here's how that works:
youtube.com/shorts/Ft8vP... #screenwriting #writing #film #filmmaking #scriptsky #writersky #filmsky
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One of the chief architects of this just died and went to hell not long after he was an esteemed guest at... the 2024 DNC.
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
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December 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
One of the chief architects of this just died and went to hell not long after he was an esteemed guest at... the 2024 DNC.
Your favorite show is no excuse for bad screenwriting!
You heard me, writers. Television's gotten better since then, and audiences expect more from us. Don't rationalize passive structure!
youtube.com/shorts/Qt7Pa... #screenwriting #writing #film #filmmaking #writersky #filmsky #scriptsky
You heard me, writers. Television's gotten better since then, and audiences expect more from us. Don't rationalize passive structure!
youtube.com/shorts/Qt7Pa... #screenwriting #writing #film #filmmaking #writersky #filmsky #scriptsky
Don't Try To Get Away With Stuff
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December 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Your favorite show is no excuse for bad screenwriting!
You heard me, writers. Television's gotten better since then, and audiences expect more from us. Don't rationalize passive structure!
youtube.com/shorts/Qt7Pa... #screenwriting #writing #film #filmmaking #writersky #filmsky #scriptsky
You heard me, writers. Television's gotten better since then, and audiences expect more from us. Don't rationalize passive structure!
youtube.com/shorts/Qt7Pa... #screenwriting #writing #film #filmmaking #writersky #filmsky #scriptsky
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Is spectacle some weird magic that only shows up for certain movies, or is it just what you get for selling out your artistic integrity?
No. It's something else entirely, and you can create it on command.
youtu.be/u9FCLZY6VtA #screenwriting #film #filmmaking #writing #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky
No. It's something else entirely, and you can create it on command.
youtu.be/u9FCLZY6VtA #screenwriting #film #filmmaking #writing #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky
Creating Spectacle On Command
YouTube video by Tennyson E. Stead
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December 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Is spectacle some weird magic that only shows up for certain movies, or is it just what you get for selling out your artistic integrity?
No. It's something else entirely, and you can create it on command.
youtu.be/u9FCLZY6VtA #screenwriting #film #filmmaking #writing #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky
No. It's something else entirely, and you can create it on command.
youtu.be/u9FCLZY6VtA #screenwriting #film #filmmaking #writing #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky
Is spectacle some weird magic that only shows up for certain movies, or is it just what you get for selling out your artistic integrity?
No. It's something else entirely, and you can create it on command.
youtu.be/u9FCLZY6VtA #screenwriting #film #filmmaking #writing #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky
No. It's something else entirely, and you can create it on command.
youtu.be/u9FCLZY6VtA #screenwriting #film #filmmaking #writing #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky
Creating Spectacle On Command
YouTube video by Tennyson E. Stead
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Is spectacle some weird magic that only shows up for certain movies, or is it just what you get for selling out your artistic integrity?
No. It's something else entirely, and you can create it on command.
youtu.be/u9FCLZY6VtA #screenwriting #film #filmmaking #writing #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky
No. It's something else entirely, and you can create it on command.
youtu.be/u9FCLZY6VtA #screenwriting #film #filmmaking #writing #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
(We'll miss you, Tom.)
(We'll miss you, Tom.)
December 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
(We'll miss you, Tom.)
(We'll miss you, Tom.)
Don't put old shows on a pedestal.
If we're making better and better television every year, should we be relying on conventions from decades ago to justify and define our creative choices?
youtube.com/shorts/hmHsk... #screenwriting #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky #filmmaking #writing #film
If we're making better and better television every year, should we be relying on conventions from decades ago to justify and define our creative choices?
youtube.com/shorts/hmHsk... #screenwriting #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky #filmmaking #writing #film
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December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Don't put old shows on a pedestal.
If we're making better and better television every year, should we be relying on conventions from decades ago to justify and define our creative choices?
youtube.com/shorts/hmHsk... #screenwriting #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky #filmmaking #writing #film
If we're making better and better television every year, should we be relying on conventions from decades ago to justify and define our creative choices?
youtube.com/shorts/hmHsk... #screenwriting #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky #filmmaking #writing #film
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I spent the first 10 years of my career as a famously vicious film critic. I was effusive with love but wrote some famous takedowns that often went viral. There was a 2 month period where my careers overlapped. I wrote a SAVAGE takedown of an admittedly deserving film that went around town…
December 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I spent the first 10 years of my career as a famously vicious film critic. I was effusive with love but wrote some famous takedowns that often went viral. There was a 2 month period where my careers overlapped. I wrote a SAVAGE takedown of an admittedly deserving film that went around town…
Okay, but TV was bad!
If you're telling me that this or that classic show didn't bother doing the things I'm asking you to do in your writing, there's something you should know about television...
youtube.com/shorts/Xx9Z8... #screenwriting #filmmaking #film #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky #writing
If you're telling me that this or that classic show didn't bother doing the things I'm asking you to do in your writing, there's something you should know about television...
youtube.com/shorts/Xx9Z8... #screenwriting #filmmaking #film #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky #writing
TV Was Bad
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December 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Okay, but TV was bad!
If you're telling me that this or that classic show didn't bother doing the things I'm asking you to do in your writing, there's something you should know about television...
youtube.com/shorts/Xx9Z8... #screenwriting #filmmaking #film #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky #writing
If you're telling me that this or that classic show didn't bother doing the things I'm asking you to do in your writing, there's something you should know about television...
youtube.com/shorts/Xx9Z8... #screenwriting #filmmaking #film #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky #writing
Saying goodbye to Los Angeles.
Half my life, I've done entertainment in this city... and it's time to make things happen elsewhere. Hoping for a short-term teaching gig in Boston, we'll stop to see family in Arizona, and I have big plans for the future.
Just posting to make it real for myself.
Half my life, I've done entertainment in this city... and it's time to make things happen elsewhere. Hoping for a short-term teaching gig in Boston, we'll stop to see family in Arizona, and I have big plans for the future.
Just posting to make it real for myself.
December 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Saying goodbye to Los Angeles.
Half my life, I've done entertainment in this city... and it's time to make things happen elsewhere. Hoping for a short-term teaching gig in Boston, we'll stop to see family in Arizona, and I have big plans for the future.
Just posting to make it real for myself.
Half my life, I've done entertainment in this city... and it's time to make things happen elsewhere. Hoping for a short-term teaching gig in Boston, we'll stop to see family in Arizona, and I have big plans for the future.
Just posting to make it real for myself.
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I don't want to talk about how long this took to edit but OUR #PAXUnplugged vlogventure is done!!! #indiettrpg #ttrpg
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of INDIE TTRPGS: A PAX Unplugged Adventure
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December 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I don't want to talk about how long this took to edit but OUR #PAXUnplugged vlogventure is done!!! #indiettrpg #ttrpg
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December 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Either you write into the script that a character is female, or a person of color, or disabled, or all three, or the casting director will put a white, able-bodied male into the role.
Take the initiative.
youtube.com/shorts/ZzBhl... #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky #screenwriting #film #writing
Take the initiative.
youtube.com/shorts/ZzBhl... #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky #screenwriting #film #writing
Take the Initiative With Diversity
YouTube video by Tennyson E. Stead
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December 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Either you write into the script that a character is female, or a person of color, or disabled, or all three, or the casting director will put a white, able-bodied male into the role.
Take the initiative.
youtube.com/shorts/ZzBhl... #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky #screenwriting #film #writing
Take the initiative.
youtube.com/shorts/ZzBhl... #scriptsky #filmsky #writersky #screenwriting #film #writing
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The oppressed party will ALWAYS know the maneuvers and personality/ psychology of the oppressing side bc they MUST. Bc knowing the oppressor is a means of survival.
December 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The oppressed party will ALWAYS know the maneuvers and personality/ psychology of the oppressing side bc they MUST. Bc knowing the oppressor is a means of survival.
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People need to boycott this show and not just half ass. Shame everyone who plans on watching it. This isn't about Eurovision, it's about Israel getting away with committing genocide because THERE ARE NEVER ANY CONSEQUENCES. They should be untouchable by now. Everybody needs to walk the fucking walk.
Eurovision has allowed Israel to compete in 2026.
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands have pulled out of the competition following the decision.
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands have pulled out of the competition following the decision.
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
People need to boycott this show and not just half ass. Shame everyone who plans on watching it. This isn't about Eurovision, it's about Israel getting away with committing genocide because THERE ARE NEVER ANY CONSEQUENCES. They should be untouchable by now. Everybody needs to walk the fucking walk.
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"I have to be on twitter it's where all the eyeballs are"
Skill issue. I've driven over $3,000 worth of revenue directly from bluesky and mastodon in the last week and a half
Skill issue. I've driven over $3,000 worth of revenue directly from bluesky and mastodon in the last week and a half
December 5, 2025 at 7:20 AM
"I have to be on twitter it's where all the eyeballs are"
Skill issue. I've driven over $3,000 worth of revenue directly from bluesky and mastodon in the last week and a half
Skill issue. I've driven over $3,000 worth of revenue directly from bluesky and mastodon in the last week and a half
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Vote Felicia!
REMMI Marvel Comics Spidey Book of the Year! Nominee . . .
Black Cat!
Writer: @gwillow.me
Art: @biggleb.bsky.social
Colors: @rebervision.bsky.social
Letters: @joecaramagna.bsky.social
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Black Cat!
Writer: @gwillow.me
Art: @biggleb.bsky.social
Colors: @rebervision.bsky.social
Letters: @joecaramagna.bsky.social
Vote here: forms.gle/JfxJCo61honf...
December 5, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Vote Felicia!
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In his recent conversation with Black Girl Nerds, Delroy Lindo offered a rich, introspective look into his transformative performance in Ryan Coogler’s latest film Sinners.
Delroy Lindo on Crafting Delta Slim, Navigating Genre, and the Spiritual Lineage from 'Da 5 Bloods' to 'Sinners' | Black Girl Nerds
Delroy Lindo offered a rich, introspective look into his transformative performance in Ryan Coogler’s latest film Sinners.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
In his recent conversation with Black Girl Nerds, Delroy Lindo offered a rich, introspective look into his transformative performance in Ryan Coogler’s latest film Sinners.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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He’s fully disabled. This was today, but I’ve had a lot of discussions like this with him for years. I myself am paycheck to paycheck, but send him money in emergencies.
Disabled in America = disposable.
The oligarchy will let us *all* die in the streets if we don’t fight back.
Disabled in America = disposable.
The oligarchy will let us *all* die in the streets if we don’t fight back.
December 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
He’s fully disabled. This was today, but I’ve had a lot of discussions like this with him for years. I myself am paycheck to paycheck, but send him money in emergencies.
Disabled in America = disposable.
The oligarchy will let us *all* die in the streets if we don’t fight back.
Disabled in America = disposable.
The oligarchy will let us *all* die in the streets if we don’t fight back.
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I had a great conversation about Draw Steel, art description, accessibility, and much more with @jondenor.com a few months ago, and there is now a transcript along with the episode! I really, really enjoyed this chat and think we touched on a lot of great stuff.
goblinpoints.com/2522
goblinpoints.com/2522
Jennifer Kretchmer: Making TTRPGs Accessible to Everyone | Interview - Goblin Points
News and interviews about Draw Steel and MCDM. New episodes thrice a month. Hosted by Jon de Nor.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I had a great conversation about Draw Steel, art description, accessibility, and much more with @jondenor.com a few months ago, and there is now a transcript along with the episode! I really, really enjoyed this chat and think we touched on a lot of great stuff.
goblinpoints.com/2522
goblinpoints.com/2522
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Here's my video about @santaragione.com's HORSES, and why it being banned from Steam sucks even if you aren't interested in *this particular game*. Video games as a whole deserve better!
youtu.be/G-7r9pL0Hqo?...
youtu.be/G-7r9pL0Hqo?...
Yes, Steam banning indie game "HORSES" matters.
YouTube video by Charalanahzard
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December 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Here's my video about @santaragione.com's HORSES, and why it being banned from Steam sucks even if you aren't interested in *this particular game*. Video games as a whole deserve better!
youtu.be/G-7r9pL0Hqo?...
youtu.be/G-7r9pL0Hqo?...
There's only one Pedro Pascal, and each of us has to live with that.
Some of us do that more gracefully than others.
Some of us do that more gracefully than others.
December 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
There's only one Pedro Pascal, and each of us has to live with that.
Some of us do that more gracefully than others.
Some of us do that more gracefully than others.
Keep it simple. Keep it sweet.
Whoever reads your show bible doesn't need to be an expert on your show. You're the expert.
youtube.com/shorts/vM6b9... #writing #writersky #filmsky #scriptsky #film #filmmaking #screenwriting
Whoever reads your show bible doesn't need to be an expert on your show. You're the expert.
youtube.com/shorts/vM6b9... #writing #writersky #filmsky #scriptsky #film #filmmaking #screenwriting
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December 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Keep it simple. Keep it sweet.
Whoever reads your show bible doesn't need to be an expert on your show. You're the expert.
youtube.com/shorts/vM6b9... #writing #writersky #filmsky #scriptsky #film #filmmaking #screenwriting
Whoever reads your show bible doesn't need to be an expert on your show. You're the expert.
youtube.com/shorts/vM6b9... #writing #writersky #filmsky #scriptsky #film #filmmaking #screenwriting