Tammy
@tlowrites.bsky.social
Screenwriter. Cat mom. Libra. Born in NH. Lives in LA. AFF 2nd Rounder. Finish Line SF. WIF Finalist. Table Read Top 10. Works for Illumination. Bello!
IG: tlo_writes
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Scheduled five query letters, gave script notes, did laundry and skipped between the SoCal raindrops to get groceries.
Now settling in to procrastinate script edits by watching holiday food network programming. 😂😩
Now settling in to procrastinate script edits by watching holiday food network programming. 😂😩
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Scheduled five query letters, gave script notes, did laundry and skipped between the SoCal raindrops to get groceries.
Now settling in to procrastinate script edits by watching holiday food network programming. 😂😩
Now settling in to procrastinate script edits by watching holiday food network programming. 😂😩
👇🏻Great info here👇🏻
#screenwriting #scriptsky
"'Unfilmables' refer to information or elements written into a script that cannot be visually represented or heard on screen."
Some good examples here of how to turn an "unfilmable" into a "filmable."
www.scriptreaderscheatsheet.com/post/16-unfi...
"'Unfilmables' refer to information or elements written into a script that cannot be visually represented or heard on screen."
Some good examples here of how to turn an "unfilmable" into a "filmable."
www.scriptreaderscheatsheet.com/post/16-unfi...
16 'Unfilmables' to Cut from your Screenplay (and how to fix them)
Film is a visual medium, right? It's purpose it to be watched. Yet it begins in written form - a screenplay - to be read - so there are two very different 'audiences' during the filmmaking process. Th...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
👇🏻Great info here👇🏻
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Query emails to production companies can work as Plan B, but keep them to 7 sentences max. Include: polite opening, killer logline, why you're reaching out to them specifically. That last part matters - it proves this isn't a form letter blast.
#scriptsky
#scriptsky
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Yes, querying is still a thing!
In addition to the Don'ts, for the love of gawd, DON'T use AI to write your query email.
Just don't.
#scriptsky
In addition to the Don'ts, for the love of gawd, DON'T use AI to write your query email.
Just don't.
#scriptsky
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Accurate. From my experience.
YMMV.
YMMV.
I have... concerns -OR- More than a few red flags
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#screenwriting #contests #feedback #scriptsky+
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#screenwriting #contests #feedback #scriptsky+
I have… concerns -OR- More than a few red flags
My script didn’t make Second Round for the Austin Film Festival, which I accept. It’s just the way it goes. Sometimes it clicks with the reader, sometimes it doesn’t. Nevertheless…
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November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Accurate. From my experience.
YMMV.
YMMV.
Anyone else think the AFF script feedback reads like AI? #scriptsky
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Anyone else think the AFF script feedback reads like AI? #scriptsky
👇🏻 Idea anyone…👇🏻
Maybe make it a horror…
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Maybe make it a horror…
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There’s a story here. #scriptsky
The Cottingley Fairies appear in five photos taken by cousins Elsie Wright (age 16) & Frances Griffiths (9), from Bradford, UK. Their 1917 images caused many to believe the magical creatures were real....even fooling Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle #WomensArt
November 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
👇🏻 Idea anyone…👇🏻
Maybe make it a horror…
😂
Maybe make it a horror…
😂
All of the international meeting invites that need to be updated because of the US time change.
Can’t we just get rid of it? BLAH!
Can’t we just get rid of it? BLAH!
a group of purple minions are screaming with their mouths wide open
ALT: a group of purple minions are screaming with their mouths wide open
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November 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
All of the international meeting invites that need to be updated because of the US time change.
Can’t we just get rid of it? BLAH!
Can’t we just get rid of it? BLAH!
This. Please. Thx.
Please don’t start a forest fire with your celebration bang bangs thx
November 2, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This. Please. Thx.
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Let’s talk PUNCH-UPS.
Punching up a script is the process by which a script that’s working well gets funnier, tighter, and any remaining wrinkles get smoothed out.
I’ve been in hundreds of punch-ups and learned a few lessons along the way…
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting #Writingcommunity
Punching up a script is the process by which a script that’s working well gets funnier, tighter, and any remaining wrinkles get smoothed out.
I’ve been in hundreds of punch-ups and learned a few lessons along the way…
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting #Writingcommunity
October 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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I had writing plans today. I have two finished scripts to edit and one first draft to finish by the end of the year.
But The Diplomat is back.
So that’s my day sorted. 😂
#scriptsky
But The Diplomat is back.
So that’s my day sorted. 😂
#scriptsky
October 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I had writing plans today. I have two finished scripts to edit and one first draft to finish by the end of the year.
But The Diplomat is back.
So that’s my day sorted. 😂
#scriptsky
But The Diplomat is back.
So that’s my day sorted. 😂
#scriptsky
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There are LOADS of different passes to do after writing a decent first draft, and looking for scenes where the hero might not be as active as they could be is one of them.
Here's a quick fix that might help you identify those scenes and fix 'em. #scriptsky
Here's a quick fix that might help you identify those scenes and fix 'em. #scriptsky
October 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Well that was fun So.Cal. The My Shake app just blared unexpectedly during the middle of a conference call about practicing Drop, Cover and Hold On.
It’s time for the annual Great California Shakeout.
Always good to be prepared.
It’s time for the annual Great California Shakeout.
Always good to be prepared.
October 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Well that was fun So.Cal. The My Shake app just blared unexpectedly during the middle of a conference call about practicing Drop, Cover and Hold On.
It’s time for the annual Great California Shakeout.
Always good to be prepared.
It’s time for the annual Great California Shakeout.
Always good to be prepared.
October 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Let Freedom Ring.
My new feature with the comps The Beekeeper meets Dexter if they lived in The Handmaid’s Tale is done!
And now going through my fabulous writers group.
No one domestically will likely touch it with a thousand foot pole but it’s a killer sample. 💪🏻
#scriptsky
My new feature with the comps The Beekeeper meets Dexter if they lived in The Handmaid’s Tale is done!
And now going through my fabulous writers group.
No one domestically will likely touch it with a thousand foot pole but it’s a killer sample. 💪🏻
#scriptsky
October 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Let Freedom Ring.
My new feature with the comps The Beekeeper meets Dexter if they lived in The Handmaid’s Tale is done!
And now going through my fabulous writers group.
No one domestically will likely touch it with a thousand foot pole but it’s a killer sample. 💪🏻
#scriptsky
My new feature with the comps The Beekeeper meets Dexter if they lived in The Handmaid’s Tale is done!
And now going through my fabulous writers group.
No one domestically will likely touch it with a thousand foot pole but it’s a killer sample. 💪🏻
#scriptsky
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October 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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👇🏻Great info here👇🏻
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 6:47 PM
👇🏻Great info here👇🏻
I’ve never played the game so don’t know the story but I’m really enjoying Halo on Netflix.
October 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I’ve never played the game so don’t know the story but I’m really enjoying Halo on Netflix.
Looking for a manager? 👇🏻
Struggling with what to say in a manager inquiry email?
Here’s how to stand out and make them remember you.
Learn how to tell your story in 60 seconds in my free e-book: www.carolekirschner.com/telling-your...
#ScriptSky #WritersNetwork #Filmmaking #Screenwriting #WritingCommunity #WritersLife
Here’s how to stand out and make them remember you.
Learn how to tell your story in 60 seconds in my free e-book: www.carolekirschner.com/telling-your...
#ScriptSky #WritersNetwork #Filmmaking #Screenwriting #WritingCommunity #WritersLife
October 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Looking for a manager? 👇🏻
Tropes. 👇🏻
You can talk tropes forever. It's such a huge subject.
If you want to avoid predictability, understanding tropes and how to use them is pivotal.
tvtropes.org is hands down the best resource on the topic and is well worth a look. #scriptsky
If you want to avoid predictability, understanding tropes and how to use them is pivotal.
tvtropes.org is hands down the best resource on the topic and is well worth a look. #scriptsky
October 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Tropes. 👇🏻
👇🏻Important👇🏻
In Adaptation, a fictionalized Robert McKee says, “The last act makes a film. Wow them in the end, and you got a hit. You can have flaws, problems, but wow them in the end, and you've got a hit.”
Bull. Shit.
Nobody’s making it to Act 3 if your Act 1 sucks.
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting #Filmsky
Bull. Shit.
Nobody’s making it to Act 3 if your Act 1 sucks.
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting #Filmsky
October 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
👇🏻Important👇🏻
👇🏻 Loglines👇🏻
I struggle with loglines. And based on the #Scriptsky #Screenwriting #WritingCommunity posts I’ve seen, so do lots of other people. Loglines are hard! But if you’re trying to get people interested in your script/book, it helps to have a great one. So here’s a 🧵 on some LOGLINE DOs and DON’Ts.
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September 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
👇🏻 Loglines👇🏻
👇🏻 You really can’t beat free…👇🏻
🚨FINAL DEADLINE TONIGHT 🚨 This is it—no extensions, no second chances with two industry powerhouses: ISA x Script Pipeline.
It’s 100% FREE to enter and designed to spotlight original stories, bold voices, and work-in-progress gems that deserve to be seen.
It’s 100% FREE to enter and designed to spotlight original stories, bold voices, and work-in-progress gems that deserve to be seen.
September 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
👇🏻 You really can’t beat free…👇🏻
👇🏻This👇🏻
For the writers in my mentions asking how to handle bad notes: Remember that most executives are trying to make your script WORK, not tear it down. The note about your third act might be clumsy, but there's usually a legitimate concern underneath. Find it, fix it, flourish.
#scriptsky
#scriptsky
September 17, 2025 at 6:03 AM
👇🏻This👇🏻
Late Show with Stephen Colbert! Yes! #EmmyAwards
How he asked about jobs for his 200 person crew was fantastic.
“If the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor!” ❤️
#scriptsky
How he asked about jobs for his 200 person crew was fantastic.
“If the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor!” ❤️
#scriptsky
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Late Show with Stephen Colbert! Yes! #EmmyAwards
How he asked about jobs for his 200 person crew was fantastic.
“If the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor!” ❤️
#scriptsky
How he asked about jobs for his 200 person crew was fantastic.
“If the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor!” ❤️
#scriptsky