Rocket
@alisonrocketross.bsky.social
Screenwriter, Filmmaker, Baseball Fan
Not literally a rocket, but close enough
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I have been invited to a Halloween party for the first time in like… 8 years!!! I have not been this excited about a social adventure in a long time, but I gotta keep my cool so I bought a Maverick costume so it’s not weird if I get overstimulated and wear my aviators the whole time. Let’s do this!
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October 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I have been invited to a Halloween party for the first time in like… 8 years!!! I have not been this excited about a social adventure in a long time, but I gotta keep my cool so I bought a Maverick costume so it’s not weird if I get overstimulated and wear my aviators the whole time. Let’s do this!
After a job, it always takes me a little bit to recover. It’s like… what do you mean I don’t get to hang out with my new family of brilliant creative people and do arts and crafts to achieve a bigger vision for 12 hours a day anymore? What do you mean no one is going to tell me when to eat?
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October 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
After a job, it always takes me a little bit to recover. It’s like… what do you mean I don’t get to hang out with my new family of brilliant creative people and do arts and crafts to achieve a bigger vision for 12 hours a day anymore? What do you mean no one is going to tell me when to eat?
I can’t go into detail, but damn I had a good day on set today. Movies are magic, even when you’re just running around hanging flags and taking down signs. Movies are fucking magic and I will hear nothing to the contrary. Keep making movies. All of us. Let’s just do that.
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October 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I can’t go into detail, but damn I had a good day on set today. Movies are magic, even when you’re just running around hanging flags and taking down signs. Movies are fucking magic and I will hear nothing to the contrary. Keep making movies. All of us. Let’s just do that.
Someone needs to tell the internet kids to stop doing Robert Redford edits because I am not getting over it and I don’t need to be sobbing every 15 seconds.
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September 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Someone needs to tell the internet kids to stop doing Robert Redford edits because I am not getting over it and I don’t need to be sobbing every 15 seconds.
If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.
September 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.
So… shit. I heard a song and it inspired this whole new script. And while, yes, I need to keep writing new material, I also have so much to do on the movie and this new script is consuming me. Ah, the pains and pleasures of being a writer… #ScriptSky
September 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
So… shit. I heard a song and it inspired this whole new script. And while, yes, I need to keep writing new material, I also have so much to do on the movie and this new script is consuming me. Ah, the pains and pleasures of being a writer… #ScriptSky
I’ll just say I’m proud of myself now that the script is done. I wrote it for no budget with the things I have and the people I knew would help me. Even as my friends are saying things like “you know you’ll probably cry while we’re filming” I can say “I know, I wrote it in.”
September 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I’ll just say I’m proud of myself now that the script is done. I wrote it for no budget with the things I have and the people I knew would help me. Even as my friends are saying things like “you know you’ll probably cry while we’re filming” I can say “I know, I wrote it in.”
It’s like one day you wake up and your imposter syndrome shifts from “I don’t know if I can even make a movie” to “this movie might suck, but fuck it”. That is one hell of a relief. #ScriptSky
September 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It’s like one day you wake up and your imposter syndrome shifts from “I don’t know if I can even make a movie” to “this movie might suck, but fuck it”. That is one hell of a relief. #ScriptSky
I accidentally told my best friend who I’m forcing to act in my movie that his first line of dialogue is “you look really stupid right now” and now he’s obsessed with “practicing” that line. I have made a mistake.
September 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I accidentally told my best friend who I’m forcing to act in my movie that his first line of dialogue is “you look really stupid right now” and now he’s obsessed with “practicing” that line. I have made a mistake.
Met with two friends yesterday who I’ve convinced to act in my movie and I’ve been downplaying it so no one gets too stressed, but when they realized I was taking notes on their cadences and interactions, they lit up and started getting into it and wow. That was cool. Let’s do this! #ScriptSky
August 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Met with two friends yesterday who I’ve convinced to act in my movie and I’ve been downplaying it so no one gets too stressed, but when they realized I was taking notes on their cadences and interactions, they lit up and started getting into it and wow. That was cool. Let’s do this! #ScriptSky
Welp… I’m back at work (that actually pays me) and it bums me out that I can’t wake up with my scripts and my coffees and do my writing marathons. Now it’s just… an hour or so after my (paying) job before I pass out from exhaustion. #ScriptSky
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August 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Welp… I’m back at work (that actually pays me) and it bums me out that I can’t wake up with my scripts and my coffees and do my writing marathons. Now it’s just… an hour or so after my (paying) job before I pass out from exhaustion. #ScriptSky
I disappeared for a minute because I’ve been working on a script for a feature I’m bullying my friends into filming with me on my birthday. I didn’t realize how much I relied on big special effects in my writing so I’m scaling everything WAY down for our $0 budget. I’ve learned so much. #ScriptSky
August 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I disappeared for a minute because I’ve been working on a script for a feature I’m bullying my friends into filming with me on my birthday. I didn’t realize how much I relied on big special effects in my writing so I’m scaling everything WAY down for our $0 budget. I’ve learned so much. #ScriptSky
I know I’m late to the party, but I just saw Sinners. Perfect movie. My only note is to my friend who spoiled a major plot point for me after I told him I’d been avoiding reading/watching anything on it because I knew it was going to be great and I wanted to be in the right headspace to receive it.
July 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I know I’m late to the party, but I just saw Sinners. Perfect movie. My only note is to my friend who spoiled a major plot point for me after I told him I’d been avoiding reading/watching anything on it because I knew it was going to be great and I wanted to be in the right headspace to receive it.
Y’all. Does anyone know where/how to get criminal case closing argument transcripts for research?? The internet is doing that thing where it’s NOT helpful at all. Am I just bad at research? What’s happening? #ScriptSky #WriterSky
July 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Y’all. Does anyone know where/how to get criminal case closing argument transcripts for research?? The internet is doing that thing where it’s NOT helpful at all. Am I just bad at research? What’s happening? #ScriptSky #WriterSky
Doing edits on the novella I wasn’t supposed to write feels sooo good (and just the tiniest bit shameful).
July 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Doing edits on the novella I wasn’t supposed to write feels sooo good (and just the tiniest bit shameful).
Yesterday I wrote over 10 pages for a new script, filmed, edited, and uploaded a 5 minute short film, received feedback and edited my novella AND THEN had to listen to a friend on the phone badger me for being lazy because I didnt apply for a job at guitar center at 11pm. So theres that.
July 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Yesterday I wrote over 10 pages for a new script, filmed, edited, and uploaded a 5 minute short film, received feedback and edited my novella AND THEN had to listen to a friend on the phone badger me for being lazy because I didnt apply for a job at guitar center at 11pm. So theres that.
Been working on overcoming my own self sabotage and fear. But time passes anyway so it’s best to just push forward. Reminding myself that I’m not cool enough to ruin my own ambitions. It’s either do this and live the stories, or be the person who tells stories about “almosts” or “what ifs”.
July 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Been working on overcoming my own self sabotage and fear. But time passes anyway so it’s best to just push forward. Reminding myself that I’m not cool enough to ruin my own ambitions. It’s either do this and live the stories, or be the person who tells stories about “almosts” or “what ifs”.
This is who runs this account.
July 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is who runs this account.
I’m devastated to hear of the passing of Michael Madsen. In his honor, I will be much slicker in my chaos today.
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July 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I’m devastated to hear of the passing of Michael Madsen. In his honor, I will be much slicker in my chaos today.
Sometimes, in these morning writing sessions, I’m so foggy I mix up “scene” and “seen”. Maybe I’ll start having coffee BEFORE I write instead of just going for it… #ScriptSky
July 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Sometimes, in these morning writing sessions, I’m so foggy I mix up “scene” and “seen”. Maybe I’ll start having coffee BEFORE I write instead of just going for it… #ScriptSky
I’m feeling chaotic but none of my friend is answering his phone wtf.
July 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I’m feeling chaotic but none of my friend is answering his phone wtf.
Bestie got one, too with a slightly cooler phrase. Sorry it’s party backwards…
July 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Bestie got one, too with a slightly cooler phrase. Sorry it’s party backwards…
My test shirt came in the mail! And yes, I cropped out my double chin and YES it’s too big and all creased up but I was excited! leave me alone. Gosh.
July 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
My test shirt came in the mail! And yes, I cropped out my double chin and YES it’s too big and all creased up but I was excited! leave me alone. Gosh.
Ok. I’m sitting outside at a coffee shop. Ok. I did it. Look at me. Little adventurer. Totally nailing this. I’m being totally normal. For sure. Ok.
June 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Ok. I’m sitting outside at a coffee shop. Ok. I did it. Look at me. Little adventurer. Totally nailing this. I’m being totally normal. For sure. Ok.
Currently arguing with myself. I want us to go to a coffee shop and write, get a little sun and fresh air, but I want to stay in and hide from the world. Negotiations have broken down. Tensions are high.
June 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Currently arguing with myself. I want us to go to a coffee shop and write, get a little sun and fresh air, but I want to stay in and hide from the world. Negotiations have broken down. Tensions are high.