Cole Haddon
@colehaddon.bsky.social
Novelist, screenwriter, journalist. Created "DRACULA" for NBC/Sky, wrote PSALMS FROM THE END OF THE WORLD, and more.
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Listen to the 5AM STORYTALK PODCAST: https://pod.link/1807437928
Read the 5AM STORYTALK NEWSLETTER: https://colehaddon.substack.com/
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Q&A: Comic Book Writer Kelly Sue DeConnick Is Still Working on Her Big Third Act
A sprawling conversation about the joys of art, the perils of middle age as an artist, and the need to question everything, including your own creative identity, when you embrace the art life
colehaddon.substack.com
God, I loved this artist-on-artist conversation with @kellysue.bsky.social so much. We cover everything – from her new comic ‘FML’, to the joys of art and the perils of middle age as an artist, to the need to question everything (including your own creative identity) when you embrace the art life.
“True originality consists not in a new manner, but in a new vision.” — Edith Wharton
November 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
“True originality consists not in a new manner, but in a new vision.” — Edith Wharton
Reposted by Cole Haddon
God, I loved this artist-on-artist conversation with @kellysue.bsky.social so much. We cover everything – from her new comic ‘FML’, to the joys of art and the perils of middle age as an artist, to the need to question everything (including your own creative identity) when you embrace the art life.
Q&A: Comic Book Writer Kelly Sue DeConnick Is Still Working on Her Big Third Act
A sprawling conversation about the joys of art, the perils of middle age as an artist, and the need to question everything, including your own creative identity, when you embrace the art life
colehaddon.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
God, I loved this artist-on-artist conversation with @kellysue.bsky.social so much. We cover everything – from her new comic ‘FML’, to the joys of art and the perils of middle age as an artist, to the need to question everything (including your own creative identity) when you embrace the art life.
Reposted by Cole Haddon
'Save the Cat' has done catastrophic damage to Hollywood storytelling and the moviegoing experience in the 21st century - but I have a solution that might just help with your next script. I want you to 'PUT THE CAT IN THE BLENDER' instead. Let me explain before PETA freaks out... 1/2
Don't Save the Cat...Put It in the Blender! (Or: Why 'Save the Cat' Ruined Screenwriting)
Podcast Episode · 5AM StoryTalk · 11/13/2025 · 15m
podcasts.apple.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
'Save the Cat' has done catastrophic damage to Hollywood storytelling and the moviegoing experience in the 21st century - but I have a solution that might just help with your next script. I want you to 'PUT THE CAT IN THE BLENDER' instead. Let me explain before PETA freaks out... 1/2
I really dig the minimalist design of this new INCEPTION (2010) poster. Absolutely belongs on a book cover.
Art by Needle.
Art by Needle.
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I really dig the minimalist design of this new INCEPTION (2010) poster. Absolutely belongs on a book cover.
Art by Needle.
Art by Needle.
Glenn Close, 1985.
Photograph by Greg Gorman.
Photograph by Greg Gorman.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Glenn Close, 1985.
Photograph by Greg Gorman.
Photograph by Greg Gorman.
'Save the Cat' has done catastrophic damage to Hollywood storytelling and the moviegoing experience in the 21st century - but I have a solution that might just help with your next script. I want you to 'PUT THE CAT IN THE BLENDER' instead. Let me explain before PETA freaks out... 1/2
Don't Save the Cat...Put It in the Blender! (Or: Why 'Save the Cat' Ruined Screenwriting)
Podcast Episode · 5AM StoryTalk · 11/13/2025 · 15m
podcasts.apple.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
'Save the Cat' has done catastrophic damage to Hollywood storytelling and the moviegoing experience in the 21st century - but I have a solution that might just help with your next script. I want you to 'PUT THE CAT IN THE BLENDER' instead. Let me explain before PETA freaks out... 1/2
"Beauty perishes in life but is immortal in art." — Leonardo da Vinci
November 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"Beauty perishes in life but is immortal in art." — Leonardo da Vinci
I don’t know who made this, but it’s a hilarious spin on a meme that I suspect will still be going strong when the internet collapses in, like, a year.
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I don’t know who made this, but it’s a hilarious spin on a meme that I suspect will still be going strong when the internet collapses in, like, a year.
Every time a Republican has uttered something like this is an admission of how completely and utterly immoral they are. It's never about justice. It's never about decency or victims. It's always about power - and they can't understand people who don't only care about the same thing.
"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Every time a Republican has uttered something like this is an admission of how completely and utterly immoral they are. It's never about justice. It's never about decency or victims. It's always about power - and they can't understand people who don't only care about the same thing.
'Le Baiser de L'Hotel de Ville, Paris', 1950.
Photograph by Robert Doisneau (French).
Photograph by Robert Doisneau (French).
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
'Le Baiser de L'Hotel de Ville, Paris', 1950.
Photograph by Robert Doisneau (French).
Photograph by Robert Doisneau (French).
Other Russian leaders: "We're cooked. America beat us. It's just too big and wealthy to beat anymore."
Putin: "Hold my vodka. I'll see you in 25 years."
Putin: "Hold my vodka. I'll see you in 25 years."
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Other Russian leaders: "We're cooked. America beat us. It's just too big and wealthy to beat anymore."
Putin: "Hold my vodka. I'll see you in 25 years."
Putin: "Hold my vodka. I'll see you in 25 years."
God, I loved this artist-on-artist conversation with @kellysue.bsky.social so much. We cover everything – from her new comic ‘FML’, to the joys of art and the perils of middle age as an artist, to the need to question everything (including your own creative identity) when you embrace the art life.
Q&A: Comic Book Writer Kelly Sue DeConnick Is Still Working on Her Big Third Act
A sprawling conversation about the joys of art, the perils of middle age as an artist, and the need to question everything, including your own creative identity, when you embrace the art life
colehaddon.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
God, I loved this artist-on-artist conversation with @kellysue.bsky.social so much. We cover everything – from her new comic ‘FML’, to the joys of art and the perils of middle age as an artist, to the need to question everything (including your own creative identity) when you embrace the art life.
Michael Caine throwing a punch, 1965.
Photograph by Stephan C. Archetti.
Photograph by Stephan C. Archetti.
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Michael Caine throwing a punch, 1965.
Photograph by Stephan C. Archetti.
Photograph by Stephan C. Archetti.
Reposted by Cole Haddon
The latest ep of the 5AM StoryTalk Podcast has dropped! @emilystjams.bsky.social – the trailblazing journalist turned storyteller – talks her beautiful new novel 'Woodworking', her transition from writing about TV to the 'Yellowjackets' writers' room, and the state of trans rights in America.
Writer Emily St. James On Letting Go Of The Past ('Yellowjackets' - 'Woodworking' - 'Arden')
Podcast Episode · 5AM StoryTalk · 11/06/2025 · 56m
podcasts.apple.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The latest ep of the 5AM StoryTalk Podcast has dropped! @emilystjams.bsky.social – the trailblazing journalist turned storyteller – talks her beautiful new novel 'Woodworking', her transition from writing about TV to the 'Yellowjackets' writers' room, and the state of trans rights in America.
“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been concealed by the answers.” — James Baldwin
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been concealed by the answers.” — James Baldwin
From the making of THE LORD OF THE RINGS films: That’s Rivendell, brought to life in a parking lot. It’s shit like this that makes me scream about obviously intangible, nonsensical CGI environments in film that make it impossible to emotionally connect to what you’re watching.
Photographer unknown.
Photographer unknown.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
From the making of THE LORD OF THE RINGS films: That’s Rivendell, brought to life in a parking lot. It’s shit like this that makes me scream about obviously intangible, nonsensical CGI environments in film that make it impossible to emotionally connect to what you’re watching.
Photographer unknown.
Photographer unknown.
Lauryn Hill, New York, 2005.
Photograph by Mark Seliger.
Photograph by Mark Seliger.
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Lauryn Hill, New York, 2005.
Photograph by Mark Seliger.
Photograph by Mark Seliger.
“My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I'm a frustrated filmmaker. A fan once said to me, 'Girl, you make me see pictures in my head!' and I took that as a great compliment. That's exactly my intention.” — Joni Mitchell
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
“My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I'm a frustrated filmmaker. A fan once said to me, 'Girl, you make me see pictures in my head!' and I took that as a great compliment. That's exactly my intention.” — Joni Mitchell
THE FABELMANS was released three years ago today. Many describe it as Steven Spielberg’s most personal film, and it is that. But it’s also a deeper conversation the director is having with cinema, artistic expression & even his own oeuvre. To help illustrate this, I’ve broke down several scenes...
'The Fabelmans' Is Much More Than Steven Spielberg’s 'Most Personal Film'
On the film's first anniversary, let's examine the deeper conversation the director is having with cinema, artistic expression, and even his own oeuvre
colehaddon.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
THE FABELMANS was released three years ago today. Many describe it as Steven Spielberg’s most personal film, and it is that. But it’s also a deeper conversation the director is having with cinema, artistic expression & even his own oeuvre. To help illustrate this, I’ve broke down several scenes...
Fantastic contemporary poster for FIGHT CLUB (1999). What do you make of it?
Art by Sahin Düzgün.
Art by Sahin Düzgün.
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Fantastic contemporary poster for FIGHT CLUB (1999). What do you make of it?
Art by Sahin Düzgün.
Art by Sahin Düzgün.
This week on 5AM RealTalk, a 5AM StoryTalk plog about the highs and lows of my life as a writer: my new pilot commission, challenging the limitations of screenplay form, wondering if scripts can be literature, 'Sinners' at last, artists as magicians, and much more.
5AM RealTalk: 11/10/25 (challenging screenplay form - 'Sinners', at last - artists as magicians)
Podcast Episode · 5AM StoryTalk · 11/10/2025 · 10m
podcasts.apple.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This week on 5AM RealTalk, a 5AM StoryTalk plog about the highs and lows of my life as a writer: my new pilot commission, challenging the limitations of screenplay form, wondering if scripts can be literature, 'Sinners' at last, artists as magicians, and much more.
Just Humphrey Bogart hanging out with his dog, wearing socks with fancy sandals, and surrounded by a lot of boar heads, sporting equipment and trophies, and a framed photograph of himself (1946). I have no idea what is happening here, but I love every detail about it.
Photograph by Eliot Elisofon.
Photograph by Eliot Elisofon.
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Just Humphrey Bogart hanging out with his dog, wearing socks with fancy sandals, and surrounded by a lot of boar heads, sporting equipment and trophies, and a framed photograph of himself (1946). I have no idea what is happening here, but I love every detail about it.
Photograph by Eliot Elisofon.
Photograph by Eliot Elisofon.
“The universal in the novel — and isn't that what we're all clamoring for these days? — is reached only through the depiction of the specific man in a specific circumstance.” — Ralph Ellison
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
“The universal in the novel — and isn't that what we're all clamoring for these days? — is reached only through the depiction of the specific man in a specific circumstance.” — Ralph Ellison
Mint 400 Motocross Race, 1971.
Location: Mojave Desert, Nevada.
Photograph by Bill Eppridge (American).
Location: Mojave Desert, Nevada.
Photograph by Bill Eppridge (American).
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Mint 400 Motocross Race, 1971.
Location: Mojave Desert, Nevada.
Photograph by Bill Eppridge (American).
Location: Mojave Desert, Nevada.
Photograph by Bill Eppridge (American).
Good news for free subscribers to 5AM StoryTalk's podcast. The paywall has dropped on LIZ HANNAH’s episode. The screenwriter behind ‘The Post’, ‘Lee’, and more returns to discuss a seminal piece of art from her life – David Bowie’s THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS.
BONUS: Liz Hannah Talks 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'
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November 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Good news for free subscribers to 5AM StoryTalk's podcast. The paywall has dropped on LIZ HANNAH’s episode. The screenwriter behind ‘The Post’, ‘Lee’, and more returns to discuss a seminal piece of art from her life – David Bowie’s THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS.