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David Hal Chester
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L.A. screenwriter (10 produced female-driven feature dramas + counting 📽️ ) based in Tokyo. Here for arts, culture, screenwriting & occasional rants. I support BLM, POC, LGBTQ. Love, not hate. #screenwriting #screenplays #screenwriters
That's a good way to do it. I kind of tell myself, "Okay, TODAY, you MUST finish Chapter 1 (2, 3, etc.). You MUST."

Yesterday, despite my feeling of fear that I could not, I whipped up the teaser chapter and I'm super happy with it. I, too, might have something! :)
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Here's the secret, if I may: don't overthink. Keep writing. As soon as you start "thinking," it's over. I've learned this the hard way.
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
They come at the most unexpected moments. In the shower this morning I remembered a song I wrote 35 years ago!!! I dug up the lyrics and thought, "This is GREAT. Why didn't I record it??" So, now, FINALLY, I will.

I'm glad your story appeared vividly. That's the BEST sign!
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 AM
That's how it happens. It just GRABS you and you'd better get it down as fast as you can!
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I want to finish "Pride & Prejudice" -- yes, that's right. There are a mountain of classics I haven't read yet, and this is one. It started quite slow for me, but then I started laughing out loud. I'm starting to see its charm in written form. I've seen most of the film adaptations.
November 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A lovely screen presence. RIP.
October 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This is AWESOME.
October 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
So, is this to say that Norway is going to be BULLIED into giving a BULLY a Nobel Peace Prize???? IF they did anything so STUPID, it would forever INVALIDATE the prize. FOREVER.
October 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I just keep repeating "bunker" and have a voodoo doll on standby.
October 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Good. Let him. Because then he will have NO ONE LEFT TO FIRE and NO ONE WILL PROTECT HIM.
October 1, 2025 at 7:02 AM
KILLING SOMEONE IN COLD BLOOD IS NOT "AN EARNEST MISTAKE."
September 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Yes, but at a great cost to our mental and emotional well-being. Some people are not strong enough to survive it.
September 20, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The title sold me!
September 7, 2025 at 7:12 AM
We wouldn't be struggling to fall asleep at night if Klown wasn't trying to destroy our country.
September 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
But yet, they've given them until October to appeal it, so, how is it a big win?
August 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM