Geoff LaTulippe, Mediocre Screenwriter
@geofflatulippe.bsky.social
Non-nutritive cereal varnish. For terrible entertainment industry advice: askgeofflatulippe at Gmail dot com.
Find me at Roadmap Writers!
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Find me at Roadmap Writers!
https://www.roadmapwriters.com/executive-bio/geoff-latulippe?keywords=Geoff#bio_testimonials
Bless you, friend.
April 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Bless you, friend.
No, I don't think you have anything to apologize for. I can understand some things about where you're coming from.
You know that person is still in there, clearly. I think your real question to yourself is: are they worth finding? And if so, what then?
You know that person is still in there, clearly. I think your real question to yourself is: are they worth finding? And if so, what then?
April 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
No, I don't think you have anything to apologize for. I can understand some things about where you're coming from.
You know that person is still in there, clearly. I think your real question to yourself is: are they worth finding? And if so, what then?
You know that person is still in there, clearly. I think your real question to yourself is: are they worth finding? And if so, what then?
So I'm not really a delusion builder or deconstructor. I'm just here to offer advice that's worked for me and help you think differently about your work and trajectory if need be.
April 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
So I'm not really a delusion builder or deconstructor. I'm just here to offer advice that's worked for me and help you think differently about your work and trajectory if need be.
I mean, I agree with a lot of this. I'd also argue that a lot of people like to CLAIM to be published authors to various degrees of honesty.
For my part, I don't talk about "how" to write, nor can I help you get published. Best I can do is offer advice within my limited niche and hope it helps.
For my part, I don't talk about "how" to write, nor can I help you get published. Best I can do is offer advice within my limited niche and hope it helps.
April 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I mean, I agree with a lot of this. I'd also argue that a lot of people like to CLAIM to be published authors to various degrees of honesty.
For my part, I don't talk about "how" to write, nor can I help you get published. Best I can do is offer advice within my limited niche and hope it helps.
For my part, I don't talk about "how" to write, nor can I help you get published. Best I can do is offer advice within my limited niche and hope it helps.
Can you explain that a little better? Are you saying you want to be convinced to compromise your vision for your stories so they're more marketable?
April 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Can you explain that a little better? Are you saying you want to be convinced to compromise your vision for your stories so they're more marketable?
In other words: make sure your audience knows your character knows even though they'll never understand HOW he knows. If that needs to be finessed later, no big deal.
April 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
In other words: make sure your audience knows your character knows even though they'll never understand HOW he knows. If that needs to be finessed later, no big deal.
You can either fake it and make it sound good until a technical advisor calls you out on it, or you can do your best to craft an analogy that simply explains the process without needing to know the finest details. Get the audience from A to B first and foremost.
April 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
You can either fake it and make it sound good until a technical advisor calls you out on it, or you can do your best to craft an analogy that simply explains the process without needing to know the finest details. Get the audience from A to B first and foremost.
If it was at all helpful I'm thrilled.
April 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
If it was at all helpful I'm thrilled.
Any time!
April 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Any time!
It really is worth a shot.
April 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It really is worth a shot.
And lemme offer you a more practical option
Sit down with a pen and paper and write out what problems you're struggling to overcome and why. It opens up a different part of your mind. So many times I've done this and figured out my issue in minutes. Might work for you too!
Sit down with a pen and paper and write out what problems you're struggling to overcome and why. It opens up a different part of your mind. So many times I've done this and figured out my issue in minutes. Might work for you too!
April 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
And lemme offer you a more practical option
Sit down with a pen and paper and write out what problems you're struggling to overcome and why. It opens up a different part of your mind. So many times I've done this and figured out my issue in minutes. Might work for you too!
Sit down with a pen and paper and write out what problems you're struggling to overcome and why. It opens up a different part of your mind. So many times I've done this and figured out my issue in minutes. Might work for you too!
We gotta let ourselves off the hook every once in a while, man. As long as you always get back in that chair and start typing you'll always figure it out.
But sometimes just taking a break rewires your brain enough.
But sometimes just taking a break rewires your brain enough.
April 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
We gotta let ourselves off the hook every once in a while, man. As long as you always get back in that chair and start typing you'll always figure it out.
But sometimes just taking a break rewires your brain enough.
But sometimes just taking a break rewires your brain enough.
If you're not on deadline: give yourself permission to admit you either suck that day or the juice isn't flowing, walk away, and come back later.
We can't just force it. And sometimes we just don't got it. And that's totally OK. You're allowed to hit walls. Just make sure you eventually climb over.
We can't just force it. And sometimes we just don't got it. And that's totally OK. You're allowed to hit walls. Just make sure you eventually climb over.
April 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
If you're not on deadline: give yourself permission to admit you either suck that day or the juice isn't flowing, walk away, and come back later.
We can't just force it. And sometimes we just don't got it. And that's totally OK. You're allowed to hit walls. Just make sure you eventually climb over.
We can't just force it. And sometimes we just don't got it. And that's totally OK. You're allowed to hit walls. Just make sure you eventually climb over.
Aw, thank you for saying so :)
April 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Aw, thank you for saying so :)
Still am bud!
April 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Still am bud!
WELL HELLO BACK TO YOU
April 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
WELL HELLO BACK TO YOU
(Also you guys are very nice over here and I appreciate you a great deal.)
April 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
(Also you guys are very nice over here and I appreciate you a great deal.)
The text of the email said only the following:
"EW gave you a B+. From Owen, that's an A. Give people a chance to find that they love things the same way you do."
Anyway. Thanks for listening :)
"EW gave you a B+. From Owen, that's an A. Give people a chance to find that they love things the same way you do."
Anyway. Thanks for listening :)
April 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The text of the email said only the following:
"EW gave you a B+. From Owen, that's an A. Give people a chance to find that they love things the same way you do."
Anyway. Thanks for listening :)
"EW gave you a B+. From Owen, that's an A. Give people a chance to find that they love things the same way you do."
Anyway. Thanks for listening :)
One last thing: when we talked at the premiere, I was nervous that our movie, that I loved so much, was going to get trashed and wreck my career, and told Dave as much.
A couple days later he emailed me this link to EW's review by @OwenGleiberman:
ew.com/article/2010...
A couple days later he emailed me this link to EW's review by @OwenGleiberman:
ew.com/article/2010...
Going the Distance
Going the Distance
ew.com
April 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
One last thing: when we talked at the premiere, I was nervous that our movie, that I loved so much, was going to get trashed and wreck my career, and told Dave as much.
A couple days later he emailed me this link to EW's review by @OwenGleiberman:
ew.com/article/2010...
A couple days later he emailed me this link to EW's review by @OwenGleiberman:
ew.com/article/2010...
And I hope some day we, collectively, can go back to being more like Dave.
April 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
And I hope some day we, collectively, can go back to being more like Dave.
Things change. We all know that.
But for those of you who've been in the game for maybe only the last 5-10 years, I need you to know that entertainment journalism, while far from perfect, was so much better and more considered than it is now.
But for those of you who've been in the game for maybe only the last 5-10 years, I need you to know that entertainment journalism, while far from perfect, was so much better and more considered than it is now.
April 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Things change. We all know that.
But for those of you who've been in the game for maybe only the last 5-10 years, I need you to know that entertainment journalism, while far from perfect, was so much better and more considered than it is now.
But for those of you who've been in the game for maybe only the last 5-10 years, I need you to know that entertainment journalism, while far from perfect, was so much better and more considered than it is now.
And I thought of Dave. And how much that publication has changed since he made it even better than it was.
And I just have to believe he'd have been so disappointed in what the trades have become. And fuck, I wish he was still here to push back, ever kindly and gently.
And I just have to believe he'd have been so disappointed in what the trades have become. And fuck, I wish he was still here to push back, ever kindly and gently.
April 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
And I thought of Dave. And how much that publication has changed since he made it even better than it was.
And I just have to believe he'd have been so disappointed in what the trades have become. And fuck, I wish he was still here to push back, ever kindly and gently.
And I just have to believe he'd have been so disappointed in what the trades have become. And fuck, I wish he was still here to push back, ever kindly and gently.
I will never forget that kindness as long as I live. I wish I'd kept more in touch with him than I did before he died. He left a big hole in the world.
Why am I telling you this story? Because today VARIETY took a thinly-veiled, wholly unnecessary potshot at SINNERS.
Why am I telling you this story? Because today VARIETY took a thinly-veiled, wholly unnecessary potshot at SINNERS.
April 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I will never forget that kindness as long as I live. I wish I'd kept more in touch with him than I did before he died. He left a big hole in the world.
Why am I telling you this story? Because today VARIETY took a thinly-veiled, wholly unnecessary potshot at SINNERS.
Why am I telling you this story? Because today VARIETY took a thinly-veiled, wholly unnecessary potshot at SINNERS.