GUY WHO JUST CAME BACK FROM DOING THE JABBA'S PALACE COMEDY FESTIVAL:

You know, I gotta say they're really great in there, they're just like us. I thought it was only gonna be women in chains and a trapdoor monster they feed slaves to but like, they also have a band that plays cool music.

When you’re waiting for news on a project, what’s the cut-off point? I'm still hoping for an update from this exec who last emailed in 2014 saying, “we should have some exciting news on the project next week."

Producer: Wow, you are FAST! Thought it would take you days to cut the ten pages, but you've done it in five minut- Hold on, have you just changed the font to Courier 6-point?
Me: Yup.

Still think of that time I was pitching an idea and they asked how I approach a first draft and I said I do the page numbers first, then go back and add in the text, and they made a note and carried on with the meeting.

First draft script is done, as long as I ignore scenes where the dialogue runs like this:
JOE: insert joke here
DEBBIE: responds
JOE: discovers truth, sets up scene 34.

I don’t think AI is as advanced as everyone makes out. Apple Mail just asked if I wanted to follow-up on an email I sent to myself.

And here's the UK trailer - so much fun on this with some lovely, hugely talented people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KIO...

You can usually instinctively tell if a pitch meeting has gone well. This week I had one which ended with the exec saying, “Thanks for coming in, Giles.”

Excited for this. Looking forward to telling the stranger in the cinema seat beside me that my mate wrote it.

If AI was good for writers, the Apples, Metas and Amazons wouldn’t be sneaking it in through the back door on their apps, platforms and OSes. #ResistAI #writing #screenwriting #authors #writers

Hey Mac users! Anyone running OS Sequoia—the latest update includes Apple Intelligence, an integrated AI that skims your writing.
If you want to disable it, go to privacy and security in your settings and turn off Apple Intelligence Report (pictured below)

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The other 2% of writing a pitch document is trying to decide between “but” and “and then”.

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Writing a pitch doc is 98% choosing the right font and size for the title and then going with Helvetica.

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