Julia Pearlstein
@juliapearlstein.bsky.social
Screenwriter & playwright, PAGE Award Finalist, Black List Recommended Stowe Story Labs, MacDowell, Yaddo
Crazy Parrot Lady
Crazy Parrot Lady
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The news is too awful. Here’s my parrot Gracie discussing a few of her favorite things. #birds
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#scriptsky / #filmsky community
We are excited to announce that the submission portal for the 2026 Grey List is NOW OPEN!!
Head over now and nominate the best scripts you've read from writers over 40 (that includes yourself).
You can scan the QR code in the image below 👇or use the link in my bio.
We are excited to announce that the submission portal for the 2026 Grey List is NOW OPEN!!
Head over now and nominate the best scripts you've read from writers over 40 (that includes yourself).
You can scan the QR code in the image below 👇or use the link in my bio.
November 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
#scriptsky / #filmsky community
We are excited to announce that the submission portal for the 2026 Grey List is NOW OPEN!!
Head over now and nominate the best scripts you've read from writers over 40 (that includes yourself).
You can scan the QR code in the image below 👇or use the link in my bio.
We are excited to announce that the submission portal for the 2026 Grey List is NOW OPEN!!
Head over now and nominate the best scripts you've read from writers over 40 (that includes yourself).
You can scan the QR code in the image below 👇or use the link in my bio.
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When I worked on #TheOffice, Greg Daniels had a list of questions he asked of every story. Some were show-specific (eg “Are we saying something truthful if exaggerated about office life?”), but many are applicable to any script. Here’s a 🧵 on them…
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting #WritingCommunity
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting #WritingCommunity
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
When I worked on #TheOffice, Greg Daniels had a list of questions he asked of every story. Some were show-specific (eg “Are we saying something truthful if exaggerated about office life?”), but many are applicable to any script. Here’s a 🧵 on them…
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting #WritingCommunity
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting #WritingCommunity
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This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
October 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
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In Adaptation, a fictionalized Robert McKee says, “The last act makes a film. Wow them in the end, and you got a hit. You can have flaws, problems, but wow them in the end, and you've got a hit.”
Bull. Shit.
Nobody’s making it to Act 3 if your Act 1 sucks.
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting #Filmsky
Bull. Shit.
Nobody’s making it to Act 3 if your Act 1 sucks.
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting #Filmsky
October 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In Adaptation, a fictionalized Robert McKee says, “The last act makes a film. Wow them in the end, and you got a hit. You can have flaws, problems, but wow them in the end, and you've got a hit.”
Bull. Shit.
Nobody’s making it to Act 3 if your Act 1 sucks.
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting #Filmsky
Bull. Shit.
Nobody’s making it to Act 3 if your Act 1 sucks.
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#Scriptsky #Screenwriting #Filmsky
I’m delighted that ANDY & ME made the ISA Fast Track Fellowship’s Top 50. Thanks @networkisa.bsky.social! Congrats to all the writers, whether you made this cut or not. I’ve learned how arbitrary these things can be, and how much depends on the taste of a single reader. Writing a script is a win.
October 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I’m delighted that ANDY & ME made the ISA Fast Track Fellowship’s Top 50. Thanks @networkisa.bsky.social! Congrats to all the writers, whether you made this cut or not. I’ve learned how arbitrary these things can be, and how much depends on the taste of a single reader. Writing a script is a win.
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I struggle with loglines. And based on the #Scriptsky #Screenwriting #WritingCommunity posts I’ve seen, so do lots of other people. Loglines are hard! But if you’re trying to get people interested in your script/book, it helps to have a great one. So here’s a 🧵 on some LOGLINE DOs and DON’Ts.
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September 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I struggle with loglines. And based on the #Scriptsky #Screenwriting #WritingCommunity posts I’ve seen, so do lots of other people. Loglines are hard! But if you’re trying to get people interested in your script/book, it helps to have a great one. So here’s a 🧵 on some LOGLINE DOs and DON’Ts.
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Up to $733 and my badge and flight are officially paid for. I’m crying 😭 Thank you so much to everyone for their help, I’m blown away #scriptsky
I would love to pitch this story in person during Down syndrome awareness month, so if you are able and feel called to help, I’ve created a go fund me to help cover the costs. Link is below. Thank you to everyone who gave me notes on this script. Kia kaha!
gofund.me/437bb58d2
gofund.me/437bb58d2
Donate to Help Stacey Attend AFF and Promote THE OPEN AIR, organized by Stacey Russell
Help Stacey get to AFF this year and promote THE OPEN AIR, her heartfel… Stacey Russell needs your support for Help Stacey Attend AFF and Promote THE OPEN AIR
gofund.me
September 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Up to $733 and my badge and flight are officially paid for. I’m crying 😭 Thank you so much to everyone for their help, I’m blown away #scriptsky
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Philip Pearlstein (1924-2022), “Two Models with Giraffe and Bird Masks, Chrome Chair, and Bookshelves” (2016), oil on canvas, 121.9 x 182.9 cm.
July 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Philip Pearlstein (1924-2022), “Two Models with Giraffe and Bird Masks, Chrome Chair, and Bookshelves” (2016), oil on canvas, 121.9 x 182.9 cm.
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Philip Pearlstein (1924-2022), “Two Models with Red Rooster Weathervane” (1987), oil on canvas, 121.9 x 152.4 cm.
July 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Philip Pearlstein (1924-2022), “Two Models with Red Rooster Weathervane” (1987), oil on canvas, 121.9 x 152.4 cm.
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Female Model on Chair with Red Indian Rug
Philip Pearlstein, 1973
“Only the mature artist who works from a model is capable of seeing the body for itself, only he has the opportunity for prolonged viewing.”
#modernistrealism #figurativepainting #realism #modernart #arthistory #femalenude
Philip Pearlstein, 1973
“Only the mature artist who works from a model is capable of seeing the body for itself, only he has the opportunity for prolonged viewing.”
#modernistrealism #figurativepainting #realism #modernart #arthistory #femalenude
July 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Female Model on Chair with Red Indian Rug
Philip Pearlstein, 1973
“Only the mature artist who works from a model is capable of seeing the body for itself, only he has the opportunity for prolonged viewing.”
#modernistrealism #figurativepainting #realism #modernart #arthistory #femalenude
Philip Pearlstein, 1973
“Only the mature artist who works from a model is capable of seeing the body for itself, only he has the opportunity for prolonged viewing.”
#modernistrealism #figurativepainting #realism #modernart #arthistory #femalenude
ANDY & ME is a finalist for the PAGE Awards and I am in shock.
#scriptsky
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September 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
ANDY & ME is a finalist for the PAGE Awards and I am in shock.
#scriptsky
#scriptsky
I'm over the moon that my screenplay ANDY & ME is a Second Round Selection for the ISA Fast Track Fellowship! Thanks, @networkisa.bsky.social — and congratulations to all the other Second Rounders! #scriptsky
September 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I'm over the moon that my screenplay ANDY & ME is a Second Round Selection for the ISA Fast Track Fellowship! Thanks, @networkisa.bsky.social — and congratulations to all the other Second Rounders! #scriptsky
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I’m pretty sure this audio is just added to the footage from DC but it would be extremely funny to do this in real life to troops occupying American cities. Just blasting Hanoi Hannah propaganda broadcasts from the Vietnam War.
September 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I’m pretty sure this audio is just added to the footage from DC but it would be extremely funny to do this in real life to troops occupying American cities. Just blasting Hanoi Hannah propaganda broadcasts from the Vietnam War.
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faceofhalloween.org/2025/aaliyah...
Keep sharing and voting!! Help me get in the top 5!!!!
#horrorsky #scriptsky
Keep sharing and voting!! Help me get in the top 5!!!!
#horrorsky #scriptsky
It’s up to you to decide their fate... Help decide who will haunt the pages of Rue Morgue Magazine, claim $13,000, and meet horror legends Jamie Lee Curtis, Matthew Lillard, and Kane Hodder!
I'm A Horror Script Writer And I Love To Write Horror Films. I Currently Have Written Four And Currently Writing Another.
faceofhalloween.org
September 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
faceofhalloween.org/2025/aaliyah...
Keep sharing and voting!! Help me get in the top 5!!!!
#horrorsky #scriptsky
Keep sharing and voting!! Help me get in the top 5!!!!
#horrorsky #scriptsky
I received a notification that ANDY & ME is a quarter-finalist for Table Read My Screenplay/Hollywood today—which was a nice surprise because I have absolutely no recollection of submitting it. 😳
#scriptsky
#scriptsky
September 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I received a notification that ANDY & ME is a quarter-finalist for Table Read My Screenplay/Hollywood today—which was a nice surprise because I have absolutely no recollection of submitting it. 😳
#scriptsky
#scriptsky
The jokes better write themselves, because I'm too busy vomiting
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#scriptsky #filmsky
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Woody Allen Wants to Direct Donald Trump in Another Movie After 1998’s ‘Celebrity’: ‘A Pleasure to Work With and a Very Good Actor’
Woody Allen says Donald Trump is a 'very good actor' and wants to direct him in another movie.
variety.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The jokes better write themselves, because I'm too busy vomiting
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#scriptsky #filmsky
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Vote for your girl to win $13,000 and meet some horror legends!!!
faceofhalloween.org/2025/aaliyah...
#horrorsky #scriptsky #horrorfilms
faceofhalloween.org/2025/aaliyah...
#horrorsky #scriptsky #horrorfilms
It’s up to you to decide their fate... Help decide who will haunt the pages of Rue Morgue Magazine, claim $13,000, and meet horror legends Jamie Lee Curtis, Matthew Lillard, and Kane Hodder!
I'm A Horror Script Writer And I Love To Write Horror Films. I Currently Have Written Four And Currently Writing Another.
faceofhalloween.org
August 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Vote for your girl to win $13,000 and meet some horror legends!!!
faceofhalloween.org/2025/aaliyah...
#horrorsky #scriptsky #horrorfilms
faceofhalloween.org/2025/aaliyah...
#horrorsky #scriptsky #horrorfilms
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The US Administration is now deleting its internal communications, in brazen violation of the Federal Records Act, in order to conceal its other illegal acts.
Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
Homeland Security Dept. Says It Hasn’t Kept Text Message Data Since April
www.nytimes.com
August 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The US Administration is now deleting its internal communications, in brazen violation of the Federal Records Act, in order to conceal its other illegal acts.
Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
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August 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Deadline in 30 days—
The Originals Bureau showcases a dynamic & diverse portfolio of market-ready original screenplays. Submit via link in bio. #scriptsky
The Originals Bureau showcases a dynamic & diverse portfolio of market-ready original screenplays. Submit via link in bio. #scriptsky
August 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Deadline in 30 days—
The Originals Bureau showcases a dynamic & diverse portfolio of market-ready original screenplays. Submit via link in bio. #scriptsky
The Originals Bureau showcases a dynamic & diverse portfolio of market-ready original screenplays. Submit via link in bio. #scriptsky
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Can't say enough for what the Stunt List does to elevate up-and-coming writers. If you have something uniquely YOU, consider submittinig before the deadline #Scriptsky 👇
Deadline in 30 days—
The Originals Bureau showcases a dynamic & diverse portfolio of market-ready original screenplays. Submit via link in bio. #scriptsky
The Originals Bureau showcases a dynamic & diverse portfolio of market-ready original screenplays. Submit via link in bio. #scriptsky
August 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Can't say enough for what the Stunt List does to elevate up-and-coming writers. If you have something uniquely YOU, consider submittinig before the deadline #Scriptsky 👇
I'm over the moon that ANDY & ME made the semi-finals of the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards! Congrats to all the other semi-finalists, and here's to another another month of nail-biting!
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky #filmsky
August 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I'm over the moon that ANDY & ME made the semi-finals of the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards! Congrats to all the other semi-finalists, and here's to another another month of nail-biting!
#scriptsky #filmsky
#scriptsky #filmsky
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This former model, with no background in history, has been put in charge of curating what is "appropriate" at the National Museum of African American History.
August 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This former model, with no background in history, has been put in charge of curating what is "appropriate" at the National Museum of African American History.
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Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.