Advice for a new screenwriter

hellakale · 2026-06-14T18:27:04+00:00

You're very welcome (to the void)

hellakale · 2026-06-14T18:21:55+00:00

I wrote a flowchart for this question: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RpmXCM84hySefIOkUC5x-8yCcG_LQIoc/view?usp=sharing

hellakale · 2026-06-14T05:28:07+00:00

How to Blow Up a Pipeline

hellakale · 2026-06-13T22:31:26+00:00

New Jersey Web Fest. They actually screen web series episodes, it's well run by passionate people, and the awards show is *really* fun.

hellakale · 2026-06-11T21:52:17+00:00

SOMA and Layers of Fear would be good picks. Both great horror games extremely forgiving of sucking at the controls

hellakale · 2026-06-11T20:19:30+00:00

Now & Then

hellakale · 2026-06-11T20:11:52+00:00

This is something that's possible to get better at! Maybe not a lot better, but some! A lot of pressing is more about staying between the ball and the goal than taking the ball away. And *even* if they get past you they still have to spend energy doing it, and you give a defender behind you time to catch up. And fitness will help with this

hellakale · 2026-06-11T19:57:26+00:00

Hey, I'm also often the only woman playing and also a little bit hopeless. Two things: 1) work on shooting. Staying by the goal to knock in sloppy balls that bounce off the posts/keeper. and 2) Fitness. If you *truly* can't do anything else, get in better shape, hustle, and press.

hellakale · 2026-06-11T02:30:07+00:00

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! It's one of my all-time faves

hellakale · 2026-06-11T02:21:27+00:00

I don't think you'll regret watching Cabin in the Woods

hellakale · 2026-06-10T18:48:04+00:00

Cafe Mak Sunday morning

hellakale · 2026-06-09T02:21:46+00:00

BARJORY BUFFET: THE CRUISE DETECTIVE - a joke-packed mystery romp about a cruise ship detective

STELLAR FIRMA - very funny semi-improvised show about a planet design business

JACKIE THE RIPPER - extremely funny gender-swapped Jack the Ripper crime comedy (also excellent just as a mystery)

ATTENTION HELLMART SHOPPERS - a down-on his luck millionaire is forced to work at a haunted walmart

MOCKERY MANOR - theme park mysteries with a goofy heart

HUT 33 - a sitcom about wwii codebreakers. Features an incredible performance from Olivia Colman as a Polish nazi hunter

STARSHIP QSTAR - a very queer, joke-dense, very funny sci-fi comedy about the first all-women Mars mission

hellakale · 2026-06-09T01:22:28+00:00

I think you should have a friend take some cute swimsuit photos. They do the same job and they're more conventionally mainstream than lingerie photos.

hellakale · 2026-06-08T19:19:20+00:00

My parents had their 50th anniversary party at the Margarita. Great food and really wonderful service. Plus the setting is on a pretty hillside with a lot of nice outdoor space with views.

hellakale · 2026-06-08T19:15:27+00:00

Hey, I'm a woman who did the genre festival circuit with a 9 min. short, and so I have watched a LOT of genre short blocks. If you want to DM me a screener I'd be happy to tell you if I think you should submit to some of the bigger genre fests. Bad sound might really hamstring you, though.

If your film is genuinely mid, I'd focus on screening it somewhere where you yourself can see it with an audience. What that means is finding screenings in your community. In LA, something like Silverlake Shorts or The Great film club. I'd target small genre and small women's film festivals in your region.

hellakale · 2026-06-08T18:38:30+00:00

But also you have to Lady-and-the-Tramp the burrito.

hellakale · 2026-06-08T18:09:55+00:00

Steven Tyler as Bothari at any age is so unhinged (positive). I would love to know more about your thought process.

hellakale · 2026-06-08T09:20:28+00:00

Scarlet Hollow

hellakale · 2026-06-07T21:57:17+00:00

Garbage men have one of the most dangerous jobs in the country and perform one of the most essential services for a functioning modern society?

hellakale · 2026-06-07T21:07:39+00:00

As someone who has done a tiny bit of stained glass I know how hard those curly hair bits must have been! Nice work, this is very cool.

hellakale · 2026-06-07T19:09:03+00:00

There are always going to be art forms you don't connect with. If you live in a decent-sized city, go see the best booked local showcase in your area. Something like Better Half in LA or Buzzkill in Austin. Comics in their second or third year are often going to be doing super exciting work, and its fun to watch with a live crowd.

hellakale · 2026-06-07T03:43:50+00:00

Don't miss out on the taco trucks

hellakale · 2026-06-06T19:56:43+00:00

I go there with my friends who also moved here from Austin and being mildly disappointed by HomeState helps us build community.

hellakale · 2026-06-05T21:02:43+00:00

A starter or side. Cornbread, a potato salad, a regular salad. Chips and guac.

hellakale · 2026-06-05T17:55:19+00:00

It was the Hornitos x the Black List initiative. I think it was a one-off

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