Script Butcher 📄🔪 @ScriptButcher

Screenwriter & Script Consultant @JimmyRGeorge 🎥 Producer of 7 Feature Films 🎬 Want actionable advice to improve your screenplay? I can help! scriptbutcher.com/services Joined October 2009

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Tom Vaughan @storyandplot

2 years ago

Emerging writers often struggle with spatial relationships in their screenwriting. We create images of the scene in the reader's mind, whether we like it or not. In doing so, we also establish spatial relationships. This person is here. This person is there. This object is there. If the writer is not controlling this, they may have a different image than the reader. The easiest way to highlight that confusion is an action that defies the spatial relationship the reader has in their mind. "Wait, how did he get there?" "They kiss? Wasn't he behind the door?" "Why doesn't he just pull her up?" All that effort to get the reader to feel the emotion of the moment is wasted because the reader is trying to figure out how the moment happened instead.

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Jamie Nash @Jamie_Nash

2 years ago

When I started to write, there was a FREE site called Zoetrope.com (Coppolla created). It was great. For every 3 scripts you reviewed/rated you were allowed to post 1 of your own. Coppola's people lurked and reviewed higher-ranked scripts. The site did a few things

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Mizz Marsha @MizzMarshaS

2 years ago

A very important article to read on using the internet.

GeroDoc @doc_gero

2 years ago

Internet Archive has not been archiving since 10/8. Google Cache has stopped caching. The Alexa service - the one that used to rank web traffic (not the Amazon virtual assistant) is gone. The ability of censors to memory-hole the internet is growing. brownstone.org/articles/they-…

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Matt Altman @MattAltman2

2 years ago

Write your spec deadline.com/2024/11/three-…

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Tom Vaughan @storyandplot

2 years ago

Do you struggle with character introductions in your screenwriting? You've read brilliant intros in the past, and it's easy to put tremendous pressure on yourself to be brilliant here, too. But don't. If it comes, great! But it's more important to be effective. Here's how: 👇

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Tom Vaughan @storyandplot

2 years ago

The more we know of the protagonist's expectations for the future, the more punch it will have when events shatter them. This is especially effective at the inciting incident. Your story can take it in either direction. From someone expecting nothing, to someone expecting everything. For any story that rocks their world in the beginning, what you want out of your screenwriting is to affect them emotionally. The more desperate they are, the more we will buy desperate choices.

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Timothy Faceneck @ThunderGruntBob

2 years ago

NEW SCRIPT PODCAST! @Jamie_Nash @JimmyRGeorge and Myself tackle EVIL DEAD II! We talk about Raimi's rules of horror, types of horror, good news/worse news techniques and more! listen wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/1650931217

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Brad M Johnson @RWWFilm

2 years ago

The Grey List is a deep reservoir of talented writers and market-ready projects. If you're in the market, check out the list through my pinned tweet - or DM me directly, and I'll email it to you.

Brad M Johnson @RWWFilm

2 years ago

Exciting news: can't share full details yet, but one of our Grey List writers has officially attached a producer to their script who previously made films w/ Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, and Gerard Butler!! #TheGreyList made the connection, and then the writer brought it home!

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Jimmy George @JimmyRGeorge

2 years ago

The @frightrags official WNUF HALLOWEEN SPECIAL collection is now available! 3 tees. PLUS, a Trick-or-Treat Bundle! fright-rags.com/collections/wn…

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Danny Manus @DannyManus

2 years ago

It is My BIRTHDAY!! I'm working all day, doing notes calls and our 5 Week workshop this evening. But if you wanna help me celebrate, it's a great time purchase a Notes Call! Save 10% TODAY - DM me! Or if you just wanna buy me a drink or a Starbucks, my Venmo is @danny-Manus! 😉

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Jonathon E. Stewart @JEStew3

2 years ago

Hey screenwriting friends—and anyone who puts forth work of any kind to be critiqued, really—let’s talk about notes for a second. 1/12

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Danny Manus @DannyManus

2 years ago

NOW thru Thursday -- No Bull Birthday Deals are in effect! The 60 Min Brainstorm/Outline Consult is upgraded to 90 mins for free! And save 10% on regular NOTES CALLS only now thru Thursday! DM me if interested! #screenwriting #birthday

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Jimmy George @JimmyRGeorge

2 years ago

Live near Austin, Texas? Alyssa Miller's Austin Ghoul Gang is screening WNUF Halloween Special! This Friday Oct 18th @ 7:00 PM This event is a COSTUME PARTY! And proceeds benefit @weluvvideoatx Doors open at 7. Tickets $10 For more information: facebook.com/events/5184066…

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Nick “Goopy” Bannister @Deep_Cut_Films

2 years ago

SUBURBAKNIGHT After an incubus moves in next door, a struggling antique salesman enlists a B-movie star to help him save his wife - and his marriage - before the demon devours the entire neighborhood, one bored housewife at a time. Top 4% on Coverfly #screenpit #horror #comedy

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Jimmy George @JimmyRGeorge

2 years ago

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Jimmy George @JimmyRGeorge

2 years ago

IT'S SHOWTIME! We break down the screenwriting techniques that make BEETLEJUICE a classic, from spirited genre busting to ghoulishly great premise delivery. Don't say Writers/Blockbusters three times, just hit subscribe! pod.link/1650931217/epi…

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Ash Lazer @AshLazerWrites

2 years ago

Lights. Camera. RADNESS— For your consideration, we present the #DEADLIST2024 — 50 original horror screenplays from Emmy-nominated writers, Showrunners & EPs, Staffers, produced pros, & a rad roster of emerging voices—with legendary special guest scripts… Details below 👇🏻

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Timothy Faceneck @ThunderGruntBob

2 years ago

NEW SCRIPT PODCAST! @Jamie_Nash @JimmyRGeorge celebrate the #Beetlejuice legacy sequel by discussing the script to Tim Burton's 1988 original! We talk tone, genre busting, reverse rooting resumes and more! listen wherever you get your podcasts: pod.link/1650931217

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Tom Vaughan @storyandplot

2 years ago

I created a FREE email course, Screenwriting for Beginners. Less, "How to write screenplays" and more, "How to learn to write screenplays," it's what I wish I knew before I started. (Also, it's not just for beginners.) RT or REPLY below and I'll DM you a link to the course.

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Jonathon E. Stewart @JEStew3

2 years ago

As we angst over every comma placement, capitalization and WE SEE in our screenplays, consider this real-time feedback on a rewrite from a 20-year senior level studio exec yesterday: “They’re not even going to read all these words.” #screewritingtwitter #writingcommunity #writerslift 1/12