1/10 Buckle up folks. It's been a month & lots of folks are pulling out rejection daggers from AFF, network fellowships & life in the trenches of this screenwriting world. I'm going to flip the script & focus on the positive. Time for another edition of Writers Kicking Ass!

2/10 The AFF rollout made it tough for me to keep track. I tried to congratulate you individually but for those I missed, I'm going to say Yippee to you all again here! It's easy to get down when no is a constant. We're going to start with some pros. They struggle too & deserve

3/10 some love @Thom Harp with some Deadline buzz about his film HOME DELIVERY. @Noah Harald gets in the Motion Pictures Editors Guild. @Justin James selling scripts like hotcakes. @Eric Rogers and his producing partner mysteriously known as The Glick are making him...

4/10 and his work an overnight success. @Daria Polatin and DEVIL IN OHIO are burning it up on Netflix. @Melissa London Hilfers is lighting it up with a MONARCH twang on Fox. @Paris Herbert-Taylor sold a Christmas Rom Com. @Leah Saint Marie sold A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR to Shudder.

5/10 @Balance510 and all his talent gets set up at Sony TV. @David Merritt II finds a home at A3 Artists Agency. @Jaime Primak film BEAST is kicking ass and swoon, she got a call from Amblin! Some other folks have been busier than a one legged man at an ass kicking contest and

6/10 getting some buzz. @Nerris is now a Blacklist Fellow. @Dayna Noffke wrote and directed SOTO. Can you say picture locked? @JE Swainston (Northern Boo-nicorn Films) 🦄🎃 is shooting A DOG AND HIS BONE. Check out her creepy poster.

7/10 @Cari Haim and her acting is on display in the film festival darling DEMONSTRATION SPORT. @Alice Wells: Official 😈🔪🩸🎃👻 & @David J Keogh - Official Account are shooting their feature SUSPECT. @Tim Westland - Screenwriter is on the job with them! He sure ain't retiring very hard. As we head towards the Hollywood holiday

8/10 season, it's important to remember that NO happens at every level. Keep pushing. If you need a little help @Jeff Howard is giving back with industry specific writing zooms for a modest fee. @David H. Steinberg has a Patreon account and doing the same. Check them out!

9/10 SCREAMING IN THE HOLLYWOOD ABYSS is back with @Noah Evslin & @Dan Rutstein. THE RANT ROOM is keeping it real with @Hilliard Guess and guests.@Mickey Fisher newsletter is a must read. There are so many pros making time to reach back and help us. They don't have to do it.

10/ @Ash Lazer & @𝙴𝚛𝚒𝚌 𝙼𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚛 deserve a nod for THE STUNT LIST. Writers helping writers. #ScreenPit is coming up on September 29. Congrats to the scribes who moved on in AFF, Slamdance and Page! Be kind to each other. See ya in the funny papers.