I’ve written a couple of movies. To learn how to write movies, read “Save the Cat.” To learn how to write TV, read “Elephant Bucks”
That’s probably the best advice I can give even moreso than my own advice
Highest ROI advice right there. Each (TV & film) has a structure. The structures have similarities. I prefer TV (watching and writing) to film
Also I have a question for you. In Hollywood meetings, I used to say my screenwriting journey started w college, but one day I realized that growing up I was watching those things I mentioned in middle school (stand up, Stewart, Colbert, Conan), so maybe it started there. Is that true or does every middle schooler watch that?
Nah bro that’s your unique story
I’m sure there were some but I can’t imagine too many middle schoolers sitting through Colbert and John Stewart every night. They’re funny but at the end of the day we still watching cartoons in middle school
Plus interest starting with 2Pac is not something you hear from many screenwriters
I have a legit published book (sci fi) that could be a franchise. So do I just cold query producers/ directors, cause thats my plan.
Im not gonna wait for my publisher to do that for me, i dont trust them
Nah bro that’s your unique story
I’m sure there were some but I can’t imagine too many middle schoolers sitting through Colbert and John Stewart every night. They’re funny but at the end of the day we still watching cartoons in middle school
Plus interest starting with 2Pac is not something you hear from many screenwriters
Yeah I was a gigantic Pac fan. Every conspiracy theory. Every documentary. Kinda ironic bc as an adult I feel Big was a better technical rapper (flow, rhyming patterns, etc.) but Pac still has that Pacness and passion
Also I ended up writing / selling a pilot at TBS based on Biggie’s childhood, with Biggie’s estate and collaborating with his former manager
Talked to D-Roc and everything (guy who took the gun charge for Big so Big could blow)
Nothing ever came of the script, though I did get a decent payday: essence.com/news/notorious-big-inspires-new-tbs-tv-series-called-think-big
@dsonoiki
I have a legit published book (sci fi) that could be a franchise. So do I just cold query producers/ directors, cause thats my plan.
Im not gonna wait for my publisher to do that for me, i dont trust them
What’s it called? The more you do yourself, the better position you are in (see Issa Rae, Justin Simien, Lena Waithe). But there are things you need professional representation for, that it’s almost impossible to do as a civilian
Hasan is the homie. I was on the stream recently: https://youtu.be/5hM2YLwCtLg
Also I need to clean up my IG. Those pics are very thirsty. It was worse before
Oh wow that was you? What a classic moment with Ted Cruz retweeting him
Oh wow that was you? What a classic moment with Ted Cruz retweeting him
Hasan has so many fans on KTT (and off KTT). It’s crazy cuz I’ve known him before then. Very happy for him and his success. I remember bringing him to a Drake party in 2018 lol. He’s always had very strong / passionate political views
That was a funny day. Ted Cruz is a big Simpsons fan. I might post this video of him saying his favorite Simpsons character
Yeah because there's actual proof
Imagine not believing someone with BS in their name wrote every single project this year
Writing is what I gotta do. If you don’t laugh, then I don’t eat. Or whatever Andre 3000 said in Elevators
if it's bad, I probably wrote it. but then you should want my advice even more because it'll show how you can be mediocre to bad and still get in the industry
You really want Simpson’s to go out like that
I loved Futurama growing up
I will forever rank you at #1 in all my rankings on ktt2 if you can pull some strings and bring it back. You’ll be my actual hero.
If you’ve written on newer episodes of the Simpson’s we need to talk
Depends on your definition of newer. I wish I’d joined the Simpsons sooner because months before I did, Kanye was going through one of his crazy twitter episodes and he was talking about producing an episode of the simpsons (because this Indian comedian says Apu is racist & made a whole documentary about it)
And I (very randomly) watched the Mayweather McGregor fight in an intimate setting with Ye, Kim, Usher, Khloe, and Scottie Pippen, as well as several of their children
Would have been great to talk to Ye about The Simpsons but I wasn’t on the show yet. All I got is this, but this was after my thirst had subsided and I realized I didn’t need to take a picture with every celebrity I met or spoke to: instagram.com/dsonoiki/p/BYSNjezANqq/?utm_medium=copy_link