recovering academic • cinema studies PhD • film critic • toying with screenwriting • basically a glutton for punishmentmaterialghosts.substack.com Atlanta, GAJoined July 2026
@GoIntoTheStory In querying contest: for a story with a major plot twist, should the logline preserve/tease the twist or spell it out? Hook and intrigue vs. holy shit reveal? #scriptchat
@Jamie_Nash A tyrannical strawberry farmer imprisons two local artisans in his fruit cellar for a twisted game: whoever can make him the most jelly in 24 hours will be freed. It’s WAITRESS meets SAW.
@TomAandTom1@RWWFilm “Give any of us 190 pages” implies you feel constrained by the conventional length. I don’t think not having 70 more pages is what’s holding people back.
The kinship you feel with strangers when showing up at noon on opening weekend for @CampMiasmaFilm and the screening is 80% full.
Really good movie, btw.
@PlazaAtlanta
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