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Melissa Turkington

3 years

Bought a used Charles Bukowski book and the best part are the notes in the margins from a woman who clearly was having none of this shit.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

Hear me out ✋😐🤚heist film

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

I must find her.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

This mystery woman, with her glittery blue gel pen, is all of us.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

I hope she's a marriage counselor now. And still uses a turquoise glitter pen.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

And this is where the notes end. There is still about 1/3 of the book left. Sugarplum, wherever you are, I am so glad you didn't.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

We've changed pens.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

😂

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

Okay, I think I'm in love with this woman. I have to share my favorite excerpts.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

A valid question.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

11 months

Right now half of LA are filling their bathtubs, the other half are doing molly at hurricane-themed parties, and none of them owns a real flashlight.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

I can't keep up anymore. Support used bookstores. And if anyone knows this woman, tell her I love her.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

@DannyKillin This is the correct take. You hear that, BRANDON FROM FRESHMAN YEAR???

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

4 years

If you're a new screenwriter, you may wonder what readers look for in a script. If you're like many, you've taken to the internet to get some opinions from Seasoned Professionals Who Know Better, but found a whole lot of bad advice and BS about the mystical "special sauce". 1/

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

1 year

The two most attractive unions in Hollywood, striking together. Look at us, side by side, writers and actors, equal in our intimidating sexiness. Yep, it’s six guys who have literally been named Sexiest Man Alive, and me, who ate popcorn out of my own bra. This should be illegal.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

Screenwriting advice: give me money.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

1 year

I mean—

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

Tiny update:

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

Do I outline? Naw, my writing process is mostly crying into a jar of peanut butter again because I can’t think of another word for “walks”.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

The internet is magic.

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@katherinesters

3 years

@Leftovers_Movie Hi! I’m the person who took those notes. 😅😅 I don’t have pic of what I wrote in the collection but here’s a pic of the pen I used and a journal entry I wrote about that terrible book LOL

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

@DannyKillin There is an entire segment of the population I would classify as Bukowski Bros who I would gladly pile into Bezos's penis rocket and launch into the sun.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

True story: a guy who owned a wolf lured some girls from my college into a weird bulimia cult in the woods by offering to show them said wolf. He wore the American flag as a cape.

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guy who somehow owns a wolf

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

1 year

If you can’t afford to pay your employees, you’re bad at your job. If paying your employees to do work is disruptive to your business, you’re bad at your job. If you can’t reasonably revise a standard contract because you broke a working business model, you’re bad at your job.

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Melissa Turkington

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3 years

You are so lovely and I am excited to meet you!

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

Guess who found a copy of my script on the street from a year ago that someone was clearly staging. You’re a mensch, @johndanielcarey

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

Being a woman on the internet is fun.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

11 months

It’s fascinating how these pro-AI arguments always boil down to “the artist should not seek to profit from the art they created because art belongs to the people, and that is exactly why I should profit from other people’s art.”

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@fragro

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@eeberquist I don't think that technological innovation should be stifled by copyright. You've commoditied your artwork and that's fine under capitalism. I don't think others should profit from you work either, but in an ideal world all art and knowledge is open and free for remixing.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

@Lisiswriting Girl, same. I do enjoy him as a writer, but stupid men don't seem to clue into the fact that he wasn't giving them life advice.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

1 year

The dirtiest open secret in Hollywood is that we bill all the actors as sexy, popular jocks compared to us nerdy writer-types when 97% of actors were overbearing high school theater kids who still have every line of RENT memorized.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

@katiepdf HOLY SHIT! Please DM me!

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 months

It’s funny how the model that worked for them was to pay name directors big money to make their passion projects which could only be viewed on their platform and they concluded that audiences want them to make lots and lots of sparkly garbage.

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@worldofreel

3 months

KATHRYN BIGELOW has dropped out of directing AURORA for Netflix. Apparently, under the new leadership of Dan Lin, the streamer is now interested in making films "more about audience, and less about auteurs"

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

Today is my birthday and I’m doing…not great. I would really appreciate if y’all put some small good into the world today. ❤️

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

A human male who is not in the industry asked me for my opinion on Quentin Tarantino. I told him, he accepted it, and moved on? And nobody yelled or cried or spooged themselves??? I’m shaking.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

There is a grown man at the playground who is wearing an identical outfit to my son. How do I find out if it’s him from the future?

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

4 years

If you've read this far, I'm proud of you. You might have what it takes to be a reader. If you're a skimmer and jumped to the end, you definitely have the right stuff. TL;DR: concept is everything. (Good timing + meaningful perspective - trendiness = concept.) Happy writing! /23

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

1 year

It’s the funniest thing to me that people are throwing tantrums over a weird indie film that masters almost every category, had incredible box office success despite sky high odds, and whose makers have been the most gracious, humble people, possibly winning awards they earned.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

1 year

Who needs men when you could have a gothic A-frame tree house to slowly go mad in

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

@BJPsTweets I went one further.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

@JoshFeibus Pull back the curtain and it’s just this

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

Is HBO aware that they are in the business of making television?

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

If any men in the film industry are wondering how they can be a good ally on International Women’s Day, here’s a quick and handy guide: Pay me.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

1 year

The studios are playing a waiting game. They believe they don’t need to negotiate in good faith because they can hold out longer. They believe they have the resources to sit on until writers get desperate enough to take their non-deal. 1/2

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

Screenwriters, we have to stop using text messages to communicate important exposition. Nobody can read that shit. Nobody (me).

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

@BertRedfoot @seelie_wight We need to start a list. I have some serious umbrage with Nietzsche that I think she could give voice to.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

1 year

Join us at Amazon at 10am today in solidarity with the @UPSTeamsters ! ✊ #WGAStrike #SAGAFTRAstrike #Teamsters

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

ME TO OTHER CREATIVES: Be gentle with yourself. Mistakes are part of the process. You are a beautiful snowflake. ME TO ME: Thanks for making me wade through 112 pages of illegible dross, you walking compost heap. You are the reason I drink.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

4 years

Just started reading for a contest and so far 50% of my stack has been about Covid. If you truly love me, you will all stop this.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

My totally contractual, zero emotional intimacy hookup guy is the most consistent, high-integrity support person I have found in LA and that sure is some big pile of karmic horse shit I have stepped in.

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@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

@NickPerlman Perceived sexual tension between Jennifer and Kermit drives Piggy to double-cross her partner in crime in a fit of rage. But it was all a big misunderstanding. Jenn only has eyes for Gonzo.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

8 months

This? THIS is what they threw all of their weight behind for six months? If you’re going to try to convince the world that AI isn’t the next plasma screen TV, parading Edith Piaf’s reanimated corpse around in a *historical biopic* is one hell of a gambit.

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@Variety

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Edith Piaf AI-Generated Biopic in the Works at Warner Music

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

Wait, so is aging just downplaying bigger and bigger health concerns until one of them eventually takes you out?

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

9 months

FUCK. Yeeeeeesssssss!

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

More than anything else, I want to write full-time so I no longer need to balance a job AND hobbies.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

If you’re an emerging screenwriter, it’s important to build your brand so reps know how to pitch you. I, for example, have cornered the Anxious, Horny Bog Witch with a Cheese Fetish space.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

@sofiodelle I actually love a lot of his writing, but he is a messy gent to be sure.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

The kid got in trouble today. For sneaking into the Scholastic Book Fair.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

My neighbor served me Turkish coffee at 7pm. WHO WANTS TO BUILD A BOAT?!?!?!

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

1 year

They believe they can use a backlog of half-developed content and AI to replace us. They believe their jobs are safe. They believe we can’t wait. They greatly underestimate our powers of sitting and procrastination. 2/2

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

4 years

So I guess I can let this one slip now. RICHMOND UNDERGROUND is an @austinfilmfest finalist! I haven't stopped screaming for... *checks watch* one month. Please follow my writing partner, @BenSamuels1 . He doesn't tweet and it will freak him out.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

4 years

If you are still not convinced this guy is a fuckbag, you may want to consider whether you are not also a fuckbag. #BeanDad

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

It's finally real! Thanks a bunch, @austinfilmfest .

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

1 year

As we get further into this thing, it’s pretty clear that it’s starting to weigh on people. Not that anyone is anywhere near giving up, but when you no can’t follow your purpose and do the thing you love, the “what ifs” and the “what nows” can get to you. Picketing is a 1/

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

Hey. You. Yes, you. You’re doing the best you can with what you have right now. You’re doing great. ❤️

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

1/ TW: harassment Alright, folks. This has to stop. This is going to be a long 🧵, so buckle up. Preface: I am speaking from personal experience and that shit isn’t up for debate. I’m also speaking from professional experience. This is an attempt to educate, not to chastise.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

I don't think anyone has thought to ask this before, so here goes: How exactly does one--how do you say it?--"succeed" at screenwriting? Concrete answers only please. Preferably in three simple steps or maybe an infographic.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

One day I will write a horror movie called MOIST. All It's missing is a concept, plot, characters, and theme.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

4 years

Do not, I repeat, do not write a fucking COVID script right now. I promise you are not going to do it well enough for me, the reader, to put aside my own social trauma and think, "hey, what a unique and thrilling fictional premise". Same for nameless global pandemics. Stop. 10/

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

Everything could be falling apart around you, but you saw this and knew shit was about to turn around.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

1 year

Ready for the Simpsons picket! Come yell at clouds with us from 9-1 at Fox. I am positive there will be donuts. #WGAStrike #WGAStrong

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

Who wants to make some shorts this summer? For realsies. Let's form a ragtag crew of misfits and get filming. We can give ourselves sweet Roller Derby names and buy matching jackets. DM if you're down to discuss.

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@Leftovers_Movie

4 years

-Ask a big question you don't know the answer to. This is vital. Scripts are not essays. Scripts are a writer in conversation with themselves about life, love, grief, the nature of conscience, and what hot dogs are made out of. What existential mystery keeps you up at night? 21/

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

Men on dating apps love to say “I have my shit together, so should you” as if women haven’t been literally carrying your ass through financial recklessness, emotional insecurity, and addictive behaviors your whole adult life and you just bought a bed frame my dude

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

Excited to announce that I was invited not to participate in the Sundance Episodic Lab this year.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

1 year

So um. So uhhhhhh… Wow?

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

Men, it’s super easy not to scream when you sneeze. I promise.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

Melissa (18-25), boobs that light up a room

Andy Compton

@andycompton_

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ANDY (33), shitty but doesn't know it

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

Who was that guy who said your friends are your competition? I'm entering @austinfilmfest , @TheAcademy Nicholl, @sundanceorg and @ScriptPipeline this year. I want to pay for one of my competitors. Hit me up if you can't afford the reg. deadline entry fee. I'll pick someone on 3/1

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

4 years

-Study. If you don't know Plato's four cognitive states, or Aristotle's poetics, or why people think Ayn Rand is a fuck, you should. Storytelling is all about the human condition, and philosophy is how we make sense of the human condition. It's the foundation of character. 20/

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

Ffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

The number of people who think I am blessed with the forethought, free time, and penmanship to invent this is hilarious. Settle down, kids. The polar ice caps are melting.

Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

Bought a used Charles Bukowski book and the best part are the notes in the margins from a woman who clearly was having none of this shit.

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@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

Writers, if your deepest weirdness is what makes you special, what’s your signature brand of weird?

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

The super wealthy, out-of-touch elitist I smash sometimes has been telling me stories about the super wealthy, out-of-touch elitists *he* has to deal with and I finally understand that LA’s entire economy runs on trickle-down hubris.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

It took less than three minutes for my mom to tell me she’s praying for my son’s health after he told her he got his first covid shot. Now researching early flights home. I fucking tried.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

1 year

No person who has ever considered themselves a singular genius who accomplishes everything alone has ever been a singular genius who accomplished anything alone.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

So is there an open application to join The League of Sexual Anarchy, or do I need three referrals?

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

4 years

Most of the time, it's CONCEPT. Here's the thing: you can do everything right, solid structure, seamless flow, engaging characters, technical fucking perfection -- and it can still be meh to read. Concept, or your unique angle into the story, is the good stuff. Let's discuss. 5/

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

I just figured out that in order for my career to move forward, I have to write shit. Mind=blown.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

You wanna hear a story about how me and this bitch fell out? It’s kinda long but it’s full of suspense.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

1 year

✊🏻 As Pre-WGA, you bet I’ll be picketing. If any union writers need assistance, DM. I don’t have a lot, but I have time, I have mom energy, and I have mad cooking skills. Thanks for standing up for all of us.

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@WGAWest

1 year

The Board of Directors of the @WGAwest and the Council of the @WGAeast , acting upon the authority granted to them by their memberships, have voted unanimously to call a strike, effective 12:01 AM, Tuesday, May 2.

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Melissa Turkington

@Leftovers_Movie

3 years

On this #NationalScreenwritersDay I’d like to formally announce that I am kind of throwing around the idea of writing another script at some point in the future, maybe. Or not. Whatevs, it’s chill.

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@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

If screenwriting twitter combined forces and got righteously angry about something that mattered, we would create a perfect system of government and Netflix would be three bucks again.

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@Leftovers_Movie

7 months

I’m free, bitches!!!

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@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

A guy had to parallel park and asked me to guide him in. I panicked and pretended I knew how. Directed him so badly that it took him seven tries and his tires mashed into the curb. He’s never getting out of there. Then I found out we were both going to the same birthday party.

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@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

I had to put on hard pants and pay for gas and brave LA traffic and spent an hour trying to get into my office because my key card won’t work and someone stole my chair so they gave me *that* chair instead and I have to wear pants to meetings and why the fuck did we ever do this?

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@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

Why does this look like Travolta doing Cage doing Jack White?

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@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

If Biden cancels all student loan debt I’m gonna buy so much avocado toast

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@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

Oh no. It happened. I listened to Top 40 and said, out loud, with my full chest, “tHiS IsN’t mUsIc”.

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@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

Happy Re-Unsubscribe from Stage 32 Marketing Emails Day to all who celebrate

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@Leftovers_Movie

2 years

This is how you write an action sequence.

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@Leftovers_Movie

11 months

Maybe since the studios are in penny pinching mode, they can look into their practices of: 1) printing paper checks; and 2) paying postage to mail zero-cent residuals Seems like they’d save enough to meet SAG’s demands right there

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Robert Carradine reveals a $0 residual that he once got from Disney for ‘LIZZIE MCGUIRE’.

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