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read the script, and thought, “Come on Kenny, just turn yourself in – don’t rob a bank or kill someone, it’s not that big of a deal!” And then I thought, “Oh God!” and felt very unnerved. How brilliant that they’d made me sympathise with a paedophile for so long. And the complexity of that, because he’s so young…
Charlie Brooker • Inside Black Mirror
I know I shouldn’t criticize others, but why do the final scenes of cartoon movies always have to be so ridiculous?
Hayao Miyazaki • Starting Point: 1979-1996
Both those who make cartoon films and those who love them tend to have a certain immaturity to them, and they tend to go easy on each other. But I’d like to see effort put into filmmaking sufficient to withstand the bare-knuckled criticism that I’m providing here. Cartoons have certain weaknesses that we normally don’t notice, and a type of laxity
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Critics never cite the pleasure of the audience unless they share it.
Robert McKee • Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
I can smell these from a mile away. They reek of “trying too hard.” Before you scream that I’m AI-shaming: 1 — I don’t think using AI is “cheating.” But writing that sounds like everyone else and/or like ChatGPT is a huge turnoff to me. And even if it doesn’t turn off your ideal reader, it’s not going to help you stand out. 2 — I’m not telling you not to use AI to *help* you write. I’ve been using Chat as a brainstorming partner and souped-up thesaurus more and more. But if I have it write so much as a sentence *clause* for me, I almost always have to change it, almost completely. In fact, I asked it to write me a caption for this post, and I think it’s trolling itself! A ChatGPT self-own! Behold: “In this carousel, I’m calling out the ChatGPT writing tells that make me want to crawl under my desk and live there. From squirrel jokes to “chef’s kiss” sass to that triple beat it can’t stop hitting—it’s all in here. And hey, this isn’t about banning tools. It’s about knowing your voice so you don’t sound like you outsourced your personality. Want to develop a writing style that doesn’t feel pre-chewed? Comment PUKE and I’ll DM you my 5 Secrets to Non-Sucky Copy.” How many tells do you count right in that passage? 👉Drop your most-hated Chat tics below. 👉And, yes, comment “PUKE” if you want my guide.
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