Twitter Screenwriting Accounts Screenwriters Must Follow

As our article on Jeffrey Katzenberg highlighted, gathering industry intel is vital for making it in this business. Industrial Scripts looks to the best Twitter Screenwriting resources – from box office numbers, to job opportunities and just plain amusing screenwriters given a voice. Of course, there’s also our own @Indust_Scripts account to follow…

Film Screenwriters

John August @johnaugust
Writer of GO and BIG FISH and avid screenwriting mentor to the internet at large

Diablo Cody @diablocody
JUNO and JENNIFER’S BODY writer at the forefront of the industry

Neil Gaimen @neilhimself
Mr. Amanda Palmer – great author and screenwriter with a variety of material

Noel Clarke @NoelClarke
British polymath from KIDULTHOOD and every other Brit film of the past five years (numbers approximate)

Brian Lynch @BrianLynch
Animation screenwriter specialist of PUSS IN BOOTS and HOP

James Moran @jamesmoran
Brit writer of TOWER BLOCK, SEVERANCE and DOCTOR WHO

Brian Koppelman @briankoppelman
OCEAN’S THIRTEEN and ROUNDERS with a great ‘Six Second Screenwriting’ series of Vines.

Ol Parker @olparker1
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL – sterling young Brit scribe

Stuart Hazeldine @StuartHazeldine
Brit writer of EXAM and upcoming Michael Mann flick AGINCOURT

 

TV Drama Screenwriters

Kurt Sutter @sutterink
Outspoken and controversial SONS OF ANARCHY showrunner

Jane Espenson @JaneEspenson
BUFFY and ONCE UPON A TIME writer with a love of all things fantasy

Shawn Ryan @ShawnRyanTV
Showrunner of THE SHIELD provides smart insight into the mechanics of TV industry

 

TV Comedy Screenwriters

Armando Iannucci @AIannucci
THE THICK OF IT, VEEP, I’M ALAN PARTRIDGE… need we say more?

Megan Ganz @meganganz
MODERN FAMILY, COMMUNITY jokester

Danny Zuker @DannyZuker
MODERN FAMILY exec who often uses his own family for material

Lena Dunham @lenadunham
GIRLS creator with a huge following

Sam Bain @sambaintv
FRESH MEAT and PEEP SHOW creator

Kay Cannon @KayKayCannon
30 ROCK, NEW GIRL & PITCH PERFECT scribe with penchant for live tweeting commentary to shows

Megan Anram @megananram
PARKS AND RECREATION lady with a brilliant stream of one-liners

John Mulaney @mulaney
Saturday Night Live writer

Molly McNearney @MollyMcNearney
Jimmy Kimmel Live writer provides humorous social commentary

Andy Bobrow @abobrow
Witty man from COMMUNITY

Karey Dornetto @kareydornetto
From ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT to PORTLANDIA, the Queen of Quirk has a line in sharp humour

Mike Scully 
THE SIMPSONS and EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND writer

Seth Macfarlane @SethMacFarlane
Plucky up-and-coming TV writer who could do with your help building his small following, ideal for twitter screenwriting inspiration

 

Industry Intel

Writers Guild Great Britain @TheWritersGuild
The British union for scribes

British Film Insitute @BFI
Keep up to date with goings-on at UK Film’s HQ

Film London @Film_London
Updates from the capital’s film body

Creative England @creativeengland
Funding and training opportunities

Creative Skillset @SkillsetSCC
UK’s creative industries’ skills council

The Tracking Board @MyTrackingBoard
Spec sales and Hollywood intel

Box Office Mojo @BoxOfficeMojo
Does as it says on the tin – crunching box office numbers

International Screenwriters Association @networkisa
All round pool of information for twitter screenwriting

 

Miscellaneous

Mystery Executive @mysteryexec
The grumblings of an anonymous industry insider.

Bad Script Advice @badscrptadvice.
Now defunct, but the archive is a fantastic comedic resource for what you should not be doing.

Adelaide Screenwriter @AdelScreenWri
The Aussie angle and a non-stop stream of quotations

Bitter Script Reader  @BittrScrptReadr
Want to know the mindset of a reader? Great place to start

Bitch Pack @BiatchPack
A strong group for upping women’s representation in the film industry

 

Magazines

Script Magazine @scriptmag

Creative Screenwriting @CreativeScreen

Variety @Variety

The Hollywood Reporter @THR

Screen International @Screendaily

Empire @empiremagazine

Sight & Sound @SightSoundmag

Total Film @totalfilm

Movie Scope Magazine @movieScope

 

Websites & Online Specialists

The Script Lab @thescriptlab

LA Screenwriter @LA_Screenwriter

Script Chat @ScriptChat

Carson Reeves @Scriptshadow

 

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