Ben Krapf

Writer-type-person in the fantasy/horror space. Bonus points if the project has anything to do with cosmic horror, displaced families, and/or badass kids.

[Ben Krapf @benkrapf]

Writer brand:
I'm an American stay-at-home dad who moved to Canada just before COVID, so I put all my hopes and fears into horror/fantasy about what parents must do so their uprooted families can survive strange, terrifying worlds.
@roadmapwriters #roadmapwriters #nooffensecanada

[Ben Krapf @benkrapf]

@tschrack Totally did. I enjoyed exchanging notes with you. And I get it - I felt bad about not giving notes on optional exchanges during a recent rewrite class, and it defo made it harder for me to hit my deadline.

[Joel Eisenberg @joel_eisenberg]

If you keep #writing, work on thickening your skin, continue to network and be open enough to learn…

You’ll get good at this thing.

[Joe Russo @joerussotweets]

While I may not be a “working” writer right now due to the strike, I had fun chatting screenwriting on THE WORKING WRITER podcast, where we got into whether you should direct on the page and how to grab people with your opening scene!

Listen: https://t.co/Qrh2eRexO6

[Mark Blutman @BlutmanMark]

If SAG-AFTRA ends up joining us on the strike lines Thursday morning, my only advice is please don’t burn Imagine the first week. Save it. It’s gonna be a long hot summer. 🪧🪧🪧

[Joe Russo @joerussotweets]

Make.

Movies.

Less.

Than.

100m.

Again.

[Joel Eisenberg @joel_eisenberg]

I completely agree in principle with these actors. .#UnionStrong

Actors Urge SAG-AFTRA To Take Hard Line In Contract Talks; 300-Plus Sign Letter – Deadline https://t.co/R6r7FW91lK

[Joe Russo @joerussotweets]

There are no bad MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movies.

Oh, and Tom Cruise wasn’t lying during his COVID rant. He WAS shooting “the future of this fucking industry”. He and @chrismcquarrie have saved the movies. Again.

[Ben Krapf @benkrapf]

Frank Miller's "Frank the Chemist" cameo in Robocop 2 is a metaphor for how writers are treated...
--They're highly skilled...
--but unsung...
--without them, the company would have no product...
--and when shit goes wrong, they're left to die in a lab explosion.
#WGA

[Ben Krapf @benkrapf]

@RICHARDLNEWBY Barbie, because it looks fresh. I'll see Oppenheimer at some point, eventually, just not in theaters.

Dittoing sentiments about kids and runtimes and such.

[Ben Krapf @benkrapf]

@Misssharai Got one of those today, too. I have no idea why.

[Tom Vaughan @storyandplot]

The first two things a reader does when they open your screenplay:

1) Check the page count
2) Check to see how dense the writing is.

They start reading your script with whatever emotion those two things give them.

The primary factor that determines both?

THE ACTION LINES

[Joe Russo @joerussotweets]

In THE FLASH, Gotham City has finally been cleaned up and freed of all crime, confirming what real fans have always known:

Michael Keaton’s Batman is the best Batman.

[Ben Krapf @benkrapf]

@jeannevb I do a separate FD doc, that way I can easily transpose my beat sheet and scene breakdowns to the draft doc.

[Ben Krapf @benkrapf]

@TomAandTom1 @tclairsmith Perhaps, the best example of such, too.

[Joe Russo @joerussotweets]

After watching this video, it certainly *FEELS* like SAG is going to make a deal with the AMPTP, so — when it comes to making REAL change in Hollywood — WGA writers are likely going to have to do what we always do for Actors and Directors:

Handle the rewrite.

[Ben Krapf @benkrapf]

@TomAandTom1 @ToshHCameron1 I wonder what Tig thinks of Conspiracy Jr...

[Ben Krapf @benkrapf]

@tschrack NOT IN CANADA.

#fxyouaredeadtomeuntiljuly19atwhichpointweaight

[Zeus, more or less @TheZeusJuice]

Zaslav was only ever brought in to do exactly this, no? Allow the remainder of the Board to get away, hands clean, whilst Daddy Zas gets the slings and arrows and a nice fat Golden Parachute of outrageous fortune?

Fuckers are going to run everything to ground for another yacht?

[bavvmorda @bavvmorda]

The Bear is back. I've said this before. I'll say it again.
I can't say it enough:

If you're interested in developing your conflict writing, watch The Bear.

If you're looking for a show that's kind but gritty, watch The Bear.

Go read the pilot. Then watch The Bear again.

[Ben Krapf @benkrapf]

@TomAandTom1 That's incredibly kind of you.