Darla K.Phillips

Screenwriter/Producer ~ creator of flawed joy ~ catcher of vibes ~ lover of souls. Relationships are everything!

[Darla K.Phillips @darlap28]

Can’t wait for this book launch!!

[Darla K.Phillips @darlap28]

❤️❤️🤩

[Darla K.Phillips @darlap28]

@Z_A_Phillips Awesome!!! Congrats 🤩

[Z.A. Phillips @zapwriting]

HOCUS POCUS x 1984

Bree Hargrave is eager to become a full-fledged witch.

All she has to do is take her sister trick-or-treating for the souls of sinners on Halloween. But when she learns this will kill her sister, she doubts everything her coven taught her.
#KidLitPit #YA #F

[Darla K.Phillips @darlap28]

@Z_A_Phillips Trick-or-Treating for souls…😳 Love it!

[Z.A. Phillips @zapwriting]

HOCUS POCUS x QUEEN OF THE TEARLING

Bree Hargrave must take her sister trick-or-treating for souls on Halloween.

The souls preserve her queen-mother's life but at the cost of her sister’s. Bree must choose: Sister or daughter. Traitor or queen.

#PitDark #YA #DF

[Z.A. Phillips @zapwriting]

HOCUS POCUS x 1984

Bree Hargrave is eager to become a full-fledged witch.

All she has to do is take her sister trick-or-treating for the souls of sinners on Halloween. But when she learns this will kill her sister, she doubts everything her coven taught her.

#PitDark #YA #DF

[Darla K.Phillips @darlap28]

Looking forward to this, JoEllen!!

[Jo Guthrie @jobees74]

It's almost here, friends. The latter part of October, the book will launch. I'll keep you posted. @cbadhistory @theflowerfields @darlap28

[Lee Jessup @LeeZJessup]

"You can’t develop a wholly unique voice, without knowing and experiencing that hard-to-define thing that is your self. Your self in action, as it shows up in challenging moments, in the choices you make, and how you experience the world."

Read more at: https://t.co/RkyM2La6nd

[Spyder Dobrofsky @spyderdobro]

You were given your light, your voice, your dreams, your beautiful infectious energy and ideas to share FOR A REASON. Never lose sight of this. Overcoming adversity, roadblocks and rejection is part of the journey. The best is yet to come. Keep believing.

[Danny Manus @DannyManus]

Did I mention that in addition to amazing script notes, I also do Brainstorm/Outline consults, Query Letter revisions, and Pitch Consults! I've taken over 3500 pitches & have taught pitching at dozens of major events including AFF & Screencraft Summit! #nobull #screenwriting

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

On the 27th straight day of filming “Forrest Gump,” Tom Hanks was tired & worried.

During a scene on the famous park bench, Hanks stopped & said to director Bob Zemeckis,

“Hey, Bob…is anybody going to care about this movie? I don’t think anybody’s going to care.”

Bob replied,

“It’s a minefield, Tom. You never know what’s good…It’s a minefield! It’s a goddam minefield! We may be sowing the seeds of our own destruction.”

Tom Hanks told this story after he was asked, “When I ask for a memory from your career, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?”

He said that what Zemeckis said was true of every movie he’s worked on:

“There’s never any guarantee...You do not know if it is going to work out.”

Takeaway 1:

Hanks is the 5th-most highest-grossing actor of all time.

And yet, the stickiest memory of his career is the feeling of uncertainty.

Rarer than talent or work ethic, the poet John Keats wrote, is the ability to step into and push through doubts and uncertainties.

In 1817, Keats wrote a letter to his brothers to share this exciting realization.

“At once it struck me,” Keats wrote, “what quality went to form a Man of Achievement … Negative Capability.”

Keats explains that “Negative Capability” is “when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason.”

Takeaway 2:

Those who possess Negative Capability, who can sit with uncertainty, who can spend months or years in the minefield that is working on something while knowing that there is a real possibility no one will care about it—they often possess another quality.

They do what they do, not as a means to some end (money, fame, awards, etc.), but for the sake of doing it.

When asked about one of his movies that commercially failed, Hanks said,

"I loved making that movie. I loved writing it, I loved being with it. I love all the people in it."

As Ryan Holiday once told me, "The work has to be the win."

You control the effort, he says, not the results.

"So ultimately, you have to love doing it. You have to get to a place where doing the work is the win and everything else is extra.”

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“Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're going to get.” — Forrest Gump

Follow @bpoppenheimer for more content like this!

[Darla K.Phillips @darlap28]

🙏❤️ @KenMovies

[Ken Miyamoto @KenMovies]

#Screenwriters, keep the faith! #screenwriting #faithfinaldraftsandthefword @screencrafting @darlap28 @shopkins_writer @spindler_writer https://t.co/jEsk6H0XhG

[Darla K.Phillips @darlap28]

The Mirage Clip ❤️ #faithfinaldraftsandthefword

[Ken Miyamoto @KenMovies]

#screenwriters, don’t believe in the mirage. #screenwriting @screencrafting @darlap28 @spindler_writer @shopkins_writer https://t.co/jEsk6H0XhG

[Danny Manus @DannyManus]

What makes a GREAT script?
It makes u feel diff emotions, not just 1. It's unexpected. It's FUN to read or at least compelling. It has layers to characters & plot. It SAYS something. It delivers on the premise, exploits its hook in original ways & has a voice i wanna read again.

[Darla K.Phillips @darlap28]

Such a FUN episode with @KenMovies! Great info too🤩❤️

[Ken Miyamoto @KenMovies]

Hey #Screenwriters! Check out this episode where I was invited as a guest to talk shop and talk about my career and #screenwriting journey thus far. Lots of Pro Screenwriter advice and Hollywood stories. And some @screencrafting name drops😎👊

https://t.co/jEsk6H0XhG

[Darla K.Phillips @darlap28]

Can’t wait! The FFF episode with @KenMovies drops on March 20th!!! S2 EP3 - Writing Outside of the Hollywood Hub! So much good info!

[Ken Miyamoto @KenMovies]

Hey #Screenwriters! Season Two of this underrated and down to earth, boots on the ground #screenwriting series is here! Two episodes so far! Check them out. And yours truly pops up in upcoming Episode 3, imposter-style😏 @screencrafting https://t.co/2ru8GUU1sI

[Darla K.Phillips @darlap28]

Doing it— FFF Season Two!! Check out S2 E1 on YouTube https://t.co/4GV4HCvFHu or pod it on Spotify, Google or Apple. Two more episodes drop in March. Super excited about our first guest ever @KenMovies—drops on the 20th! #podcast #screenwriting #faithfinaldraftsandthefword

[PAGE Awards @PAGEawards]

“Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow.”

- Mary Tyler Moore.

[Danny Manus @DannyManus]

Hey Screenwriters, last call for my Spring Mentorship program! Last week to sign up & start. Lets tackle those 2023 goals & scripts together! I've got 1 spot left, so DM me if interested & lets set up an intro call. Next session will start August 1.