Riley Fullerton

KC based story consultant & comedy screenwriter & avid golfer

[toad @thelifeoftoad]

Oh sure let’s blame the guy whose fault it is

[Riley Fullerton @FullertonRiley]

@gregtoohey Well then

[Riley Fullerton @FullertonRiley]

@gregtoohey It’s time for a change in Chicago. Caleb Williams is that change. OT, here we go.

[mike @painbuiltt]

you should torture your brother with jumper cables

[Riley Fullerton @FullertonRiley]

Great article. James is incredible. His portrayal highlights Martin’s brilliance. Martin’s lived a life worth living while feeling weighed down by his stories, “his children.”

[James Hibberd @JamesHibberd]

HEAVY IS THE CROWN: George R.R. Martin on His Triumphs and Torments: At the height of his reign, the #GameofThrones author gets candid about his efforts to rule his growing empire, his buzzy new show 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,' and the long-delayed saga he’s still determined to finish — if he can. https://t.co/GFLsU4Ll2d

[Saturday Night Live @nbcsnl]

Social Experiment

[Riley Fullerton @FullertonRiley]

World Series graphic of a blue jay on a palm tree, incoming

[Riley Fullerton @FullertonRiley]

Fantastic piece by Passan, one of the best voices in baseball working today.

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

The NLCS begins tonight. And it could have a profound effect on whether baseball is played in 2027.

Free at ESPN: Why Milwaukee vs. Los Angeles is a proxy for the game’s greater labor battle and how the result will be used as a cudgel in the fight ahead: https://t.co/lrWojKhUGd

[Riley Fullerton @FullertonRiley]

Yeeeeeep

[Riley Fullerton @FullertonRiley]

Got a feeling McIlroy doesn’t mind when the crowd crosses the line. He’s a competitor. This morning he silenced American hecklers by hitting a great shot.

It’s one of many reasons why Rory’s great at the Ryder Cup: he loves to compete in order to help his team win.

#RyderCup

[Riley Fullerton @FullertonRiley]

Got a feeling McIlroy doesn’t mind when the crowd crosses the line. He’s a competitor. This morning he silenced American hecklers by hitting a great shot.

It’s one of many reasons why Rory’s great at the Ryder Cup: he loves to compete in order to help his team win.

#RyderCup

[Riley Fullerton @FullertonRiley]

What a tribute. Perfectly executed.

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

CBS opens the NCAA Tournament Selection Show by honoring broadcasting legend Greg Gumbel 🎙️

[ed @rithsattendant]

Oh so they’ll ban the shift but not the Shadow Clone Jutsu

[Stephen Miedema @MiedemaSteve]

@FullertonRiley this you?

[Out of context Violence @OOCviolence]

The Shaggy D.A. (1976)

[Ben Rector @benrector]

A little soundcheck freestyle about @BuceesUSA after we stopped there a few weeks ago. Place is wild guys.

[Riley Fullerton @FullertonRiley]

@pkafka @Lucas_Shaw Are limited series no longer in demand?

[David Perell @david_perell]

Kevin Kelly is one of the most influential tech writers of the last half-century.

He's published 14 books, founded Wired magazine, and maybe even traveled to more places in Asia than anybody in human history.

Here are 28 of his best maxims for writing:

1. Don't aim to be the best. Be the only.

2. Don’t create things to make money; make money so you can create things.

3. The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

4. Always demand a deadline. Doing so weeds out the superfluous and prevents you from insisting on perfection (which will limit you as a writer).

5. To write about something hard to explain, write a detailed letter to a friend about why it is so hard to explain, and then remove the initial “Dear Friend” part and you’ll have a great first draft.

6. The work on any worthy piece of writing is endless and infinite. Since you cannot limit the work, you must limit your hours.

7. Books are never finished, only abandoned.

8. When you are stuck, sleep on it. Give your subconscious an assignment while you sleep. You’ll have an answer in the morning or by the next time you sit down to write.

9. A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea.

10. The greatest teacher is called “doing.”

11. Efficiency is highly overrated; goofing off is highly underrated.

12. If you have a good idea, write it down. Don't assume you'll remember it.

13. Writing is not selfish; it's for the rest of us. If you don't do your thing and share your writing, you are cheating us.

14. Most articles and stories are improved significantly if you delete the first page of the manuscript. Start with the action.

15. The best way to learn anything is to teach what you know (and you can do it at scale by writing).

16. Productivity is often a distraction. Don't aim for better ways to get through your tasks as quickly as possible. Instead, look for writing projects that you never want to stop doing.

17. Occasionally your first idea is best, but usually it’s the fifth idea. You need to get all the obvious ideas out of the way. Try to surprise yourself.

18. Pay attention to what you pay attention to.

19. To be interesting just tell your own story with uncommon honesty.

20. Ironically, the best time to write a book is once you're done with the speaking tour for the book.

21. Read the books that your favorite authors once read.

22. When you find something you really enjoy, do it slowly.

23. The main reason to write something every day is that you must throw away a lot of good work to reach the great stuff. To let it all go easily you need to be convinced that there is “more where that came from.” You get that in steady production, which comes from a steady writing habit.

24. Habits are far more dependable than inspiration. Make progress by making habits. Don't focus on becoming a better writer. Focus on becoming the kind of person who never misses a writing session.

25. The quality of a piece of writing hinges on its structure. Nail the structure and the ideas will fall into place. You'll know the structure is good when the reader doesn't even notice it.

26. To write something good, just do it. To write something great, just redo it, redo it, redo it. The secret to publishing great writing is to spend a lot of time rewriting.

27. When in doubt, retreat to honesty. Say more of what you really think and feel instead of trying to sound smart.

28. Principles like what you see here are not laws. They're like a hat. If one doesn't fit, try another.

Many of these maxims are directly from @kevin2kelly's book: Excellent Advice for Living, while others are from the interview I just published with him about his approach to writing.

I've linked to our full conversation in the tweet below.

[BenDavid Grabinski @bdgrabinski]

Affleck should do 40 comedies a year. I don’t even care if they’re good. Let the man cook.

[Prime Movies @primemovies]

Some people are made for each other. From visionary director Garth Davis comes FOE, starring Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal and Aaron Pierre, exclusively in theaters October 6.

[Rian Johnson @rianjohnson]

Finally put the shooting scripts for Glass Onion and the Poker Face pilot on my site. These are the drafts we went into production with, I think it’s more interesting to see what changed in the shooting/editing rather than reading a conformed script. Enjoy! https://t.co/GqNxC7oUy3