Jessica W. Chen

#PreWGA TV writer, actress, producer | creator of #DramaHigh | founder of Lil Swimmers Productions and @recastthemovies

[Chris Lee @__ChrisLee]

Ryan Coogler’s Warner Bros deal to gain ownership of Sinners 25 years after release has Hollywood ultra freaked out. “It could be the end of the studio system” an exec at another studio tells me. My dive into this “dangerous deal”: https://t.co/NN0J4Po5j8

[Yasmine Khosrowshahi @yasminekho]

I distilled my 4 years of marketing lessons into minimalistic visuals.

1. Sell Benefits. Not features.

[Rachel Karten @milkkarten]

Great social ideas die in overbearing approval processes. In @washingtonpost and @drewharwell's latest reporting on the @KamalaHQ social strategy, the team talked a lot about how they get content approved. Here are a few operational insights for your brand to steal:

[Jessica W. Chen @itsjesswchen]

Great research that is an illuminating read for anyone interested in the world of SEO and how the internet can be manipulated. What a fascinating read!

[Lars Lofgren @LarsLofgren]

If you've wondered why Forbes appears EVERYwhere in Google now, it's because it has a parasite SEO program. The whole thing is insane: https://t.co/QqxNcHfQ0D

[John Green @sportswithjohn]

When you are 26 years old, it common to spend a lot of time pursuing what you want without spending much time considering why you want it. When I was 26, I wanted to be a successful YA novelist. I wanted it more than I wanted a long life, or happiness, or a family...

[Gina Ippolito @GinaIppy]

I need aspiring TV writers to realize that you will NEVER find bigger fans of TV/movies than in a writers room. Watch any episode of The Simpsons. They LOVE TV. So if your edgelord style is crapping on shows/being happy about cancellations, find a different aspirational career?

[W. Kamau Bell @wkamaubell]

I know I’m a weird messenger to be giving advice, but I truly mean this to be helpful, @JDVance.

Fire your whole team. They clearly hate you. This is TV production 101, and they failed it.

1) Someone is supposed to scout ahead and make sure everyone there is interested in being on camera AND excited to talk to you. And if your team finds out that no one at the place is interested in talking to you and some don’t even want to be on camera with you - situations that I’m sure you are used to by now - then your team needs to find another establishment.

2) Someone is supposed to prep you with names and talking points. This is especially true because, as you know, you are horrible at small talk. Your team must even know this by now. Your team has to give you follow up questions so you are ready to go. “What is your bestselling donut?” “What’s your favorite?” “What do you recommend?” “What’s your favorite part of your job?” “Do you eat too many donuts because you work here.” This is simple stuff. But again, I get that it is extremely hard for you to speak to humans. That’s why you need a better team.

3) in lieu of small talk, which I would recommend you skipping because you are - again - HORRIBLE at it, your team should have given you a pre decided order so you were ready for the “difficult task” of ordering donuts. Here are a few suggestions for next time. “I’ll take a dozen glazed.” “Just give me a dozen of your bestsellers.” “JUST FILL THE BOX WITH SPRINKLES THAT YOU SCRAP OFF OF SPRINKLE DONUTS, AAAAAARGH!!!”

That last one was a trick. If you believed it then you need more help than I even imagined.

The good news is I’ll happily take you on as a client to teach you how to appear more human, all for the price of one jabilliondee dollar bucks. Currently, there is a 1% discount. But I need your answer by… more

[Ichigo Niggasake @SomaKazima]

A WHOLE FUCKING LOT OF Y'ALL need to hear this 🥰

[NANTE JAPAN @NanteJapan]

In partnership with Japan Cuts at @js_film_nyc, we're giving away free tickets to the US premiere of "All the Long Nights", starring Mone Kamishiraishi and SixTONES' Hokuto Matsumura! The screening is in New York on July 16.

RT this tweet and follow both accounts for a chance to see this awesome film! The giveaway ends July 14.

#JapanCuts

[𝙺𝚊𝚒𝚊 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 @ThisisKaia]

Pitch mistakes to avoid, a thread from a former development exec (moi):

1- Your pitch is confusing. This is the thing I saw the most often in hundreds of pitches. You know this story so well, but you only have a few minutes to convey it to me. Pause, then ask the exec, "Are you with me?"

[NANTE JAPAN @NanteJapan]

In partnership with @JapanSociety we're giving away some free tickets to the North American premiere of Takashi Miike's Lumberjack The Monster, which features Kamenashi Kazuya, on May 6th in NYC!

RT this tweet and follow both accounts for a chance to see this awesome film!! The giveaway ends this Thursday.

#怪物の木こり #三池崇史 #亀梨和也

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Best Actors.

Cillian Murphy with Ben Kingsley, Matthew McConaughey, Forest Whitaker, Brendan Fraser, and Nicolas Cage photographed Greg Williams. #Oscars

[Jessica W. Chen @itsjesswchen]

The power of representation 🥺😭😭💛 Cillian bringing home the Oscar was definitely a source of pride - look how much everyone's beaming!

[SEC, and CWC Champions @IOnlySayFacts]

Matt Damon said it perfectly

[Shruti Saran @shrutesnladders]

When I decided to be a writer, people told me I needed to move to LA immediately. I couldn't and spent years feeling like a huge coward for not being able to. However, now that I'm here and working, I realize the game has changed. Here's how I think about it: 🧵

[Sabra Boyd @SabraMBoyd]

As a kid who was trafficked by my dad, the right to go to the library unsupervised and read any book I wanted saved my life. Public libraries taught me that other lives and other worlds were possible

[Kevin Koljack @kevinkoljack]

I often think about posting more to #screenwriting twitter, but then I say, "I'm nobody. I don't have a manager, I've never sold anything, and I'm not on any cool lists. Why would anyone want to hear from me?" But tonight, something clicked...

[Leah Goodridge @leahfrombklyn]

“I am my parent’s retirement plan.”

I want to put words to a part of the housing crisis I see playing out:

Many of our parents + grandparents weren’t able to get jobs w/ traditional retirement plans (due to discrimination) and as such, rely on their children for housing/care.