Monika Moreno-Lapp

Screenwriter. Drama/Comedy Former film festival director. Assertive eater. The Writers Lab alum.

[Danny Manus @DannyManus]

WOW!!! 40 Buyers fighting for it?! Write your (high concept romcom) spec!! https://t.co/nWXXSxhHGT

[Cindy Begel @CindyBegel]

#newbies Heads up! LEARN & NETWORK! Writers Guild Foundation (offshoot of WGA) conference! Writing workshops! Panels w/ writers/producers/industry people. 2 days of edu, insightful, & inspiring sessions.
June 12 - 13
In Person & Online $75-$95 WORTH IT!
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[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

The ending of THELMA & LOUISE (1991) is one of those rare endings that feels bigger than the movie itself. Ridley Scott freezing the car midair instead of showing the impact turns a tragic choice into something strangely liberating and unforgettable.

[Variety @Variety]

Seth Rogen says if you use AI to write your stories or scripts, then you “shouldn’t be a writer”:

“Every time I see a video on Instagram that’s like, ‘Hollywood is cooked,’ what follows is the most stupid dog sh*t I’ve ever seen in my life. And if your instinct is to use AI and not go through that process. You shouldn’t be a writer. Because you’re not writing.”
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[Auteur House @auteurhouse]

David Lynch's advise to aspiring screenwriters on how to write a script. #filmtwt

[Scott Myers @GoIntoTheStory]

Nora Ephron: “Don’t write what they want, they don’t know what they want, just make it GOOD.” #screenwriting

[Tim Robbins @TimRobbins1]

Forever grateful to the audience that found Shawshank. It’s the quality that matters and time will be the ultimate arbiter.
I hope the same will be true of Code 46, The Secret Life of Words and Catch a Fire.

[Monika Moreno-Lapp @monikawrites]

Barbra Streisand pays tribute to Robert Redford at the Oscars | Oscars 2026 | #oscars #icried #redford https://t.co/VKk1LbLktn

[Scott Myers @GoIntoTheStory]

F. Scott Frazier: “Great writing gets you meetings, great concept gets you a sale, great characters get you jobs. All three get you a career.” #screenwriting

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Never forget that Eric Stoltz originally filmed weeks of scenes as Marty McFly before Michael J. Fox took over in Back to the Future (1985).

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

Seth Rogen gives a touching tribute to his co-star Catherine O'Hara while accepting the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series on her behalf at the #ActorAwards

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

Linda Seger, Leading Script Consultant and Screenwriting Authority, Dies at 80 https://t.co/CHe4fNa0vb

[Noam Kroll @noamkroll]

Don’t be so obsessed with making the perfect film that you end up making no film at all.

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

AMC Theaters Will Refuse to Screen AI Short Film After Online Uproar https://t.co/InpwKMYsId

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

James Cameron has been named the recipient of the Writers Guild of America West’s 2026 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement.

In a statement Tuesday, Cameron said: “I’ve been writing these damn things since the start of my career, four and a half decades ago, so it is truly gratifying to receive the recognition of my fellow screenwriters through such a prestigious honor. This whole global industry, this whole fever dream we call cinema, starts with the written word” https://t.co/a1e7vYdaLN

[Franklin Leonard @franklinleonard]

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[Scott Myers @GoIntoTheStory]

Nora Ephron: “Don’t write what they want, they don’t know what they want, just make it GOOD.” #screenwriting

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

In The Sixth Sense (1999), when Cole says “I see dead people,” the camera cuts to a tight close-up of Bruce Willis.

Producers worried that shot might give the twist away.

Test audiences never noticed. In hindsight, it’s hiding the answer in plain sight

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

the ending of The Bridges of Madison County.

no words, just a look, and a lifetime of what could have been.