Handling Ideas

Getting writers, directors + producers closer to their ideas, financing and production. Moderating conferences with a sharp editorial eye and funny bone.

[Handling Ideas @paultylerdk]

Forget post-it notes and whiteboards. If you really want to get your hands and brain into a project, then map it. #handlingideas https://t.co/ZY6tlELi4C

[Handling Ideas @paultylerdk]

Three questions that will get your film/TV series closer to production #handlingthepitch #handlingstory #handingideas https://t.co/uhH7oXDVuo

[Handling Ideas @paultylerdk]

Was it Francis Ford Coppola who said ‘if you want to send a message, use DHL’? Happy to be corrected but the sentiment remains the same. Good storytelling evokes questions not answers.

[Handling Ideas @paultylerdk]

Good story writing understands that characters, like real people, are multi-dimensional. When writing CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS, reveal them through their relationships to build anticipation for conflict #handlingstory #handlingideas https://t.co/VcM4sFbs3m

[Handling Ideas @paultylerdk]

Next time you present, hold back on 1% preparation. It’s the bit that proves you’re actually there #handlingideas #handlingpitching https://t.co/ZY6tlELPUa

[Handling Ideas @paultylerdk]

I urge writers to embrace paradox. Researchers found that participants who considered paradoxical statements performed better at problem solving. Contemplating contradictory ideas frees thinking from usual constraints https://t.co/PnuoBQZdgU #paradox #handlingideas

[Handling Ideas @paultylerdk]

Great film + TV series writing prioritizes turbulence over destination. What unsettles your character sideways as they go from A to B resonates most with your audience.

Read latest article from 35.000 ft. https://t.co/5Bwstk9wyo...

#handlingstory #theme #story #film #tvseries

[Handling Ideas @paultylerdk]

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[Handling Ideas @paultylerdk]

A story’s theme seems impossible to reconcile; do we love without forgiveness, can we trust without honesty, would you find joy in others’ gain when suffering continual loss? Producers, Writers & Directors get in touch to identify your theme https://t.co/VUAI1kIJyM #handlingstory

[Handling Ideas @paultylerdk]

@mrjakehumphrey I knew you were good

[Handling Ideas @paultylerdk]

“Buber claims that modern society leaves man unfulfilled and alienated because it acknowledges only one of our modes for engaging the world. “

When working with writers, I refer to the philosopher like I’m dishing out sweets. https://t.co/jmLUDzqXt6

[Handling Ideas @paultylerdk]

A transcript for anyone who'd like a copy. https://t.co/ewDGYNpD4f

[Handling Ideas @paultylerdk]

Writers out there put down your quills and listen to 3 minutes capturing the interplay between epic and lyric. The last line feels more like something from the West Wing than the vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields. https://t.co/GAmSzJBaCC

[Documentary Campus @Doc_Campus]

Attention EU Factual Filmmakers! Do you want to:

📽️ pitch your film on the global market
📽️ be mentored by industry experts
📽️ launch your career worldwide

Apply to MASTERSCHOOL 23, our training program for factual projects in development of all media!

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[Handling Ideas @paultylerdk]

https://t.co/M9runIOHXx "I write radio plays and either put them on a stage or point a camera at them." Aaron Sorkin digs into what's inspired his craft.

[Handling Ideas @paultylerdk]

@mrjakehumphrey Well that jumped off the page.

[Handling Ideas @paultylerdk]

Back in the wild. Working with the Department of Anthropolgy and Human Security at Aarhus University.

[May SunMin Hwang @smmh_12]

What a fun workshop - to begin to reimagine the food system's value chain from the ground up - to eat for pleasure and planet. @CreaTastebuds

[Creative Tastebuds @CreaTastebuds]

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[Handling Ideas @paultylerdk]

@CreaTastebuds that feeling of being surprised of feeling hunger even though you’ve jusr had a big meal.