Robert Rue

Educator, Screenwriter, Austin Film Festival screenplay winner. Page Award Winner ×2. Founder of The Thinking Project, Editor-in-Chief of EdOpsJournal.

[Robert Rue @RobertRueWriter]

@tigers Ramsey, NJ!

[Robert Rue @RobertRueWriter]

I don't have the expertise to generate or endorse an explanation of this, but it sure seems important to search for the cause or causes. Are there other measures of these aptitudes that suggest a different trend? #in

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

What is HAPPENING here?

Between 2012 and 2023, it appears that average OECD reading, math and science scores have declined consistently.

This is not (just) about pandemic learning loss. It’s not about one US city. It’s not even just the US. This is the entire developed world.

[Robert Rue @RobertRueWriter]

2) Oh, and that flashlight will run out of battery before you're finished with the journey. Better be ready to rub some sticks together to make a torch.

[Robert Rue @RobertRueWriter]

1) Creating a story from nothing is like choosing to enter the dark woods knowing that the only flashlight available is somewhere in those woods. There are some paths out there that you know by heart, but none of them will get you where you need to go. #writing

[Ramsey Baseball @BaseballRamsey]

Ramseys 10s,11s and 12s each winning the district! Congratulations to all the players, coaches, and families. #WinnersWin #MakeAnImpact #TitleTown @RamseyBaseSoft

[Robert Rue @RobertRueWriter]

"Doubt requires more courage than conviction does, and more energy; because conviction is a resting place and doubt is infinite..."
-John Patrick Shanley

[Robert Rue @RobertRueWriter]

Is that @AlexAnzalone34? Go Lions! #DetroitLions

[Barstool Spartans @BarstoolMSU]

THE DETROIT LIONS WIN

[Detroit Lions @Lions]

WE BELIEVE IN YOU!!!!!!

#OnePride

[Robert Rue @RobertRueWriter]

Ummm... It was a dark and stormy night.

[Scott Myers @GoIntoTheStory]

Tom Wolfe: "I find that what I write when I force myself is generally just as good as what I write when I’m feeling inspired. It’s mainly a matter of forcing yourself to write." #writing

[Robert Rue @RobertRueWriter]

True in stories and true in life: we are not shaped only by our experiences but but by how we react to them. But in stories it's only the reactions that are truly interesting.

[Robert Rue @RobertRueWriter]

When it goes right, the pleasure of writing is not self-expression. It's discovery.
#Screenwriting #Fictionwriting

[Robert Rue @RobertRueWriter]

@MyPagen8 @HaraldZwart @HaraldZwart, I'm a huge fan of The 12th Man, by the way! And I have a W.W. II-era script that is a finalist at Austin in the TV Drama Pilot category. Would love to get some advice from you.

[Robert Rue @RobertRueWriter]

@MyPagen8 @HaraldZwart Thanks for this introduction, @MyPagen8. Much appreciated. @HaraldZwart, I would love to talk while we're both in Austin. Let me know if this seems feasible.

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#Screenwriting

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

The most undervalued skill of our time is the ability to write.

In an analog world, talking was the main currency of communication and connection. In a digital world, there's a growing premium on the capacity to convey thoughts in text.

The pen is mightier than the spoken word.

[Robert Rue @RobertRueWriter]

We all come to our ends with unfinished songs in our lungs. Might as well sing now.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Many people see grief as pain. They avoid it, suppress it, or race to process it so they can expel it from their lives.

Here’s a beautiful alternative: grief is unexpressed love.

Holding onto it is a way of staying close to the people we’ve lost.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

One of the clearest signs of learning is rethinking your assumptions and revising your opinions.

21 things I rethought in 2021: a thread...

[Robert Rue @RobertRueWriter]

Another version of this is "Write what you want to find out." I know that my friend @jcbaggott has said something like that.

[Scott Myers @GoIntoTheStory]

Sean Robert Daniels: "Steven King said this amazing thing in his book on writing. 'Don’t write what you know. Write what you believe is true.' So I kind of run with that. I write what feels right." #screenwriting

[Scott Myers @GoIntoTheStory]

More than EVER, we need good storytellers. Put a human face on The Other. Shed light on a Deeper Truth. Engender Empathy. Fan the flames of Hope. Motivate people to Act. Make us Laugh. Make us Cry. Make us Thrilled. Make us Think. But mostly, make us feel our Shared Humanity.

[Robert Rue @RobertRueWriter]

This is not good news for me because I don't have any plans to write a horror spec, but this is worth knowing.