Sera Gamble

Writer, showrunner, cryptozoologist. Co-creator of #YouNetflix & #TheMagicians. 💫 Poet after 11 pm and on weekends. 🌙🪐✨

[Sera Gamble @serathegamble]

During lockdown I asked a bunch of fancy writers to talk about work for a youtube series. Actually, what I said to @therealKripke was, "let's drink over zoom," so... that.

All the writers were so great and generous. You should click through and watch 'em.

[Nikhil Kamkolkar @indiancowboy]

Listening to @therealKripke and @serathegamble talk showrunning and writing for TV. Check it out at https://t.co/e1CBZjHgr2 @screenwriting #nycfilmmaker #nycwriter #njwriter

[Sera Gamble @serathegamble]

How to Invent the Universe is officially a Substack Bestseller!
Subscribe here: https://t.co/BiIcXxjfY3

[Danielle Turchiano @danielletbd]

If you are a writer or just want to understand the process better, this ep of #MadePossibleByPopCulture is for you.

@serathegamble revisits #TheCell, #Supernatural, #You, and reveals details about her newest project.

Now on podcast platforms + YouTube:
https://t.co/5ZvAnArYG7

[Sera Gamble @serathegamble]

@SuzetteChan hmmm, thanks for the link

[Sera Gamble @serathegamble]

Tons of people still read these writing threads, here and on my ig...
I'm thinking of putting more screenwriting ho-tos together. I'd like to put 'em somewhere that makes sense. Is @substack where folks go for writing now? Someone more online than me, give me your thoughts.

[Sera Gamble @serathegamble]

TEN THINGS ABOUT HOW TO FORMAT A SCRIPT. Based on questions I get after screenwriter twitter has a debate about em-dashes or whatever. (Which is charming. That’s not a criticism.)

Here is what works for me and works for scripts I read when I am hiring.

[Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren]

nobody will remember:
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked

people will remember
- when you called something a bottle episode that wasn’t one

[Sera Gamble @serathegamble]

I loved making this list. Maybe I'll dig up my first list, which was ~ 34 books long, and post that too sometime.

[paul cram @iampaulcram]

Welp, this Queer guy is crushing 😍 on the intelligence of @serathegamble
Just ordered every book listed from her top ten list https://t.co/MOODUloezp
#Books #BookList #iamPaulCram #Bibliophile #BookLover #Sapiosexual

[Sera Gamble @serathegamble]

ouch

[Franklin Leonard @franklinleonard]

One stereotype about writers that is absolutely true: after sending you a draft, every single one of them will send three follow-up emails with updated versions that supposedly contain fewer typos.

[Sera Gamble @serathegamble]

One fun thing was -- they gave Death's ride a great vanity plate. If I recall (it's been EIGHTY-FOUR YEARS! Forgive me!) it said BUH-BYE. We all cracked up in post but were like... we ought to keep this scary and not let the audience off the hook so fast. So we cut the shot.

[Sera Gamble @serathegamble]

still one of my favorite scenes ever.

[👅 Elli 🦄 @HotChocJunky]

@DeanIsntFine @serathegamble @JulianRichings To this day the DAMN BEST introduction scene of all Supernatural episodes or any other show or movie ever belongs to Death.

[Sera Gamble @serathegamble]

@staceycrussell tagging @therealKripke who will perhaps correct all the things I remember wrong about this! xx

[Sera Gamble @serathegamble]

@staceycrussell Someone will fill in her name for us -- it's been a couple years! -- but this version was actually someone over at the CW. I was told she sang it into her iphone as a temp, but her voice was so good everyone perished on the spot and declared it The Version.

[Sera Gamble @serathegamble]

my scientist friend just called the double brood cicada emergence "biological nuerology, like the eclipse but with freaky screaming bugs" and now it seems obvious why I'm OBSESSED with it

[Spencer Althouse @SpencerAlthouse]

Cord Jefferson calling out Hollywood during his Oscar speech…hell yes

“Instead of making one $200 million movie, try making twenty $10 million movies or fifty $4 million movies”

[Matt Nicholson @writerly203]

@serathegamble that moment when you’re trying to warm your bones in the shower from the NYC cold and a word forms in your pre-coffee brain. It’s strange and familiar. You bellow it out to the surprise of yourself and the chihuahua outside the door: MARGOLEM. #TheMagicians

[Sera Gamble @serathegamble]

Howdy, I've got two new poems in latest issue of @sixthfinch, if that's your kink

[Sixth Finch @SixthFinch]

---New issue---
https://t.co/XyD5j3O26F
Featuring @poetrysecrets @CBlackman99 @cbresner @diana_cao @MeriwetherC @serathegamble @travisjnichols @droderick77 @tuckner_matthew @_janezwart_ @J_MAjour @pefrederiksen @zhongwenhuart @Revolue and more

[Sixth Finch @SixthFinch]

---New issue---
https://t.co/XyD5j3O26F
Featuring @poetrysecrets @CBlackman99 @cbresner @diana_cao @MeriwetherC @serathegamble @travisjnichols @droderick77 @tuckner_matthew @_janezwart_ @J_MAjour @pefrederiksen @zhongwenhuart @Revolue and more

[Sera Gamble @serathegamble]

texted @johnthemcnamara "Hey, someone's talking shit about you in Variety" because it felt like the least embarrassing way to let him know I shouted him out.
A few real mensches have helped me a ton over the years, and they all get endearingly "please shut up" when I mention it.

[Variety @Variety]

From Boots Riley to Natasha Lyonne, TV's top producers discuss the producers they admire the most, what they're excited to watch in 2024 and what they last binged. https://t.co/Qtf6X8SvCk

[Sixth Finch @SixthFinch]

We're grateful to everyone who submitted to this year's Sixth Finch chapbook contest, and we're excited to announce the results.

Congratulations to our finalists and winners. The new chapbooks should be ready in March.

[Sera Gamble @serathegamble]

send pics @Reed_Dave

[Variety @Variety]

Want to be the Cocaine Bear for Halloween? All you need is the following:

- One (1) adult bear costume
- One (1) bag of powdered sugar

https://t.co/ejEl95AYpX