Christopher Tinger

Writer for the Screen and the Stage

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

How is one person supposed to work 9–6, hit 10k steps, go to the gym, cook every meal, keep the house clean, spend time with family, sleep 8 hours, and still have hobbies without burning out? We’ve been sold a version of life that’s impossible to maintain.

[🗽 @verritass]

If you've obsessively grinded video games. You have one of the greatest skills a human can hold. You can sit and focus on a screen, achieving a goal for 16 hours non stop operating at maximum effort (Attention length {time} * Attention Depth {immersion}). You've probably spent 10,000+ hours accidentally training this. You have unconsciously mastered it's flow of expression, but use it to achieve meaningless goals. Imagine if you could direct that beam of attention into a greater vision than yourself. You would only a few months away from transforming any part of your life to such an insane degree you'd become totally unrecognisable. The capacity for Infinite potential lies in your finger tips, and you use it to get a virtual status symbol. With this skill, the only limit is your imagination and ability to cultivate meaning. Do not waste it, and be psyopped by companies that just want your $$. You have one of the greatest incarnations of all time. Use it.

[Christopher Tinger @slothtopherr]

With the success of Backrooms and Obsession, if there's a studio willing to take a chance on another original idea, I have an animated series that's 10 years in the works.

Just saying 😌

[Christopher Tinger @slothtopherr]

@ChipotleTweets you call this double chicken?

[Christopher Tinger @slothtopherr]

@alexanderchard Hi Alex! I'm a screenwriter and would love to see it

[Tom Vaughan @storyandplot]

There are good notes, bad notes, and unskilled notes for your screenwriting.

• Good notes feel right in your gut.
• Bad notes are telling a different story.
• Unskilled notes need some interpretation.

Here is how to interpret some of the most common ones:

[Christopher Tinger @slothtopherr]

I don't get why he refuses to pee outside. I'm doing everything right! I'm playing "potty 4 u" by Charli xcx and he still won't go 😩

[Tom Vaughan @storyandplot]

I can't say this enough. The goal of your logline should NOT be to simply summarize your screenplay.

You need to embrace the actual goal: to get people excited to read your script.

You will not do that by polishing the language or adjusting the format.

You do that with the concept.

The logline is the container in which you deliver the concept. It's the concept that makes the logline valuable.

Without a concept, the logline is largely incidental.

[Christopher Tinger @slothtopherr]

@galzoTCG Idgaf dark magician deserves to be this good

[Christopher Tinger @slothtopherr]

I want to see the CEO (my dad) eat a burger (give me a hug)

[Tom Vaughan @storyandplot]

Three character questions that clarified so much for my screenwriting:

1) What does the character THINK they want?
This is who they are in Act 1.

2) What does the character REALLY want?
This is who they are in Act 3.

3) What does the character FEAR?
This is what keeps them from realizing the difference.

Don't answer it like a tedious homework assignment. Dig deep. Find the true answers at the character's core.

If I am stuck, these questions can map out an entire character journey.

[Christopher Tinger @slothtopherr]

I know he's Bad Bunny...but I hope for his career's sake he puts on a good performance #SuperBowl2026 #SuperBowlLX

[Tom Vaughan @storyandplot]

After 29 years of writing screenplays professionally, here is my rewrite process for every action line.

1. What emotion do I want to evoke from the reader?
2. Does the line evoke it?
3. If not, rewrite it until it does.
4. If no emotion is intended, is it as succinct as possible?
5. If not, rewrite it until it is.
6. If the line is not emotionally or visually needed, cut it.

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹: clarity of intent and emotional truth. Never sacrifice either one.

[Christopher Tinger @slothtopherr]

I only take advice from married people now. You're dating? Can't relate. Engaged? Notta chance. Married with a golden retriever puppy? You're my savior. I'll follow you to the ends of the Earth.

[Christopher Tinger @slothtopherr]

Call me old fashion, but I enjoy making my money after the government has taxed it

[Scott Myers @GoIntoTheStory]

Walter Mosley: “It doesn’t matter what time of day you work, but you have to work every day because creation, like life, is always slipping away from you. You must write every day, but there’s no time limit on how long you have to write." #writing

[Dr. Priyam Bordoloi @DocPriyamMD]

SHE WAS 35, LEAN, AND "HEALTHY." TODAY, SHE’S GONE.

I am looking at the lab results of a woman who should have had 50 more years of life. Instead, I am looking at the reason her heart gave out this morning.

She was the "success" story of our generation. 35 years old, BMI of 20 (thin by any standard), working a high-paying remote job for a US-based company.

But behind the laptop screen, her body was screaming for help:
The Routine: Working through the night, sleeping through the day. A completely shattered circadian rhythm.
The Fuel: Living alone meant no home-cooked meals. She relied on food delivery apps 3x a day. Convenience was the priority.
The Silence: She felt "fine" until the sudden, crushing chest pain 12 hours ago.

Her blood was essentially turned into a thick, fatty sludge.
Triglycerides: 561.10 (Dangerous level is > 500)
Total Cholesterol: 300.50
VLDL: 112 (Over double the limit)
LDL: 143 (very high)

If you are:
❌ Living on delivery apps
❌ Flipping your sleep cycle for work
❌ Ignoring your labs because you "look fit"
Please. This is your sign. Her life ended today because her internal health didn't match her external appearance.
Your job won't miss you. Your family will.

[Christopher Tinger @slothtopherr]

2026 and off to a rough start.
I'm only 3 days into the new year and blew up a Japanese sweet potato in the oven...

[Christopher Tinger @slothtopherr]

My Spotify just wrapped...

I didn't want it to end but music streaming is a two way street and, at the end if the day, I have to respect Spotify's decision 😔

Thanks for the memories @Spotify