The Bitter Script Reader

I did another rewatch of the two-part finale of STAR TREK: PICARD and between that and some things from Patrick Stewart's memoir swimming in my head, I'm left with some thoughts about Picard, bot...

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In a complete coincidence I had two podcast appearances drop on the same day this week. First, my friend Ben Blacker had me on The Writers' Panel to discuss my thoughts on networking on the pic...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2023/06/podcast-appearances-on-writers-panel.html

Today's the day! The SUPERMAN & LOIS comic book I wrote with fellow S&L writers Jai Jamison and Andrew N. Wong is on sale . As a lifelong Superman fan, it is absolutely surreal to see my name o...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2022/04/a-superman-lois-comic-i-co-wrote-is-out.html

Anyone who told you "don't meet your heroes" never got to write an episode of TV with Rina Mimoun. I'll back up a little bit. Longtime readers of this blog - assuming any of you are still out t...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2022/02/sometimes-you-get-to-work-with-your.html

It was announced today on the official DC blog that I wrote a SUPERMAN & LOIS comic book with my fellow writers Jai Jamison & Andrew Wong.  Even more awesome for me personally is that DC got ic...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2022/01/im-writing-superman-lois-comic-and-want.html

Richard Donner's SUPERMAN was the first movie I can remember falling in love with. It wasn't my introduction to Superman - Super Friends, SUPERMAN FROM THE 30s TO THE 70s, and a few stray comics ...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2021/07/richard-donner-put-me-on-path-im-on.html

 "How would you like to write episode 10?" That was the way Todd Helbing, my showrunner, told me I was getting to write the next episode of SUPERMAN & LOIS. It was the last week of August and ...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2021/06/how-my-first-episode-of-superman-lois.html

Most of you know I've spent the last year-plus as the writers' assistant on season 1 of SUPERMAN & LOIS. Last week, our seventh episode "Man of Steel," was built around a reveal that I've spent o...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2021/06/inside-that-big-steel-reveal-on.html

Another podcast appearance (I'm really enjoying these), this time with Jason Inman and Ashley V. Robinson on Geek History Lesson. We're talking about the greatest Superman stories ever. If you ev...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2021/01/im-guest-on-geek-history-lesson-podcast.html

Did you miss CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS the first time it was released? Did you buy tickets and forget to watch? Did you love it and want to see it again? Well, as a Christmas gift to you,...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2020/12/crisis-on-infinite-teen-dramas-is-back.html

As 2020 winds down, I'm left with the realization that it's a year I'm always gonna remember as "the year I lost my dad." Considering how much has happened this year, it's sobering that that is w...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2020/12/2020-seemed-to-give-me-everything-i.html

I was very excited to make an appearance this week on the podcast Why Not?  This is one of my favorite podcasts this year. During the pandemic, David and Taylor launched the podcast as an episod...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2020/12/i-talk-13-reasons-why-spec-episodes-and.html

 Note: this post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after using one of my links.) If you've read my MasterClass reviews over the last couple years, but ha...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2020/11/2-for-1-masterclass-annual-memberships.html

When SPONTANEOUS hit VOD about five weeks ago, I was preparing for an extremely hectic month, so I opted not to do one of my long reviews then, figuring that by the time it came out on DVD on Nov...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2020/11/spontaneous-one-of-best-films-of-year.html

My dad died in the wee hours of the morning on Monday. He'd been in the hospital for about three weeks fighting COVID-19. Up until Saturday, there was never a doubt in my mind he'd be walking out...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2020/11/what-its-like-when-your-dad-is-going-to.html

Thank you to everyone who has watched CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS so far, especially those of you who were there RIGHT when it dropped Friday night. Reading your tweets all weekend has been f...

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Thank you to everyone who watched CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS , especially those who were there RIGHT when it dropped at 5pm. Your texts and tweets during the show and right after it ended tol...

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The EVERWOOD reunion in tonight's CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS Zoom live read came about because I broke one of the most unbreakable rules in showing your scripts. With every other script I've...

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 Hi all! I hope you're all excited for the Zoom live-read of CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS , dropping tomorrow at 5pm PT. Since some people have been confused about this, I want to make it cl...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2020/10/a-couple-crisis-on-infinite-teen-dramas.html

I'm about to talk about something that I imagine a lot of fellow Writers Assistants can relate to - the close calls with what should have been your "big break." The current way of making TV has...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2020/10/my-big-break-that-wasnt.html

 Part 1 In Part 1, I alluded to scheduling issues. It's important to realize that Denison University was providing no support at all beyond letting us use the closed circuit channel. Cameras ...

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Last week I finally ripped off the Bitter Script Reader mask with the announcement of a live read for my script CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS . The project unites cast members from about a dozen...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2020/10/on-how-doing-live-read-of-crisis-on.html

You read the script. You told me I should do it as a live read. Well, guess what? I listened, and thanks to Ben Blacker and Greg Berlanti, you are at last getting the teen mega-crossover you des...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2020/10/crisis-on-infinite-teen-dramas-will-be.html

You guys were here at the start of this less than two weeks ago when I dashed off four pages of CRISIS ON INFINITE TEEN DRAMAS as a joke. It was basically taking the format of the big comic book...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-full-script-for-crisis-on-infinite.html

For Part 1, go here . For Part 2, go here . For Part 3, go here . With today's pages, we've reached that point in the story where it becomes necessary to have plot and exposition that will ju...

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-4th-post-of-pages-from-crisis-on.html