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Madeline's avatar

I read "fargo" as "fandango" and I was like wow, the weird ticket place has a screenplay!

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Alex Dobrenko`'s avatar

no they make content now everyone does they do

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Madeline's avatar

i AM content

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Madeline's avatar

sounds like you need to write a screenplay about that couple!

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Alex Dobrenko`'s avatar

what if I told you i already had introducing this summer THE GIRL AND THE BOY its a hit its a winner it did oscar

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Madeline's avatar

oh yes I remember, I was the best boy grip

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Madeline's avatar

Fun fact, room temp water is the best at hydrating human bodies, because it takes your body the least amount of energy to get to temp!

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Madeline's avatar

perhaps as a comfort, my idea of being a writer is not having written since the pandemonium, having one poem published that I wrote in 2017/18, and riding that high enough to write a 20-minute poem about venus flytraps

also I am writing all these comments here, SO

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Alex Dobrenko`'s avatar

ur the most prolific comment writer in both are true history

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Alex Dobrenko`'s avatar

also thank u this did give comfort becuase it was kind that you wrote it and that is kind

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Madeline's avatar

HANDWRITING FTW

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Alex Dobrenko`'s avatar

FTW WTF

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Madeline's avatar

From my sense of Lauren (entirely from this substack) she does not seem like the shaming type!

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Alex Dobrenko`'s avatar

she isnt i havent seen her in months

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Madeline's avatar

i'll tell her to give you a call

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Dane Benko's avatar

Oh my fucking god the link to the Zillow house hit me hard. I'm currently working part time while using the extra time for screenplay writing and project development, which means a ton of the wandering around thinking I'm an idiot stuff you posted above, and then my wife will send me three or four links to houses on Zillow (house-hunting is her hobby) and I'll be like "Jeez I get it we'll never afford a house on my income, sheesh."

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Alex Dobrenko`'s avatar

hahahaha it truly should not be legal to simply send a loved one a zillow link like that. there should be conversation before hand. consent is key.

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Edward Rooster's avatar

I love this, you had me (and everyone else) long before great lines like "Once Freedom was off, then boy I was really free" (and when things got serious and you shifted gears from "poo" to the "S-word" when things started to move (as in the writing). So glad you're joined S20

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Alex Dobrenko`'s avatar

hahaha omg thank you Edward I really appreciate this comment! And i am very happy to be part of S20 it feels like a brand new cult that I'm getting in on the ground floor of

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Trilety Wade's avatar

Ah so happy you joined STSC because finding you is a joy

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Alex Dobrenko`'s avatar

omg Trilety thank you so much! Feeling is mutual the STSC is my new family, hang on gonna go tell my wife and kid I'm leaving them for STSC brb

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Anne Kadet's avatar

The great thing about being a writer is that nothing is truly bad bc everything is really just something to write about.

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Alex Dobrenko`'s avatar

Anne how did I miss this genius comment from you! thank you.

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Myq Kaplan's avatar

love love love!

in particular (but in no particular order, other than the order they happen, so in YES particular order):

"I hope you find it well."

"I am, as they say in Rome, a writer." (it's all greek to me)

"even my imposter syndrome has imposter syndrome"

"keep a log of it all in case its funny" (hard relate! ask me sometime about the time i kept a log of my thoughts during a flight where i had taken a weed edible to see if that was a good idea)

"now it’s time to write."

"Check my substack"

"the ol poo + nap combo, like butch cassidy and his sundance son."

"I am allowed to be a human who poos and naps just like Wilder does."

the word "muster"

"nap foreplay"

"12:12PM" (my grandma's birthday is/was 12/12)

"Put some analogs on the fire jesus christ Alex."

"To do my best (vs being the best) as MYQ KAPLAN so eloquently put recently" (this guy!)

"What about life imitating the dumb thoughts in our minds am I right fellas?"

"She said yes!!"

"(transcrobe?)"

"In a groove now! But its time to meditate"

"I could really taste the squish"

"I stay home like a ding dong folding laundry."

the word "waddle"

"Hold your people close, and your enemies cloister."

"you can share this with your family members (NO FRIENDS)"

love love love!

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Alex Dobrenko`'s avatar

i KNEW you'd love the cloister bit - that was myqbullseye

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Myq Kaplan's avatar

you're no cloistered c-lister when it comes to seeing/listening (c-listening) to your heart about what i like!

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Kay Freeman's avatar

Loved the mole line the best! A bittersweet chronicle of living the dream, the life of a writer.

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Alex Dobrenko`'s avatar

hhahah thank you!!

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Byte Your Expression's avatar

Lol dude this was great. I genuinely enjoy reading your pubs. (Hoping this offers some reassurance to the fact that you’re a good writer and father)...negative self talk sucks ive been deep in that hole before, keep your head up

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Alex Dobrenko`'s avatar

ah man thanks so much I appreciate that the darkness is a place we go so we can remember how to leave

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Madeline's avatar

Okay for real this is a great line; you should repurpose it!

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Alex Dobrenko`'s avatar

lol after writing it I was like "banger?" but then got distracted. maybe i'll put it in THE BO AND THE GIR teleplay

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Byte Your Expression's avatar

You better put it in something for sureee

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Byte Your Expression's avatar

I was about to say the same thing!!

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Madeline's avatar

BANGER

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