Written Reordered by Brendan O’Meara
I’m probably not the first to do this, but I hope I’m not the last.
As many of you know, Brian Koppelman, filmmaker, television show runner, podcaster, and advocate for blocked artists everywhere (six seconds at a time), is a favorite of mine. I’m a true fan.
He went on yet another artist-serving tweet storm, and I’ve reordered—REMASTERED!—it, and put it here for you.
Enjoy.
Oh, and you can thank him on Twitter. Seriously. Use 140 characters or less (ideally less) and THANK. THIS. MAN.
Now enjoy.
1) So, the premier of Runner Runner was three years ago last night. This picture is from that night. pic.twitter.com/WCMtIXIWTg
— Brian Koppelman (@briankoppelman) September 19, 2016
2) Note the miserable expression on my face, despite the fact that I’m with @PhilLaak, one of my favorite people.
— Brian Koppelman (@briankoppelman) September 19, 2016
3) I knew the film was a disaster. And hated the experience of making it. Because of massive creative disagreements on set.
— Brian Koppelman (@briankoppelman) September 19, 2016
4) I also knew it wold get killed by critics and flop. And I seriously wondered if I would ever get to make anything ever again.
— Brian Koppelman (@briankoppelman) September 19, 2016
5) That month, Dave and I also got fired from working on a high profile HBO show before we wrote even a word of the teleplay.
— Brian Koppelman (@briankoppelman) September 19, 2016
6) I was pretty depressed. Lowest point of my professional life. I figured it would be almost impossible to restart.
— Brian Koppelman (@briankoppelman) September 19, 2016
7) But then, we committed to writing our next thing on spec. And began working on an idea we loved.
— Brian Koppelman (@briankoppelman) September 19, 2016
8) that script was the pilot of Billions. We worked every day, obsessively, on it. And tuned out the rest of the world.
— Brian Koppelman (@briankoppelman) September 19, 2016
9) If you saw my journal pages from then, you’d see someone swinging from despair to hope as we wrote. In the end, the writing can save you.
— Brian Koppelman (@briankoppelman) September 19, 2016
10) You just have to do it everyday, despite whatever else is happening in the world around you, whatever perception you have of your place.
— Brian Koppelman (@briankoppelman) September 19, 2016
11) End.
— Brian Koppelman (@briankoppelman) September 19, 2016
Glad that tweet storm was inspiring. If I get taken away by the secret police the night Trump is elected, spray paint it places. Thanks.
— Brian Koppelman (@briankoppelman) September 19, 2016
