David Bass
@davidbasswrites.bsky.social
Screenwriter in Raleigh NC. Comedy features. ISA finalist. Slated #2 on Top of the Charts. Page Awards QF.
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
“The point is to entertain people…” (from Effectively Wild baseball podcast, also applies to screenwriting)
Writing original material, I write to entertain myself first. Then others.
Writing original material, I write to entertain myself first. Then others.
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
“The point is to entertain people…” (from Effectively Wild baseball podcast, also applies to screenwriting)
Writing original material, I write to entertain myself first. Then others.
Writing original material, I write to entertain myself first. Then others.
Emailed notes.
It’s going to scotus soon?
October 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Emailed notes.
“Then came the river.”
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
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"The chancellor approved it"
October 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
“Then came the river.”
Huger Street, Columbia, SC
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Huger Street, Columbia, SC
This nugget was in one of my news feeds; after several readings, I haven’t a clue what any of it means. Can someone explain it to this non-gamer, aging boomer? 🤷♂️ 🤷♂️ 🤷♂️
#Steam #SonixLegend #Valve
#Steam #SonixLegend #Valve
September 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This nugget was in one of my news feeds; after several readings, I haven’t a clue what any of it means. Can someone explain it to this non-gamer, aging boomer? 🤷♂️ 🤷♂️ 🤷♂️
#Steam #SonixLegend #Valve
#Steam #SonixLegend #Valve
Zero Point Seven Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
#ScriptSky
#FridayNightGame
So, Friday night, it’s game night.
30% off movie titles.
For example
101 Dalmatians = 70.7 Dalmatians
(This is now a horror movie)
12 Angry Men = 8.4 Angry Men
And so on.
Now Go!
#FridayNightGame
So, Friday night, it’s game night.
30% off movie titles.
For example
101 Dalmatians = 70.7 Dalmatians
(This is now a horror movie)
12 Angry Men = 8.4 Angry Men
And so on.
Now Go!
September 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Zero Point Seven Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Karma is a bitch
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Karma is a bitch
How do these business news headlines make sense when seen together? 🤷♂️
September 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
How do these business news headlines make sense when seen together? 🤷♂️
Slightly diminish a book.
Fear and Loafing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loafing in Las Vegas
Slightly diminish a book.
Gums
Gums
Slightly diminish a book.
Tobey Dick
Tobey Dick
September 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Slightly diminish a book.
Fear and Loafing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loafing in Las Vegas
Maybe rabies vaccines for dogs shouldn’t be mandatory in Florida either. Because… freedom! And side effects! Also, experts can’t be trusted.
🤦♂️ 🤦♂️ 🤦♂️
#Florida #Vaccines #DumbassesEverywhere
🤦♂️ 🤦♂️ 🤦♂️
#Florida #Vaccines #DumbassesEverywhere
September 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Maybe rabies vaccines for dogs shouldn’t be mandatory in Florida either. Because… freedom! And side effects! Also, experts can’t be trusted.
🤦♂️ 🤦♂️ 🤦♂️
#Florida #Vaccines #DumbassesEverywhere
🤦♂️ 🤦♂️ 🤦♂️
#Florida #Vaccines #DumbassesEverywhere
Worst summer for movies at the box office since 1981. 20 of top 26 were franchise movies.
Originality is on life support (at best).
#scriptsky
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Originality is on life support (at best).
#scriptsky
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Hollywood Missed the Mark on Summer Movies This Year (Gift Article)
The movie industry had high hopes that box office sales would return to pre-pandemic levels. It didn’t come close.
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Worst summer for movies at the box office since 1981. 20 of top 26 were franchise movies.
Originality is on life support (at best).
#scriptsky
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Originality is on life support (at best).
#scriptsky
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Slightly diminish a band:
The Beatle
Bruce Springsteen and the Street Band
The Beatle
Bruce Springsteen and the Street Band
Slightly diminish a band:
Duran
Duran
Slightly diminish a band:
Uncle Roach
Uncle Roach
August 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Slightly diminish a band:
The Beatle
Bruce Springsteen and the Street Band
The Beatle
Bruce Springsteen and the Street Band
Logline— An amateur chef with germaphobia and #autism wills himself out of his daily routines to drive from Myrtle Beach to Manhattan—with his cat—to appear on a TV baking competition show.
#scriptsky #comedy #feelgood #roadtrip #underdog
#scriptsky #comedy #feelgood #roadtrip #underdog
July 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
2025 Quarter-Finalists | PAGE International Screenwriting Awards: Screenplay Contests
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July 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Replace a word in a famous TV/Film line with butthole.”
“No one expects the butthole inquisition!”
“No one expects the butthole inquisition!”
July 3, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Replace a word in a famous TV/Film line with butthole.”
“No one expects the butthole inquisition!”
“No one expects the butthole inquisition!”
Ruin a book’s title by replacing one word with ‘butthole.’
Zen and the Art of Butthole Maintenance
Zen and the Art of Butthole Maintenance
Ruin a book's title by replacing one word with butthole
Butthole Expectations
Butthole Expectations
June 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Ruin a book’s title by replacing one word with ‘butthole.’
Zen and the Art of Butthole Maintenance
Zen and the Art of Butthole Maintenance
EASY GAME
Needing to fund 24/7 care for her frail husband, a Black great-grandma comes out of “retirement” to be the third wheel on a Gen-X white guys’ road trip to a series of major poker tournaments in New Orleans.
DRIVING MISS DAISY meets THE HANGOVER
#screenpit #scriptsky #comedy
Needing to fund 24/7 care for her frail husband, a Black great-grandma comes out of “retirement” to be the third wheel on a Gen-X white guys’ road trip to a series of major poker tournaments in New Orleans.
DRIVING MISS DAISY meets THE HANGOVER
#screenpit #scriptsky #comedy
June 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
EASY GAME
Needing to fund 24/7 care for her frail husband, a Black great-grandma comes out of “retirement” to be the third wheel on a Gen-X white guys’ road trip to a series of major poker tournaments in New Orleans.
DRIVING MISS DAISY meets THE HANGOVER
#screenpit #scriptsky #comedy
Needing to fund 24/7 care for her frail husband, a Black great-grandma comes out of “retirement” to be the third wheel on a Gen-X white guys’ road trip to a series of major poker tournaments in New Orleans.
DRIVING MISS DAISY meets THE HANGOVER
#screenpit #scriptsky #comedy
SUGAR IS MAGIC
An amateur chef with germaphobia and autism wills himself out of his daily routines to drive from Myrtle Beach to Manhattan—with his cat—to appear on a TV baking competition.
CHEF meets LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
#screenpit #scriptsky #comedy
An amateur chef with germaphobia and autism wills himself out of his daily routines to drive from Myrtle Beach to Manhattan—with his cat—to appear on a TV baking competition.
CHEF meets LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
#screenpit #scriptsky #comedy
June 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
SUGAR IS MAGIC
An amateur chef with germaphobia and autism wills himself out of his daily routines to drive from Myrtle Beach to Manhattan—with his cat—to appear on a TV baking competition.
CHEF meets LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
#screenpit #scriptsky #comedy
An amateur chef with germaphobia and autism wills himself out of his daily routines to drive from Myrtle Beach to Manhattan—with his cat—to appear on a TV baking competition.
CHEF meets LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
#screenpit #scriptsky #comedy
June 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
In 1869, Louisiana granted a legal monopoly to a butchering center in New Orleans. The dispute over whether this grant was mainly motivated by sanitary concerns or by corruption & profit led to a defining moment for #SCOTUS and the 14th Amendment.
#Slaughter-House #14A #Reconstruction
#Slaughter-House #14A #Reconstruction
June 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
In 1869, Louisiana granted a legal monopoly to a butchering center in New Orleans. The dispute over whether this grant was mainly motivated by sanitary concerns or by corruption & profit led to a defining moment for #SCOTUS and the 14th Amendment.
#Slaughter-House #14A #Reconstruction
#Slaughter-House #14A #Reconstruction