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Nick Wasilieff
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Comedy #Screenwriter telling stories about incompetent but lovable idiots and ne’er-do-wells. #scriptsky

Former Creative Director, current Stay-At-Home Dad, forever a geek.
Jack of no trades—master of some.

Prince George, BC 🇨🇦

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With the prompts dropping tonight for NYCMidnight’s #ScreenwritingChallenge, it feels liie a good time to reshare the 1st page (& a bit) from my short, Salty, which was born from the 1st rd of this contest a few years ago. It’s evolved since, but still one of my faves!
#Scriptsky #FirstPageFriday
First scene from a short script, titled Salty, written by Nick Wasilieff The scene begins: INT. OLD HOME - LIVING ROOM - DAY Teacups. Collector plates. TRINKETS. A shrine to kitsch... ...and Jesus, whose framed image hangs crooked on a wall. A dozen crosses of varying sizes surround him. The monotone voice of MAURICE sounds out. MAURICE (O.S.) It's not normal for me to receive court-appointed clientele. The aged voice of BRENDA answers as we see many photos of her displayed on a mantle. Always alone. Aging with every picture. BRENDA (O.S.) I heard you, umm, specialized in a certain type of therapy. MAURICE (50s, bald, gaunt) listens from an armchair. The top of his head shines in the sunlight. MAURICE Ahh... So you're experiencing paranormal trauma? BRENDA (O.S.) Yes. MAURICE Is the spirit here at this moment? BRENDA (70s, frail, frumpy) shifts on a plastic-covered couch. Scratches at an ANKLE MONITOR. Through large, thick glasses, her eyes are exhausted. Behind Brenda's couch loiters J.A. (male, 17, a ghost). Bloody. Gray-skinned. Straggly shoulder-length hair. He wears a uniform of a blue polo and tan chinos. Only Brenda can see and hear him. J.A. Am I present, BrenDUH? Brenda nods. Trembles. On the brink of emotional collapse. MAURICE If the spirit were still of this world, would I see them in their current placement? A continuation of the first scene from a short script, titled Salty, written by Nick Wasilieff The scene continues: BRENDA Mm-hmm. MAURICE For your eyes only. Fascinating. J.A. How many times I gotta tell ya? Say sorry like you mean it, and I'll peace out. Brenda is uncomfortable. BRENDA Sorry... And unconvincing. J.A. Nah, I ain't buying it. MAURICE No reason to be sorry. Situations like this are never easy for the spirit or the haunted. J.A. What a dweeb. MAURICE Your personal connection to this spirit must be profound. Please enlighten me. Brenda drifts into a daze. The scene ends.
February 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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This quote is incredible. “You’re fighting like you’re the third monkey trying to get on the ark, and it’s starting to rain.”

Highly applicable to life in general.
February 13, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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Like life, sunsets can be be unreliable and unpredictable, so when they shine, it’s unbelievable.

#Sunset #Photography #Canada
February 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
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Now is a great time to recommend the Canadian Curling comedy, MEN WITH BROOMS.

I have yet to meet anyone on the socials who’s seen it, and honestly folks, it shows. Really missing out on this slice of pure Canadiana.
February 10, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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For this #FunPageFriday, I’m posting two pages from my current WIP, “The Proving Grounds,” a noirish comedy drama set in 1959 Las Vegas.

#Scriptsky #Screenwriter #FirstPageFriday
Less distant now... ELLIS (O.S.) I'm ruined! God dammit, I'm ruined! The sound of fast-paced footsteps approaches Leyland. A hand squeezes Leyland's necktie. Yanks his floppy head up. ELLIS (late 50s, smooth tanned face placed between a FEDORA and a HAWAIIAN SHIRT) has a maniacal look in his eyes. ELLIS (CONT'D) Wakey, wakey, you son of a bitch! Ellis backhands Leyland. SMACK! Leyland jolts awake. LEYLAND Aye! I'm awake! I'm awake! Leyland gazes up at Ellis. Concerned. LEYLAND (CONT'D) You okay, Ellis? Everything good? ELLIS You've ruined me, asshole! LEYLAND Wh-what happened? ELLIS Unbelievable! Ellis releases the tie. Leyland's head clunks to the dirt. ELLIS (CONT'D) Leyland fucking happened! Ellis paces. Turns and kicks dirt at Leyland. Leyland heaves himself up off the ground. He winces. Groans. A pile of smouldering rubble sits where Dough Re Meat once stood. In Leyland's terms: It's a goner. Leyland locks eyes with the destruction. LEYLAND Oh, no! No, no! Ellis, this isn't my work. I'd never do this to you The fourth page from a script titled “The Proving Grounds” written by Nick Wasilieff. The page starts mid-scene right after the previous image: ELLIS But you had everything to do with this, you absolute donkey! LEYLAND I... Uh... I... ELLIS When was the last time you had control over anything in your life? Leyland shrugs. A non-verbal plea for forgiveness. ELLIS (CONT'D) I've told you over and over again to retire! You need to get out. This past year has been nothing but scorched earth for you! Ellis lets out a hopeless laugh. ELLIS (CONT'D) There's nothing but smoke and rubble behind you. The pile of smoke and rubble smoulders behind Leyland. Leyland fails to understand. LEYLAND You know I can't do that. It's all I got! Ever since -- ELLIS Horse shit! I got out of it and was doing fucking great until you ruined it! You need to find something to do and someone else to latch on to because I'm done! LEYLAND You have insurance, right? Ellis, please tell me -- Ellis winds up and PUNCHES Leyland in the face. Leyland crumples to the ground. He whimpers. Ellis looms over him. ELLIS I might not be a god-fearing man, but that doesn't mean I welcome the Devil at my doorstep. The page ends. A marketing poster for a comedy drama feature titled “The Proving Grounds” written by Nick Wasilieff. The image on the poster depicts a black and while cityscape photo of Las Vegas cira 1950s, with a atomic bomb mushroom cloud looming over the city in the distance.
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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For me it’s two movies. Neighbours, which made me realize how much I loved physical comedy (the airbag scenes absolutely send me). The second is Game Night for two particular scenes: The “searching for the bullet in his arm” scene, and the “grunt in the turbine” scene.
February 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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Hey, #Scriptsky, anyone up for a script-swap? I'd love to get a couple more sets of eyes and feedback on my noir-ish dramedy, and have room to do the same back atcha! The logline is in the next skeet in this thread!

109 pages. R-rating for violence, death, blood and coarse language.
A marketing poster for a drama-comedy feature script titled "The Proving Grounds" written by Nick Wasilieff. The image depicts old Las Vegas circa the 1950s, with a large atomic-bomb mushroom cloud filling the sky in the background.
February 2, 2026 at 3:50 AM
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Another day, another firey sunset. The lake is gone, but the fog has shown up to watch the sky show off.

#SundayViews #Sunset #Photography #Canada
A firey sunset behind a tuft of sihouetted trees. In the foreground, whispy fog hovers over a field.
February 2, 2026 at 1:09 AM
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If you ignore the lake of water in the field, seeing this sunset you wouldn’t even know it rained like a sonofagun allll day. The clouds parted at the most convenient of times.

#FridayViews #Photography #Canada
An orange sunet behind a tuft of trees illuminates the clouds above in hues of pink and orange. A large field in the foreground is covered in a mix of snow piles and a large flooded area that surrounds multiple fence posts reflects the clouds. An orange sunet behind a tuft of trees illuminates the clouds above in hues of pink and orange. A large field in the foreground is covered in a mix of snow piles and a large flooded area that surrounds multiple fence posts reflects the clouds.
January 31, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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Hey, #Scriptsky, if you messaged me requesting my FREE POSTER DESIGN ART DIRECTION on a poster like this incredibly horned up design by Netflix here, I’d say “No notes.”
January 28, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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My 1st new entry for #FirstPageFriday in ages from my latest WIP. It’s been a hoppin ride for this lil story. 6 years in the making. I’m on cloud nine after finishing the latest draft, but time will tell if it’s still the bee’s knees once I get feedback that brings me back down to Earth 😅 #Scriptsky
Poster creative for a script titled “The Proving Grounds” written by Nick Wasilieff. The artwork shows a landscape of Las Vegas in 1958 with an atomic mushroom cloud in the background. The first page of The Proving Grounds written by Nick Wasilieff. EXT. DESERT - NIGHT SUPER: Outskirts of Las Vegas, 1958 The sound of shovels piercing sand mixes with a crackly, peppy, DOO-WOP SONG from a nearby radio. Moonlight accents dunes of sand. In the distance, silhouettes of mountains form a valley against a stardust sky. Human shadows move in the foreground. Their actions unclear. More digging sounds. More doo-wop. FLASH. From the valley, an INTENSE LIGHT burns up the sky. The lustre reveals TWO MEN who dig a grave. Behind them, a crashed car's front end is wrapped around a power pole. Smoke billows from the engine. It's recent. A WOMAN'S BODY keeled over the steering wheel. Sequin dress. A flower pressed in her blonde hair. From the light, a MUSHROOM CLOUD hurtles into the sky. EXT. INDUSTRIAL PARK - NIGHT Pitch black. SUPER: One Year Later SNAP. A match flickers. Outlines of weathered hands appear. The match fizzles out. The hands disappear. LEYLAND (Off screen) Shit. SNAP. Another match. Another flicker. Another fizzle. LEYLAND (Off screen) (CONTINUED) Shit! Continued darkness. Seconds pass
January 23, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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The sunset showed off its many lives tonight with relentless beauty. #photography
January 23, 2026 at 4:13 AM
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Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers
Super Nintendo Cartriage for the video game Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit A screenshot of the video game Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit showing a pixelated and angered dinosaur shooting a fireball at a pixelated Tim “The Toolman” Taylor holding a nailgun while taking cover behind a rock and grass wall.
January 21, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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That is, until you sit down and enjoy a sunrise and realize that time is precious for other reasons, and everything’s going to be just fine.
Sunset orange clouds with subtle sun rays cutting through behind silhouetted trees
January 15, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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You can’t hold it against yourself to enjoy a sunset. You’ve already lived an entire life within a day.

But a sunrise? You’re wasting time. You have a whole world in front of you. The outcome of the day hinges on how smoothly the morning goes. One slip up—one wasted millisecond and the day is shot.
Sunrise orange, textured clouds behind silhouetted trees and power lines.
January 15, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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I’m calling this a “mullet sky.” Business in the front, party in the back.
January 12, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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A little sunset palette clense on this fine Saturday evening. #Scriptsky
January 11, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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New reading material for when I trip and fall onto some downtime. Anyone else reading #Scriptnotes, #Scriptsky?
January 10, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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More snowy inspo! #scriptsky
December 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Some wintery snowy inspo (snowinspo? snowspo?? insnowsperation???) for ya, #Scriptsky
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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I’m feeling festive, so here’s the first page and a bit for the only Christmas script I’ve written to date, a short called “WRONG MOTHER TO MESS WITH.” It’s still a WIP, and a little rough, but I loved writing Sylvie’s revenge story and will return to it one day #FirstPageFriday #Scriptsky
November 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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These moody mornings are going to inspire me to actually write if they keep this up #scriptsky
November 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Hot Wheels #toyphotography achieved by only using items found around the house. In this case, a 2010 Toyota Tacoma diecast truck, some pebbles, some cocoa, 4 night lights and 3 cutting boards.

My new obsession.
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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VROOM VROOM!

#toyphotography #hotwheels
November 26, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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“On his way up the corporate ladder, Ambitious Allister’s inability to say ‘no’ has put him in some rather peculiar positions, but ending up in the ring with a boxing legend for the entertainment of the executive team might take the cake.”

More Lego Photography Procrastination™️ #scriptsky 😂
An upclose photo of a Lego minifigure wearing a suit and boxing gloves standing in a boxing ring. He has a black eye and has a bandage on his face. He looks concerned and beleaguered. A behind-the-scenes image of the Lego minifigure from the first photo being lit by four nightlights and kid’s magnet blocks as light filters.
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM