Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026www.bbc.com/future/artic...bbc.comThe surprising downsides of being drop dead gorgeousGood looks can get you far in life, but there are unrecognised pitfalls for the beautiful. David Robson reports. 120
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026They pair great with the "You shouldn't like the thing you like" articles. 050
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Next they're gonna tell us we're supposed to open the ketchup bottle from the bottom! 010
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I love the "You're Doing It Wrong" genre of articles. I collect them. 3110
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Since season 15 of Chicago Fire is about to kick off, here's a throwback photo I took from 2015... 2101
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026For my novels, I wrote them all by hand too. I wanted a record of where my thoughts went in case I self-edited. Then when I'd type it into the word file, that would be my first rewrite so to speak. 240
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I remember there was a voicemail recording of a guy losing his shit on the Final Draft help line. That guy wasn't me... but could have been. 😀 150
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Writers today have no idea what it was like before auto-save. 3162
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I’m worried that Digger not doing well is going to affect my Dig Dug adaptation. 1161
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026And the Emmy goes to... Clayne Scrib, When Bluebirds Soar! 020
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When people ask what the height of Peak TV was like, I'm gonna say that I would see a headline like "GNARLED starring Ella DeRube renewed for Season 3 on the WeBe network" and I wouldn't have heard of the show, the actor, or the network. And this was every day. 290
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If there's a really good actor you've seen in a bunch of other shows playing a small, benign part in the beginning of an episode, he's the one who killed her. 1160
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026When Season 2 premiered of Chicago Fire and we had started shooting Season 1 of Chicago PD. 😀 0121
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I’m hoping Twin Peaks: The Revival is number one. Got a light? 030
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I just can't imagine working on a scene... welp, phew, finished one page... claps hands together, closes laptop... see ya tomorrow. 020
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026In what world are screenwriters only writing one page per day?😜 130
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It's a lot of work, but honestly, pretty great. 060
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Behind the scenes on Countdown when an Oscar nominated writer and an Emmy winning writer joined Jess and Jensen for a scene... 145012
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026If you love them so much, why don't you data data center? 230
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I went to the one on Sunset and La Brea. I got a double double of data. 230
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Previous week, Texas 59 - Texas State Bobcats 7. 000
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This feels like something Elmore Leonard probably had in a novel. 020
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026There's a dialect in the South where someone telling a story always has a question mark at the end of each sentence. I was going to the Wal-Mart? The parking lot was full? Courtney was there... she's the one with the bangs who left DJ cause he cheated? Anyway... when I got there... 580
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Yeah, I agree. Wears its heart on its sleeve in the best way. 020
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVkr...youtube.comTHE UPRISING - Official Trailer [HD] - Only In Theaters September 10YouTube video by Focus Features 010
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026One of my first meetings on a studio lot, I saw Courtney Cox outside a sound stage, smoking... then a guy walk by dressed as a futuristic cop... then a trainer holding the hand of a monkey. I was like "oh, those movies that depict Hollywood got it right." 1855
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026If you’re a crime show detective and the suspect has a picture of himself holding a caught fish in front of a cabin on his mantel, that’s where he’s hiding. 2221
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I like how all my life I was told to conserve energy… turn off the light when I left the room, turn up the thermostat… and now a data center eclipses in one hour what I use in a lifetime. 3276
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A lot of you have reached out and asked if I ever take photos with big fans and of course I do... 5261
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I can't believe the marathoner with ankle weights around his ankles keeps losing the sprint to the sprinters. 010
Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026There are pluses and minuses. You know the characters so well and the actors know them so well that you can write to their strengths. It becomes hard not to repeat yourselves... not to fall into familiar ground. 130
