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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 08/03/2026

Took a sunset photo tonight that’s obviously a t-rex cloud dashing across the Jurassic plains.

Red and orange sunset on a flat plain with a cloud shaped like a t-rex running across the horizon.

Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 27/02/2026

A small scene from my feature WIP, The Proving Grounds for #Funpagefriday Nearly that time of the day for some truth serum, don'tcha think? #Scriptsky #Firstpagefriday

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 22/02/2026

This makes me think of this thought-provoking piece.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 22/02/2026

I’m honestly really angry at America right now — hockey and the usual dumbf**ckery that’s going down there etc, etc, but you all need to do me a solid and protect McConaughey at all costs. #FilmSky #ScriptSky

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 22/02/2026

Honestly thought these things were world-wide! This was the meal of my teens and well into young adulthood lol. I’ve tapered off on them as I got older, but I crave them every day.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 21/02/2026

It snowed like a son of a gun today, so I’ll look back at these sunsets from as far back as yesterday to remind me how fleeting the good weather can be at this time of year. Jk, it was frigid af when I took these photos and my hands hurt so bad after. #Winter #Sunset #photography

A sun sets behind a flat horizon, just missing a tuft of trees off to the left.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 15/02/2026

Just got back from the arcade and I had to share this epic knockoff Pikachu that my kid won on the claw machine. We probably spent $80 in tokens to get him, but he was well worth it 😅 #sixsixsix #thenumberofthepokebeast

A knockoff Pikachu plushie wearing a blue and white panelled hat with an awkward pokeball graphic and a blue shirt that has the number 6 6 6 on it.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 13/02/2026

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.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 13/02/2026

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.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 13/02/2026

Like life, sunsets can be be unreliable and unpredictable, so when they shine, it’s unbelievable. #Sunset #Photography #Canada

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 10/02/2026

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.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 06/02/2026

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.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 03/02/2026

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.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 02/02/2026

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.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 02/02/2026

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.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 31/01/2026

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.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 28/01/2026

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.”

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 23/01/2026

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

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 23/01/2026

The sunset showed off its many lives tonight with relentless beauty. #photography

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 21/01/2026

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.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 15/01/2026

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

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 15/01/2026

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.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 12/01/2026

I’m calling this a “mullet sky.” Business in the front, party in the back.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 11/01/2026

A little sunset palette clense on this fine Saturday evening. #Scriptsky

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 10/01/2026

New reading material for when I trip and fall onto some downtime. Anyone else reading #Scriptnotes, #Scriptsky?

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 05/12/2025

Some wintery snowy inspo (snowinspo? snowspo?? insnowsperation???) for ya, #Scriptsky

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 28/11/2025

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

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 28/11/2025

These moody mornings are going to inspire me to actually write if they keep this up #scriptsky

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 27/11/2025

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.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 25/11/2025

“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.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 23/11/2025

The greatest thing about taking photos to feed my creativity is that it reminds me how good it feels to actually finish something (and quickly) 😅 #scriptsky Here are a few photos from the weekend from around my abode! Different vibes, same location.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 21/11/2025

One day I’ll have new material, but for now, you get a blast from the past with HELEVATED. Some of my best gags went into this short script, including a friendly Blackbeard as a foreman, and a character damned to an eternity of being stung by a swarm of bees every hour. #FirstPageFriday #ScriptSky

An vector illustrated image of the door and cage of an old-timey elevator surrounded by flames. The title “Helevated” in a bold woodcut font sits at the bottom.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 20/11/2025

Here’s 3 pages, starting on the 3rd page of my comedy WIP “All For Yacht.” Like Leah, I’ve been thinking about this one lately. As flawed as it is, I can’t seem to quit it. This scene showcases one of my favourite visual gags: Funny things going on in the background #ScriptSky #ThirdPageThursday

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 20/11/2025

#writinginspiration #writingprompt In a frosty backyard, a large snowball rests where there’s no snow and a folding table sits empty next to an unlit fire pit. Silent. Cold. Lifeless. What happened here, #scriptsky?

An open grassy yard. A chain link fence keeps back the natural long grass, shrubs and trees. A folding table sits in the middle of the yard. Frost covers every surface.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 19/11/2025

After my last proof, Cool Cat shouldnt even be uttered in the same sentence as either of these movies so this is a real stretch: First for the criminals bad at their jobs and second for the cat. #scriptsky

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 19/11/2025

#writinginspiration Dark rural road. Pre-dawn. An owl flutters over the adjacent field. A wolf howls in the distance. What happens next, #scriptsky?

A view down the center of a dim rural road lit by a staggererd line of streetlights anchored to power poles as engulfs them along witb the pine trees.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 18/11/2025

More creative energy spent on Lego #photography instead of #screenwriting 😂The script will rewrite itself one day, right, #scriptsky? “When Santa flipped the switch on his greatest gift to humanity, he met his mortality face-to-face, giving way to Claus 2.0 for the sake of everlasting festive cheer

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 18/11/2025

The sunsets are immaculate, and the lighting is spectacular, which makes up for the darkness that consumes the area by 4:15 pm. Rooster artwork by my super creative wife, who can make art with any medium (Coloured pencils in this case.) it’s honestly unfair how good she is. #scriptsky

A photo of a window in a dark room showing light from a setting sun subtly illuminating the blinds.

A setting sun behind a cluster of trees silhouetted behind a sprawling field.

A photo of a piece of colourful rooster artwork illuminated by the warm orange glow of the setting sunlight.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 15/11/2025

“Today was the last day that the “Lucky Ducky Award” was handed out at the nuclear research facility, it was also the last day of the nuclear research facility.” #scriptsky #screenwriter

A scene made of Lego showing a Lego minifigure dressed in a white hazmat suit, tripping over a rubber duck making the glowing green nuclear rod that he was carrying fly through the air. Horror is written all over his face.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 13/11/2025

#ThirdPageThursday? Fun! This page is from my sci-fi short, VOID OF A PLAN, that I wrote for the @writingbattle.bsky.social once upon a time (when they had screenwriting). I started developing it into a pilot before my hiatus and plan on continuing the tomfoolery of Anaya and Carrot soon! #Scriptsky

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 08/11/2025

I always knew my last name was uncommon, and, well, I was right!

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 06/11/2025

I’ll never grow tired of these sunsets. They almost cushion the blow that it’s going to be dark by 4:53 pm.

A firey sunset behind a tuft of silhouetted trees across a field.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 31/10/2025

I’m finally getting back into writing after months of life taking over but I feel inspired to participate in #FirstPageFriday for Halloween so I’m going to beat this old short into the ground a bit more because ghosts and whatnot! I’ll have new material one day! #Scriptsky #Screenwriting

A first script page for a short script titled “Salty” written by Nick Wasilieff.

A therapist named Maurice makes a house call to a new client, Brenda, who’s experiencing paranormal trauma. We see this in the form of a dead teenager, named J.A. lingering behind Brenda mocking her. Only Brenda can see J.A.

A second script page for a short script titled “Salty” written by Nick Wasilieff.

A poster design for a short script titled “Salty” written by Nick Wasilieff.

The poster features a solid blue-green background. In the middle of the page is a tipped over salt shaker with spilled salt. Behind it is a smouldering stick of save. The words “SALTY a paranormal comedy short” are displayed at the top.

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 22/10/2025

Just trolling the open water in my boat, “Up In Them Guts,” marvelling at the sick water mechanics, filling my daily fish quota, rocket-blasting passing go-fast’s, stealing their drugs, and heading back to land to complete the “Drug Up From the Depths” side quest. #GTA6

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Nick Wasilieff @nickwaswriting.com · 08/10/2025

This weather is where I come alive and thrive.

A frosty field of long grass with trees on the horizon all enveloped in whispy fog. The sun has just begun to rise.

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