Substacks recommended by Cole Haddon

Recommended by Cole Haddon

If you're not a nepo baby or from generational wealth but want to work in the film/tv industry- welcome! I'll be sharing my screenwriting journey and industry musings along with best practices I've learned in assistant life + as a film marketer.

Unschool for Writers

By Alison Acheson

Playing and working with words: finding your own way to fiction and nonfiction, poetry, and writing for young people

The Literary Obsessive

By Eleanor Anstruther

People, books, me; The Literary Obsessive charts that which catches my eye.

Underexposed

By Alex Rollins Berg

Unearthing the hidden gems of cinema, old and new, with filmmaker and erstwhile NYU film teacher Alex Rollins Berg

This Itch of Writing with Emma Darwin

All about fiction and creative non-fiction: writing it, reading it, teaching it and occasionally hating it

Science of Art

By Shagun Singh

Science of Art is a newsletter written by me, Shagun Singh. I delve into the creative processes and journeys of artists.

Extended Cut

By Eric

An irreverent collision of pop culture and life. True stories and things I wish were true.

Songletter

We only share the songs that won’t let us go.

Gleeful Mayhem

By Duane Swierczynski

The latest dirt from writer Duane Swierczynski, weird and unpronounceable since 1972

Songs That Saved Your Life

Rock history written from a queer lens.

Hope For Film

By Ted Hope

Exploring how we make good movies—and good creative lives—possible... for ever and ever and ever.

Survival Arts

By Syd Sidney

Songs, stories, and practical strategies for making and releasing music in the age of the algorithm.

Syd is doing it all here, from sharing great songs, to talking the creative process, to trying to help us make sense of the algorithms that rule our art these days. I've known him for 20 years, and I feel confident saying you will learn a shit-ton from him.

- Cole Haddon

Agent of Weird: Exploring the Write Fantastic

By Alec Worley

The craft of writing horror, sci-fi, fantasy – and all the weird that’s in-between! For readers, writers, role-players, connoisseurs and creators, from the writer of Judge Dredd, Warhammer, Star Wars, TMNT and more.

Write More with Simon K Jones

I've been writing serial fiction for over 10 years. Ask me anything! Weekly tips and occasional stories in your inbox.

The Hapitalist podcast

By Russell Nohelty

At Hapitalist we help transform your business into a Good Chaos Engine that turns the work you can't stop obsessing over into something your customers can’t resist, your industry can’t stop talking about, and makes selling feel like cheating.

Happier In Hollywood

By Liz & Sarah

Writers/Showrunners Liz Craft and Sarah Fain break down how to be happier, healthier, and more successful in Hollywood, Dollywood, or anywhere in between.

Stat Significant

By Daniel Parris

Data-centric essays about movies, music, TV, and more.

So Here’s a Thing

By Michael Marshall Smith

Words about writing, and the world, and the weird and fascinating things in it. Everything's interesting if you give it a good look — so let's go do that.

The Hollywood Hang's Substack

Nic and Tepper, two emerging screenwriters discuss their day-to-day lives working in Hollywood and invite their fellow friends and filmmakers to talk about all of the highs, lows, and hell nos of the film/tv industry.

Re:Writing

By Ben Blacker

What I've learned from talking with over 2000 professional writers and writing professionally for twenty years.

Alex Segura

News and updates about my novel and comic book-writing work, plus reading recommendations!

Franklin Leonard, on Substack

By Franklin Leonard (

Observations on culture, power, storytelling, merit, and - yes, inevitably, the beautiful game. Occasionally featuring The Undiscovered, a series of conversations with people I think are worth listening to about what remains undiscovered and why.

Colleen Doran's Funny Business

All these years in the comics industry, I have opinions.

Pablo Villaça

Textos aleatórios, análises e comentários sobre isso, aquilo e aquilo outro.

LegalDispatch

By Marc Guggenheim

News and notes about what Marc Guggenheim is writing.

Character Is Destiny

By Mickey Fisher

Character Is Destiny is the creative and life journal of a writer in LA documenting the ongoing process of becoming the person he wants to be.

Writing Kit

By Kit de Waal

Tools, Tips, Tricks and Fuel for the Journey

Sherman Alexie

poems, short fiction, essays, opinion, audio, video

The Black List

ESTABLISHING SHOT: Where The Black List sets the scene. The Black List is a platform dedicated to identifying and celebrating exceptional storytelling.

Thin Ice

By Christopher Derrick

Quick quips about the creative life, the craft, and being a mensch from a TV writer, filmmaker, and comic book enthusiast! Plus: i want this to be an antidote to the loneliness of a creative.

Sketchbooks & Scratchpads

By Daniel José Older

Essays and comics from New York Times bestselling author and Star Wars story architect Daniel José Older

Little Things

By Ali Griffin Vingiano

join me while i attempt to translate the human experience

Now Go Make A Movie!

By Clay Kaytis

Rantings and ravings that are too long - and too wordy - for anywhere else, from a Director-Screenwriter-Animator.

From The Future

By Edward Rooster

Imagining the Future through the Past, by writing Lyrical Historical Essays and Science Fiction Novels

Written Ward

By John

Recovered artifacts, strange histories, and Appalachian supernatural fiction from the archives of What Remains, a small antique store in West Virginia specializing in things best left unsold.

Milkfed Dispatches

By DeConnick & Fraction

Milkfed Criminal Masterminds Inc. is the production company of television and comic book writers Kelly Sue DeConnick & Matt Fraction.