Tom Vaughan ✓

@storyandplot · Join 15,000+ subscribers ➔ · joined 31 Jul 2010

Daily posts on screenwriting. Writer of 8 films, including WINCHESTER + others. I share what I've learned as a pro at https://t.co/TECqRNjU1B and @UHouston 🐾

28 158Followers

673Following

13 278Posts total

64.8KViews on collected posts

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Tom Vaughan ✓@storyandplot14 Sep

When I struggle with my screenwriting, it is usually caused by one of three things. Tomorrow, I'll share with 15,000 subscribers what they are and how to fix them. Interested? The link to subscribe is below. 👇 1.7K views · 22 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Tom Vaughan ✓@storyandplot14 Sep

This is NOT the business for limiting beliefs. Talent is not as rare as we think. And the people who think that should be enough are the ones who get frustrated. I have come to believe that screenwriting and the entertainment business in general are primarily a mental battle. 2.3K views · 54 likes · 6 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Tom Vaughan ✓@storyandplot12 Sep

Don't try to cram ten different ideas into a screenplay. Have one idea and unpack it in 10 different ways. You should not be balancing themes, characters, plot, motivations, motifs, and setting. Find one central idea (the story) and have all these things support it 6.5K views · 223 likes · 22 reposts · 8 replies Open on X →

Tom Vaughan ✓@storyandplot11 Sep

In the early stages of our screenplay, too often we think in terms of plot points and information. It's why we get so many screenplays that just go along. Something happens. Then something else. And then something after that. Stop doing this. Instead, think in terms of great 4.5K views · 140 likes · 18 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Tom Vaughan ✓@storyandplot9 Sep

This is a remarkable accomplishment. Kudos to Scott for countless hours of labor and a gift to us all. If you are not following Scott, you should be. He has a Patreon and a recent book that I can guarantee you is worth your time. Link below. 👇 Congrats, Scott. And thank you! 10.1K views · 104 likes · 9 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Tom Vaughan ✓@storyandplot1 Sep

@storyandplot Rock solid list, Tom. 202 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Tom Vaughan ✓@storyandplot31 Aug

Interested in screenwriting? Join 15,000+ other screenwriters every Tuesday for The Story and Plot Weekly Email. It's the best 5-minute investment you will make in your screenwriting all week. https://t.co/tUfSNGUK92 1.2K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Tom Vaughan ✓@storyandplot31 Aug

After writing screenplays professionally for 29 years, here are ten random things I wish I knew before I started: https://t.co/6Dh4yYETcF

38.2K views · 964 likes · 107 reposts · 17 replies Open on X →

Face aux comptes de taille comparable

8 posts des 90 derniers jours, à côté de la tranche de 10K–100K abonnés. diffusé bien au-delà de son propre public, et ce public réagit.

Vues médianes3 414ce compte924médiane pour 10K–100K

Portée, %12.12%ce compte3.62%médiane pour 10K–100K

Engagement, %2.03%ce compte1.52%médiane pour 10K–100K

Indicateur	Ce compte	Médiane pour 10K–100K	Rapport
Vues médianes par post	3 414	924	3.69×
Portée (vues ÷ abonnés)	12.12%	3.62%	3.35×
Taux d'engagement	2.03%	1.52%	1.34×

Autres comptes de cette tranche → Comparer avec un autre compte → Comment ces repères sont établis →

Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

38.2K31 Aug

1.2K

2021 Sep

10.1K9 Sep

4.5K11 Sep

6.5K12 Sep

2.3K14 Sep

1.7K

Last 8 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

2.87%31 Aug

0.25%

0.99%1 Sep

1.13%9 Sep

3.54%11 Sep

3.89%12 Sep

2.65%14 Sep

1.41%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes61.3%1 512 in total

Reposts6.6%163 in total

Replies1.2%30 in total

Quotes0.4%11 in total

Bookmarks30.5%752 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.