Variety’s 10 Screenwriters to Watch on Finding Inspiration in Unlikely Places: ‘You Don’t Have to Just Cite Poetry; You Can Cite a TikTok Account’

Variety’s 10 Screenwriters to Watch on Finding Inspiration in Unlikely Places: ‘You Don’t Have to Just Cite Poetry; You Can Cite a TikTok Account’

Inspiration for a great storyline can come from anywhere — whether that be a classic work of literature or a great pop song. It’s become somewhat of a bit for “Blue Film” writer-director Elliott Tuttle to include a reference to Lana Del Rey’s music in his screenplays. He’d written three (as yet unproduced) screenplays before his feature debut about a fetish camboy who agrees to spend the night with an anonymous client, who turns out to be tied …