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A still from Smile (a short film written and directed by Ivana Strajin).

Inside Story

Get an absurd, fun, short story sent straight to your inbox once per quarter!

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Inside Story is released on the last Friday of March, June, September, and December on Substack.

 

All short stories are written ~specially~ for the newsletter by yours truly. I also include project updates, festival news, and written musings, on occasion.

 

The newsletter was launched in July 2022 as a way to connect with people. I'm primarily a screenwriter-director, but the time in between -- after post-production is complete and before the films can be released out into the world -- feels like a limbo period of waiting to connect with an audience. Who likes feeling stuck? It's one of my worst nightmares, literally. I have a recurring nightmare about being stuck on an elevator; usually comes up once a week, so there's some fun psychoanalysis for you to do.

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TLDR: I never get sick of writing; hopefully, you won't get sick of me either.

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P.S. Check your spam folder. A bunch of inboxes seem to think I'm a catfishing fraud desperate for iTunes gift cards!

A still from Unhinged (a short film written & directed by Ivana Strajin).
The stills featured on this page are from Smile (top) and Unhinged (bottom), short films written and directed by Ivana Strajin (yours truly).
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