Aside

Erik Weise holding a llama's lead rope in an autumn field

Does a screenwriter need to say what he does outside his scripts? No. But you can tell from the scripts anyway, so I'd rather tell it myself.

I'm bad at letting things be. When something catches my attention, I start pulling at it and don't stop until it moves. In a writing career that's an advantage. In everyday life it's occasionally exhausting for everyone involved.

Here are three stories that have nothing to do with film: one about a woman and a successful break-in, one about a missing curb, and one about a shrew named Sandro.

At home

Darja

Stefan and Sonja, two cats

Bernau, near Berlin

On the side

Citizens’ initiative for a safer street

A found-animal assistant app for wildlife

Conversations with parties, authorities, and the mayor

Ongoing

Too many ideas

Not enough shelves

A notebook that’s never there when you need it

Erik Weise lying on his back, holding up a cinema ticket for “All Clowns Are Bastards”

None of it has anything to do with screenplays.
All of it ends up in one eventually.