Cara Ellison

@caraellison

Cailleach’s horrible wife living by the river tay. Part of the BAFTA Breakthrough programme 2025. My portfolio is here:

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Cara Ellison@caraellison· Jul 9

- My idols are dead and my enemies are in power

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Jun 25

A friend who is a great painter and artist mentioned to me that she was reading Alasdair Gray‘s Lanark and asked me about him. I looked up his family’s site about him and got hit in the chest. I feel exactly the same way about it alasdairgrayspace.net/who-is-alasd...

"I am obsessive: I find life miserable if I don't do a certain
amount of writing and / or painting because these activities make me feel I am working well for people. Even if nobody is there, I feel, when working, that I deserve to be loved, and can respect myself, even if nobody else does."
- Alasdair Gray, letter to his sister

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Jun 20

Costa del Tay rn

holding an ice cream with a 99 flake by the river tay

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Jun 12

mint from the garden! thanks garden

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Jun 11

Okay but they are standing on the shoulders of Martin Hollis

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Jun 1

my argument about martinis is that they should taste like a saltwater swimming pool with a couple of olives dunked in it like they might be saved from drowning

Cara Ellison@caraellison· May 30

this is what happens to your movie when less than 1% of your cast is from Scotland and also it is about and set in Scotland and also Ted Dansons wig is trying to attack nessie

Cara Ellison@caraellison· May 29

I still think one of the coolest things you can do in a game is look down at your hands and they are the hands of a freelance goth exorcist (that I & fireproof) invented to fight the forces of evil. sorry if ur an idiot who doesn’t want this

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Apr 25

this is what I call a fish and chip. flaky fish the size of a house please. The batter should be crunchier than overnight snow and made of beer

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Apr 15

im very upset. the pope isnt letting me do what I want. i just wanna go crazy invent my own bible and get mauled by a hog

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Mar 21

Maybe Garth Marenghi? I saw him recently live

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Mar 8

went to cailleach today 10/10

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Mar 2

looked at this today and thought wow thanks I will never top this with anything else I am part of. weird to even think I helped

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Feb 27

the playtest came back 🙃🙃🙃

YES BUT YES BUT YES BUT, YOU SAY: WHAT ABOUT THE NECESSITY OF WRITING IN ALL THAT "INFORMATION?"
AND I RESPOND "FIGURE IT OUT" ANY DICKHEAD WITH A BLUESUIT CAN BE (AND IS) TAUGHT TO SAY "MAKE IT CLEARER", AND "I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HIM".

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Feb 27

My friend and dear heart @maxfolkman.bsky.social today reminded me of the most important (game or otherwise) writing document, Mamet’s memo to his writers on The Unit. It is my Bible. It is what all of us aspire to screencraft.org/wp-content/u...

TO THE WRITERS OF THE UNIT
GREETINGS.
AS WE LEARN HOW TO WRITE THIS SHOW, A RECURRING PROBLEM BECOMES CLEAR.
THE PROBLEM IS THIS: TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN DRAMA AND NON-DRAMA. LET ME BREAK-IT-DOWN-NOW.
VERYONE IN CREATION IS SCREAMING AT US TO MAKE THE SHOW
TASKED
CLEAR. WE ARE TASKED WITH, IT SEEMS, CRAMMING A SHITLOAD OF INFORMATION INTO A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
OUR FRIENDS. THE PENGUINS, THINK THAT WE, THEREFORE, ARE EMPLOYED TO COMMUNICATE INFORMATION -- AND, SO, AT TIMES, IT SEEMS TO US.
BUT NOTE: THE AUDIENCE WILL NOT TUNE IN TO WATCH INFORMATION.
YOU WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T. NO ONE WOULD OR WILL. THE AUDIENCE WILL ONLY TUNE IN AND STAY TUNED TO WATCH DRAMA.

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Jan 18

this was good btw

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Jan 17

golden years

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Jan 8

❤️

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Dec 23

eat the rich & lift the bunnies

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Dec 23

Congratulations to my friends and loved ones! We made it to yule 2025. It is time to celebrate our lord and saviour george michael and His kindness. Merry Michaelmas everyone

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Dec 22

I just realised that french and saunders have been making fun of gammon face Brexit men for decades

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Dec 4

Submissions for the DICE Game Awards close tomorrow at 5pm PT So you’ve got…. 1 day left! www.interactive.org/awards/29th_...

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Nov 25

I don’t know why but there is always a Danny devito cutout everywhere in Scotland and also dare i say it: scotland has an incredibly Danny devito vibe now I think about it

Cara Ellison@caraellison· Nov 23

rewatching this due to side project and like…. the economy of storytelling and worldbuilding and the space between dialogue (massive, contemplative) is wonderful