Monday, May 21, 2012

Sherlock

People. Are you watching Sherlock? No? I am judging you. This is my face.



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The visuals are snazzy.

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The acting is top-notch.


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And the writing is spectacular. Seriously, for any writer out there who wants to be inspired and left in awe, do yourself a favor and watch this show. 

That is all.

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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Make Good Art

"Leave the world more interesting for your being here."




(via Neil Gaiman's Blog)

Friday, May 18, 2012

I Don't Get Writer's Block...

I get writer's paralysis. 


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I'm neurotic already, but pursuing writing as a career has cranked that up to eleven.

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And sometimes I feel like if I don't write I'll crawl out of my skin, but if I DO write I will suck as hard as anyone has ever sucked at sucking. So why bother? Misery either way.

A couple of days ago I was checking Go Into The Story (which is invaluable for anyone looking to become a screenwriter.) There's a feature called On Writing, and the quote posted that day helped me out big time. So here it is, for anyone who's ever felt like the writing task ahead of them is too big. Too complicated. Too. Damn. Hard.

“One thing that helps is to give myself permission to write badly. I tell myself that I’m going to do my five or 10 pages no matter what, and that I can always tear them up the following morning if I want. I’ll have lost nothing—writing and tearing up five pages would leave me no further behind than if I took the day off.”
– Lawrence Block

Give yourself permission to suck. I am.



Friday, May 4, 2012

Getting The Words Right


Ernest Hemingway's writing tips
Interviewer: How much rewriting do you do?
Hemingway: It depends, I re-wrote the ending to “Farewell to Arms”, the last page of it, thirty-nine times before I was satisfied.
Interviewer: Was there some technical problem there? What was it that had stumped you?
Hemingway: Getting the words right.
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