"Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another; rather, it teaches us to abide with the fact that, … Continue reading George Saunders on Fiction
Category: Writing Inspiration
DAN HARMON TELLS YOU HOW TO PITCH A TV SHOW
"This is how you do a good pitch: Remember when you were at that party and you asked someone if they had seen Game of Thrones because it’s your favorite show? And they said, 'No I’ve never seen Game Of Thrones,' and you proceeded to tell them why they should watch it? That’s a good … Continue reading DAN HARMON TELLS YOU HOW TO PITCH A TV SHOW
Screenwriting Advice: Make Sure Your Character is in a Hurry
Here's some great advice & stories from actor, filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. Also, at around 1:45, he explains what makes his son (Robert Downey Jr.) immediately put down a script.
Quote of the Day
"Nothing is funnier than unhappiness." Samuel Beckett
The Strange Rise of the Writers’ Space
This New Yorker piece has an interesting take on what writers' spaces are all about: "As with the gym, at the writers’ space you feel less ridiculous spending your time on an activity with uncertain and elusive benefits: everyone else is doing it, too. It’s a cocoon that protects its inhabitants from a world where most … Continue reading The Strange Rise of the Writers’ Space
Meditation on Ruin
by Jay Hopler It’s not the lost lover that brings us to ruin, or the barroom brawl, or the con game gone bad, or the beating Taken in the alleyway. But the lost car keys, The broken shoelace, The overcharge at the gas pump Which we broach without comment — these are the things that eat … Continue reading Meditation on Ruin
“One Writer’s Method of Defeating Writer’s Block.”
From r/screenwriting, this is solid writing advice that is completely doable. Try it out for yourself. "Though writer's block can feel nebulous and indefinite and all-encompassing, 99.9% of the time it is a result of lingering concerns about a specific piece of the storytelling puzzle (character, plot, structure, theme, etc.) Here is one way of dealing … Continue reading “One Writer’s Method of Defeating Writer’s Block.”
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Links for Writers: Fun Stuff to Read this Week
The Electric Typewriter // It appears that someone put a lot of time into this compilation of "articles and essays by the world's best journalists and writers." A lot of good stuff to be found here. That Way We're All Writing Now by Clive Thompson // You'll see a lot tweets and status updates starting with the … Continue reading Links for Writers: Fun Stuff to Read this Week
Writers, here are some things to read this week!
First, the story of a produced screenwriter's descent into homelessness. I don't want to give away the ending - just read it! Anyone can contribute articles to the site Medium. It's an interesting experiment. And one that works. The site is beautifully simplistic, and set up with ratings systems, and rankings so that the cream rises … Continue reading Writers, here are some things to read this week!
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