Take a pencil to write with on aeroplanes. Pens leak. But if the pencil breaks, you can’t sharpen it on the plane, because you can’t take knives with you. Therefore: take two pencils. -- Margaret Atwood
Category: Writing Inspiration
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“To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic” -- Pablo Picasso
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When in doubt have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand. Raymond Chandler
Pilot episodes: Premises, Premises
Here is a new post from writer Earl Pomerantz about the first episode of television series: does it need to be about how the situation in the comedy started (premise) or not? Can the half hour pilot simply be a typical episode of what is to come during the season? Pomerantz says it doesn't matter, … Continue reading Pilot episodes: Premises, Premises
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The opposite of play is not what is serious but what is real. -- Sigmund Freud One of the links on our blogroll is brainpickings.org, a site which does a terrific job of curating a broad range of thought-provoking material. Recently this post caught my eye: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/10/15/freud-creative-writers-and-day-dreaming/ Today's quote leads off this article. And don't … Continue reading QOTD
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When I'm writing, I'm trying to immerse myself in the chaos of an emotional experience, rather than separate myself from it and look back at it from a distance with clarity and tell it as a story. Because that's how life is lived, you know? Charlie Kaufman
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“It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.” - J. K. Rowling
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Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. Cyril Connolly
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. W. Somerset Maugham
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To get a great idea, come up with lots of them. — Thomas Edison
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