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
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Writing Quote of the Day
Writing quote from Michael Haneke: "I’ve never seen good results from people trying to speak about things they don’t know firsthand. They will talk about Afghanistan, about children in Africa, but in the end they only know what they’ve seen on TV or read in the newspaper. And yet they pretend—even to themselves—that they know … Continue reading Writing Quote of the Day
A Few Videos to Watch During a Break from Writing
This Creative Spark series from the Academy is so fun to watch. You get to see inside the homes and offices of some of the top screenwriters working today, and get a feel for their process and how they approach their writing each day. It’s nice to see these pros struggle with the same stuff … Continue reading A Few Videos to Watch During a Break from Writing
Quote of the Fey
"Don't waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you're the boss. Or they won't. Who cares? Do your thing, and don't care if they like it." Tina Fey, Bossypants
Do you allow yourself time to just think?
"Some people are scared of putting space in their calendar to think. Our calendars are symbols of how much we're getting done, so leaving some of that precious space 'empty' for thinking feels wasteful. Yet the most productive people I know aren't in meetings all day. They rarely declare anything 'urgent.' They attend only the … Continue reading Do you allow yourself time to just think?
QOTD
“[It's]a question I’m obsessed with: Why don’t people work hard when it’s in their best interest to do so? The (short) answer is that it’s really risky to work hard, because then if you fail you can no longer say that you failed because you didn’t work hard. It’s a form of self-protection…" via Malcolm … Continue reading QOTD
QOTD
"The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by any other person, and not even by yourself at some later date. Otherwise you begin excusing yourself. You must see the writing as emerging like a long scroll of ink from the index … Continue reading QOTD
My Favorite QOTD
"Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, … Continue reading My Favorite QOTD
New Year, New Habits
Like everyone else on the planet, I’ve been looking back on the past year. As a writer, I don’t really need the New Year in order to evaluate myself. I have daily resolutions to write more, and I look back on my progress all the time. But the New Year offers that fabulous blank slate. And writers … Continue reading New Year, New Habits
QOTD
"Be willing to write really badly. It won’t hurt you to do that. I think there is this fear of writing badly, something primal about it, like: 'This bad stuff is coming out of me…' Forget it! Let it float away and the good stuff follows. For me, the bad beginning is just something to … Continue reading QOTD
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