Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, … Continue reading QOTD
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My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor. Phyllis Diller
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The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. ~ Anaïs Nin
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When you are describing, A shape, or sound, or tint; Don't state the matter plainly, But put it in a hint; And learn to look at all things, With a sort of mental squint. ~Lewis Carroll
QOTD – Election Day
In honor of politics and of Hollywood's fall season, which features Spielberg's "Lincoln," here is a quote about writing from our 16th President himself: “Writing, the art of communicating thoughts to the mind through the eye, is the great invention of the world... enabling us to converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn, … Continue reading QOTD – Election Day
Relationship Between Age and Creativity
Researchers, psychologists, art historians have studied, debated and pondered the correlation between age and artistic creativity throughout history. Pablo Picasso, Mozart, and T.S. Elliot all created some of their most well known art in their twenties, while Cezanne, Hitchcock, and Robert Frost produced some of their most important works in their forties, fifties and later. The … Continue reading Relationship Between Age and Creativity
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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
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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“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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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. W. Somerset Maugham
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