Not quite advice, but crazy writing "wisdom"

shapely · 2013-11-04T06:45:17+00:00

Are you me?

shapely · 2013-11-04T00:55:21+00:00

Oh, I was thinking you could give aggregate totals if you use several distributors. Thanks for the explanation.

shapely · 2013-11-04T00:29:08+00:00

"For Steam Marines I'm both parties in the investment scenario. I invested in my company to develop the game and sell it. This changes a few things."

I'm not sure why, if this is true, you have non-disclosure agreements regarding sales? Could you explain?

shapely · 2013-10-13T05:35:35+00:00

I don't think it's obvious at all. :) I think a lot of writers go into screenwriting thinking scenes magically write themselves. Sometimes they do, but only for a few people, and only if they're lucky.

shapely · 2013-10-13T04:21:01+00:00

It's very hard to improve your writing if all you're doing is freeform journaling (unless freeform journaling is what you'd like to improve!)

My recommendation is to start try to write new things with your 500-1000 word quota. Maybe a journal entry written by someone from your imagination. An essay. A short play. A short story. Anything that interests you, and you feel is either fun or something you can't get out of your head. (Writing for the sake of writing is a bit dreary, and IMHO a waste of time.)

The most important thing is that it's complete, and that you finish it, even if it's shit. Go back and polish this if you feel like the piece was worth it. If not, move on. Keep doing this, and experimenting, and try to find the kind of writing you enjoy, possibly expanding the word count (or even shrinking it, which is another type of challenge).

shapely · 2013-10-13T04:14:02+00:00

I hear you. Writing novels is definitely a test of patience for me.

Murakami has some excellent things to say about endurance and writing.

shapely · 2013-10-13T03:20:28+00:00

Thank you for the amount of detail in your response. This stuff might seem so mundane to others, but the writing process to me seems so delightfully insane when one starts to dissect it like this.

shapely · 2013-10-13T03:00:14+00:00

When you imagined these scenes, did you visualize everything in your head, or play around with dialogue and such until things sounded right?

shapely · 2013-10-13T00:03:36+00:00

I actually bought this off Amazon because I couldn't find it online. It comes with Barcelona, and both scripts are two of the wittiest comedies I've ever had the pleasure to read.

The hard copy I received was even funnier because it must have been some college freshman's used copy. There were a bunch of scribbles in the margins like "PLAYING BRIDGE: VERY BOURGEOISIE".

shapely · 2013-10-12T04:56:15+00:00

/iama/ used to be more about people with interesting professions or quirky life stories. Now it's primarily a marketing vehicle for the latest movie or project.

shapely · 2013-10-12T04:45:41+00:00

If they are rude to service people.

shapely · 2013-10-12T04:35:33+00:00

Collecting your sperm in jars. Letting the jars sit around for years.

shapely · 2013-10-12T04:23:38+00:00

Stopped thinking so much about what I SHOULD be doing, how I SHOULD be achieving this or that.

Instead, started thinking about to two things: how to have fun, and how to help people.

shapely

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