Years ago, I saw an interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger where he talked about how he had to find joy in whatever he did, otherwise he wouldn’t do it. Something about that clicked with me, and I’ve carried it with me wherever ever since. Now, taking life advice from The Terminator might seem odd, but when …
In case you’re looking for some follow-up on my new daily planner, here you go: three days, three pages. The new project I’m throwing my creative weight behind (at least as much weight as 30-40 minutes in the morning carries) is a screenplay. Thinking over what would be best to keep me typing and motivated …
Let me be honest here. My morning routine has stagnated a bit. I’m still getting my work out in (and adding some variations) and trying to wake up at about the same time every day (giving myself the occasional extra hour or two of sleep on a day off). But the creative part has hit …
It’s been a bit since I’ve checked in with this sort of thing, so I figured why not? Sure, it’s only half past midnight, but it’s also technically Saturday and I’ve got Wes Montgomery’s Willow Weep For Me on the hi-fi, so might as well make the most of it. Over the last couple of …
Well, it was bound to happen eventually I guess. Between weather and not much else to do, I finally succumbed to streaming half my weekend away. However, considering I made it through two weeks of socially distancing before parking my butt on the couch for a large chunk of time, I’m not going to lose …
As I mentioned before, the screenplay I’d been working on last year had stalled. Nothing really to do with any issues I was having with the story, it was mostly a combo platter of not being sure if I could convincingly write dialogue for people in their early 20’s (the story takes place at a …
Ideas are worthless. Yeah, I said it. Of course, I’m only one in a long line of people who have said it, so please don’t think any credit is due here. In learning about screenwriting, I found there was two schools of thought: those who guarded their story ideas as if they were a precious …
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self. Cyril Connolly – New Statesman, February 1933 At some point, I stopped submitting poems for publication in magazines and journals. For about a year, I’d spent hours tracking submissions, printing my own custom envelopes trying to …
To say I don’t enjoy Halloween would be overstating it. I enjoy the candy, the festive atmosphere, and from time to time, I’ve even enjoyed dressing up in a costume. But overall, I have to admit that the holiday is, for me, and overall meh on the excitement scale. The trouble is the costume. I’ve …
“Anything’s hard that you’re forcing.” – Markus Redmond I think it can be hard to admit when I’m forcing something – especially when it’s something I want really badly. It’s actually funny how easy it is to continue forcing something, which is a contradiction in and of itself, which also happens to make it an …