It’s me again, stealing some chat from one of my favorite podcasts, Scriptnotes. The bulk of this came from a listener’s comment during an episode called Halfway There. Caution: if you enjoy the writing process (and all of its myriad steps along the way), then skip this blog. You’ve got better things to do and/or…
Tag: attitude
The Angst
The angst. There is a substantial possibility I’m of the rare variety of writer who harnesses performance anxiety into hyper-performance. There is a unique variation on a familiar saying: “Do what you love, and you’ll work super hard all the time with no separation or boundaries and also take everything extremely personal.” This statement is likely true for…
Attitude
Another note-to-self in the form of a blog … I’ll cut to the chase: what we do is a choice. We put ourselves in this situation—“forced” to think about stories and characters and plots and craft. The burden of it all; the agony! The tortured artist at work–just look. Over there in the corner, writhing…