Oh, I feel relief just reading this - and I haven't even got to the tips. I've been banging my head against a script and not understanding why I can't "just do it".
It all makes sense now you've said it, thank you! (Plus bonus Jon Kabat-Zinn)
We've all been there. Well I have. Trying too hard, writing too stodgy. It can be so difficult to trust yourself. When I was writing on long-running, high-audience TV series, working to tight deadlines, I knew the episode I was working on would be okay as long as I could 'see' it, like a picture in my head, with colour and layers and hidden corners. Didn't always happen unfortunately, but when it did, writing was like singing. Totally absorbing, and - even when the subject matter was tough - joyful.
Great article, thank you. Not wanting to be one of THOSE people, but I just wanted to point out that Kesey wrote a second novel, Sometimes a Great Notion. Not as good as Cuckoo's Nest, but still a very good novel. It was adapted into a movie starring Paul Newman and Henry Fonda, and retitled Never Give an Inch when it was shown on TV. Yes, I'm full of useless facts.
Oh, I feel relief just reading this - and I haven't even got to the tips. I've been banging my head against a script and not understanding why I can't "just do it".
It all makes sense now you've said it, thank you! (Plus bonus Jon Kabat-Zinn)
We've all been there. Well I have. Trying too hard, writing too stodgy. It can be so difficult to trust yourself. When I was writing on long-running, high-audience TV series, working to tight deadlines, I knew the episode I was working on would be okay as long as I could 'see' it, like a picture in my head, with colour and layers and hidden corners. Didn't always happen unfortunately, but when it did, writing was like singing. Totally absorbing, and - even when the subject matter was tough - joyful.
Great article, thank you. Not wanting to be one of THOSE people, but I just wanted to point out that Kesey wrote a second novel, Sometimes a Great Notion. Not as good as Cuckoo's Nest, but still a very good novel. It was adapted into a movie starring Paul Newman and Henry Fonda, and retitled Never Give an Inch when it was shown on TV. Yes, I'm full of useless facts.
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