“Writer’s block is a symptom of you don’t know enough. Imagine the most extraordinary thing that ever happened to you. Can you remember who was there, what you were wearing, what the sights, the sounds, the smells were. Now go out and randomly pick...
“I would advise you, I would in fact implore you to take a step back and look at your specific career ambition and put that in line with everything else you want and figure out how to have a full life. It makes you a better writer. It makes you a better...
“You need to, assemble, uh, some people in your life who are good writers and usually that could be a person in the screenwriting class that you’re taking. It really helps to have a mentor in this business send your script around too. But if you take their...
“Whatever the pursuit is just loving the work itself. Everything else that kind of comes with it can be a drag. There’s ups and downs. And also just try to find actionable things to move forward on. So just starting out and you just try it, then just spend...
“Hardest part about writing is just keeping your butt in the chair. Discipline and persistence. I recommend people do it every day. And you just have to just keep at it. Can’t wait for inspiration to strike. You have to do it long enough until you kind of...
