A big thing for us early on, because, really, Holmes invented forensic science. So, in a world where everybody does it, does he still have a role? And he does, and the reason is, he is the genius in the room. Scotland Yard absolutely take the footprint casts and the fingerprints and all that sort… Continue reading Untitled
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The aim of life is self-development. To realize one’s nature perfectly-that is what each of us is here for. Oscar Wilde
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At last I understood that writing was this: an impulse to share with other people a feeling or truth that I myself had. Not to preach to them, but to give it to them if they cared to hear it. If they did not—fine. They did not need to listen. That was all right too.… Continue reading Untitled
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As soon as I figure out the theme of my play, I write it down on a thin strip of paper and Scotch-tape it to the front of my typewriter. After that, nothing goes into that play that isn’t on-theme. Paddy Chayefsky Pressfield, Steven (2011-04-20). Do the Work (Kindle Locations 466-468). AmazonEncore. Kindle Edition.
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In 1954 or ‘55 I needed to speak in some inventive way about our female and male lives in those years. Some knowledge was creating a real physical pressure, probably in the middle of my chest —- maybe just to the right of my heart. I was beginning to suffer the storyteller’s pain: Listen! I… Continue reading Untitled
-Leonardo da Vinci
Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor’s of the mind.
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I know most people tell you you should read a lot and get writing partners etc. But I think every single writer should take some basic business and sales courses. As a writer, you are really the sole proprietor of a business. Helaine Becker
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I had often heard people talking about how too many varied dialogue attributions (remarked, demanded, cried, interrupted, etc. instead of a simple “said”) and attributions modified by adverbs weaken your text. I didn’t really see it, until I was revising this book. Then I finally understood! Rather than saying, “Close the door,’ she scolded angrily,”… Continue reading Untitled
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Be yourself. It may or may not work out well, but it’s your best option. Jurgen Wolff
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I don’t want to trust my storytellers. I want a storyteller to show me that I can’t trust him….I want him to do things to the character and the storyworld — and, by proxy, to me the poor little quivering audience member gnawing his fingernails down to the bloody quick — that aren’t right. I… Continue reading Untitled