- Nov 07, 2020
Writing Quotes
The craft and habit of writing.
This set covers a filmmaker tracing an early comedic style back to college years, and advice that writing something and deciding to publish it are two separate decisions entirely. For more on the finished product, see Book.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing is a funny thing. It's not like you're working on a schedule. It comes in fits and starts.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing 'February' made me realize that breaking form is a way of letting the song be human.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I took a lot of writing courses.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always writing about character first. Plot, such as it is, comes from the characters.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing and telling are almost the same, the way I do it.
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My job, originally, was to write blog posts for their 'HubSpot' blog. They have a business model built on content. Then I was writing e-books for them, and after I came back from L.A., they had this new plan to launch a podcast.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Usually my writing is very over the top and bombastic and very, like, 'I'm amazing! Look at me!'
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm on Twitter a lot of the day because I really like Twitter. It's great for jokes. But when I'm writing, I can't do anything else. I can't even listen to music. I just have to write, and then I can do something else. I can't multitask.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote six nonfiction books before getting into narrative fiction with 'Robopocalypse,' including 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising.' My goal all along was to start writing fiction, and I guess one day I'd just had enough.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like writing for movies. It's nice to be alone working on fiction in your room, and then it's nice to be in a room with a bunch of people working on a movie.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a great procrastinator. When the writing is going really well, the laundry piles up.
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- Nov 07, 2020