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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
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing can be a frightening, distressing business, and whatever kind of structure or buffer is available can help a lot.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
At readings, audience members sometimes ask if I keep writing past the two hours if I'm on a roll, but I don't. I figure that if I'm on a roll, it's partially because I know I'm about to stop.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Characters are incredibly important, but I tend to build them around the plot during the outline stage. However, once I'm writing the manuscript, the characters I'm writing dictate how the plot unfolds.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started out being a stand up and writing my own material. That took me to 'Talk Soup,' where I was writing and performing for TV.
- Nobody
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I wrote 'The Girl on the Train,' nobody knew who I was, and that's quite a comfortable position to be writing in.
- Cast Members
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- Nov 07, 2020