We find the web series, THE LOUISE LOG fascinating and keep meaning to write about it. Looks like Chris Hadley beat us to it.
Shuckin’s.
But this is definitely worth reading and being inspired by:
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Writing With a Day Job
Nathan Bransford gives the advice that way-too-many of us need to hear:
by Nathan Bransford
On last week’s episode of Girls, Hannah got a temporary day job in GQ’s advertorial department, where she had a taste of success (as well as free snacks).
Her fellow co-workers were fellow aspiring writers, and during a slightly fraught break room chat, they revealed that all of their writing successes came before they had a day job. Hannah quits, not wanting to wake up in ten years having failed to pursue her real writing, but later decides to try to have it both ways and vows to write three hours every night.
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JOHN OSTRANDER: DUMB WAYS TO DIE, BETTER WAYS TO LIVE
by John Ostrander
I was shocked to learn of the death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, one of the bright lights of his acting generation. I then learned he died of a heroin overdose with a needle stuck in his arm, surrounded by 50 packets of heroin, and I’m afraid my first reaction was, “What a stupid way to die.” Ungenerous, I know, but that was my honest first reaction.
I had the same reaction to the death of Paul Walker, of the Fast and Furious franchise, in a fiery crash while drag-racing. Coroner’s report says that Walker was alive, at least briefly, after the car caught fire. What a stupid way to die. I feel sorry for his friends and family who loved him but I also wonder at who Walker and the guy driving him could have killed as well.
I was more bothered by Heath Ledger’s death, also by overdose although this was more prescription medication, than I was by Hoffman’s or Walker’s deaths. A common connection in all three cases is to wonder what else they might have done, what work might they have accomplished. They all left behind family, children, friends who grieve and wonder why the ones they loved died in this fashion.
OUTLINES ARE GOOD, AND 6 MORE FICTION WRITING RULES I HATE TO ADMIT ARE TRUE
Writing rules! Some folks love and need ’em! Other folks hate and ignore ’em! What to do? What to do?
by Rachel Simon
As of last night, I am just over halfway into the second draft of my still-untitled screenplay. I’ve been working on the script, a dark comedy about a college freshman’s return to her hometown over Thanksgiving break, for about three months now. The first draft, a 93-page, incoherent mess of “writing,” took a little over a month; I wrote a few pages each night, and by November, I had a full-length, albeit horrible, script in my hands. I began editing a few weeks later, and although it still needs a ton of work before I can call it done, it’s edging closer to becoming a final product.
Everyone, from bestselling authors to students in A.P. Lit, knows that writing isn’t easy. There’s the creativity, and the motivation, and the hours of work, and, perhaps most importantly, actually finding the time to get it done. As someone who’s known she’s wanted to be a writer since first grade, I’ve long come to terms with the fact that writing takes work. Still, after so many years of practice, I thought I’d mastered it pretty well. I rarely had trouble putting pen to paper, save for a few essays here or there, and when I did encounter writer’s block, it typically lasted a matter of minutes. All in all, I figured I was one of the lucky ones; writing just seemed to come easy to me.