Month: March 2014
Herewith, ten idiosyncratic observations on the subject of generating ideas. 1. Ideas seem to come by themselves, unbidden. In certain careers that I’ve spent time in—advertising and the movie business, for example—I’ve labored under conditions where you have to produce on demand. It’s hard. It’s do-able, but it’s never really worked for me. I can’t press. It’s hard for me to grind ’em out. 2. Ideas seem to come in off-moments. They appear when the brain is turned off. For me that’s when I’m half asleep, pre-dawn or tossing in the middle of the night; when I’m in the shower…
Read MoreCindy Lou asks a question that we’ve all had to figure out over the years. How do you get your friends to understand you don’t work for free. Especially during the Holiday’s, friends seem to forget I work for a living. Listen to our podcast and then read I Will Not Read Your Fucking Screenplay. It’s great.
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