From screenwriter and author J. Michael Straczynski, Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer offers expert insider advice to help fellow writers establish lasting careers as storytellers.
From screenwriter and author J. Michael Straczynski, Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer offers expert insider advice to help fellow writers establish lasting careers as storytellers.
CONTENTS Introduction: Why This Book? 1 BECOMING A WRITER In Which We Discuss Murdered Typewriters, Lost Loves, and the Writing Impulse 7 Who Are You? Version 1.0 21 Writing for the Workshop 27 Sanding It Down 35 Building Characters and Worlds 43 Muse-Ings 55 You Can't Sell an Idea 63 Shark Alert! 71 Hearing Voices 81 Finish the Damned Thing 87 Hills, Valleys, and the Refractory Period 93 Questions of Intent 99 How to Build a Monster in Three Easy Lessons 105 To the University or College Student 113 Systems of Creation 121 Making Time 131 Value Added 135 STAYING A WRITER Who Are You? Version 2.0 141 Nota Bene 143 Agents of Darkness 151 Imposter Syndrome 161 Annnnd Here's the Pitch 167 Several Hundred Words About Writer's Block 177 Turning It Upside Down 183 Two for the Price of Fun 189 What's in the Box? 195 The Thick Plotens 199 Living (or at Least Surviving) the Writing Life 205 Concluding Thoughts: Touching the World 215 Acknowledgments 221 Index 223 About the Author 229
CONTENTS Introduction: Why This Book? 1 BECOMING A WRITER In Which We Discuss Murdered Typewriters, Lost Loves, and the Writing Impulse 7 Who Are You? Version 1.0 21 Writing for the Workshop 27 Sanding It Down 35 Building Characters and Worlds 43 Muse-Ings 55 You Can't Sell an Idea 63 Shark Alert! 71 Hearing Voices 81 Finish the Damned Thing 87 Hills, Valleys, and the Refractory Period 93 Questions of Intent 99 How to Build a Monster in Three Easy Lessons 105 To the University or College Student 113 Systems of Creation 121 Making Time 131 Value Added 135 STAYING A WRITER Who Are You? Version 2.0 141 Nota Bene 143 Agents of Darkness 151 Imposter Syndrome 161 Annnnd Here's the Pitch 167 Several Hundred Words About Writer's Block 177 Turning It Upside Down 183 Two for the Price of Fun 189 What's in the Box? 195 The Thick Plotens 199 Living (or at Least Surviving) the Writing Life 205 Concluding Thoughts: Touching the World 215 Acknowledgments 221 Index 223 About the Author 229
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