tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529570386112067463.post1749756806861420587..comments2023-08-08T05:33:16.999-04:00Comments on The Screenwriters League: The Writing Week (Vol. 2) part 61 - Should Writing be a Chore?Cake Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04345753587752960115noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529570386112067463.post-47356091633506156262009-03-03T14:25:00.000-05:002009-03-03T14:25:00.000-05:00Shout-out, ftw.I think writers get in moods where ...Shout-out, ftw.<BR/><BR/>I think writers get in moods where writing does feel like a chore. I think it's inevitable. I'm defining chore in this sense as something you do despite not wanting to do it. Naturally, if you do something every day there are going to be some days where, due to any one of an infinite number of variables, you don't really want to do it. You hit on the solution here - this is where discipline comes in. So long as you make yourself WORK through these moods, you'll find yourself on the other side of things. And if you never do, then you write something like "Adaptation."<BR/><BR/>Your training, I believe, addresses those times when writing isn't quite in your heart. There's a similar parallel with acting and acting technique. Ideally, an actor can get on the stage and just do it without really understanding why. The motivations of the character they're playing, the actions, the objectives, it all clicks to produce something magical. Where technique comes in is when you have to do it over and over again or where you can't quite figure out your character's angle. In those moments, your training kicks in and helps you find that dynamic quality that an actor strives for.<BR/><BR/>In a perfect world, you sit at your keyboard and go to town every day and create something beautiful, but the world is not perfect. When you don't want to write, because something is more pressing in your life, because you're uninspired, or because the challenges posed by your script seem too daunting, you come back to technique and discipline to pull you through.<BR/><BR/>Should writing be a chore? No. Is it? Sometimes. And if you loathe it all the time, the problem is not necessarily writing, but it could be the writer's approach to his/her craft.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07360537684213341448noreply@blogger.com