Vigorish9
01-08-2005, 10:28 PM
i'm a twin, so for most of my adolescent life i was always keenly away of things that didn't' affect me... that's not the normal mindset of an 8 year old. an 8 yr. old knows the world through his impulses.
but being a twin is like a collaborative effort, a symphony of entertwined objectives. you're basically shackled to this person emotional and physically, so right from the start you have someone there, through the good, the bad, whatever.
he's like a whiteboard, that you can wipe off at the end of the day, and when you wake up, it's fresh... but you can still see the residue of the past on the white board. you with me?
all this is why i prefer to have a writing partner, and in the writers lexicon, that's like saying shakespear never existed.
the more i moved into the culture and lifestyle of a writer, i realized that this lore was true -- it is ingrained that writing is solitude. if all the stages of film beyond the script can be sectioned off as collaborative; the sanctity of the lone writer is still there.
my mindset coming into writing was... are you kidding me... i can't do this alone. my entire nurtured life told me that you have to consider this other guy - what's the plan - how do we get out of this - what do we do?
that mindset fits perfectly with screenwriting, and that's why i have always believed that if you have two master chefs, and one expediter - whatever you're cooking is gonna taste all right.
the key to writing good characters is to consider the other guy, innately, while simultaneously tyring to push your own agenda.
life imitates art
vig
but being a twin is like a collaborative effort, a symphony of entertwined objectives. you're basically shackled to this person emotional and physically, so right from the start you have someone there, through the good, the bad, whatever.
he's like a whiteboard, that you can wipe off at the end of the day, and when you wake up, it's fresh... but you can still see the residue of the past on the white board. you with me?
all this is why i prefer to have a writing partner, and in the writers lexicon, that's like saying shakespear never existed.
the more i moved into the culture and lifestyle of a writer, i realized that this lore was true -- it is ingrained that writing is solitude. if all the stages of film beyond the script can be sectioned off as collaborative; the sanctity of the lone writer is still there.
my mindset coming into writing was... are you kidding me... i can't do this alone. my entire nurtured life told me that you have to consider this other guy - what's the plan - how do we get out of this - what do we do?
that mindset fits perfectly with screenwriting, and that's why i have always believed that if you have two master chefs, and one expediter - whatever you're cooking is gonna taste all right.
the key to writing good characters is to consider the other guy, innately, while simultaneously tyring to push your own agenda.
life imitates art
vig