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comin down quickly after 28
sigh - and i just rented that movie along with GS last night, too. s'all comin down, i tell ya :pleased: . ...
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So many of you ask me about writing, just skim through the comments and you'll see thousands of stories to write about. All I did was sit down and write about what I was feeling in my own life. What bothers you, what makes you laugh, what do you obsess about, what makes your stomach turn, what do you lust over? - just sit down and write about those things. That's what's universally interesting; those are the kinds of movies I like to go see: regular people in real life situations, dealing with emotions and worries I can relate to. Also, think about starting very simply; don't overwhelm yourself trying to think about the whole movie; write a scene between two people, then write what happens after that, then what happens after that. Don't get boggled down worrying about outlines and rules, just tell a bunch of stories that happen to the same group of people. And try (for lack of a better expression) keeping it real. There's a saying I really like to think about when I'm writing: "Don't do that, they do that in movies." Anytime I find myself writing something that feels nowhere close to reality, I try to stop and reign it back to what's true for me. Blah, blah, blah. I just wanted to offer up a couple of thoughts since so many have you have asked about it. ...
Okay: Amazing film to see: Maria Full of Grace.
Amazing Song to play obsessively: "Narrow Escape" by Ray LaMontagne *
Insanely funny thing to watch on the net: Viral Videos on www.ifilm.com. ...
Smile, take a deep breath, it all starts going by really quickly after 28,
ZB
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* he's ok. ahaha. lamontagne, i mean. "narrow escape" is a slow jam, i think lamontagne's best tracks are the faster and midtempo ones; he sounds best live as well. "narrow escape" depressed me. ahaha. ¶ 2/07/2005 08:00:00 PM
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So many of you ask me about writing, just skim through the comments and you'll see thousands of stories to write about. All I did was sit down and write about what I was feeling in my own life. What bothers you, what makes you laugh, what do you obsess about, what makes your stomach turn, what do you lust over? - just sit down and write about those things. That's what's universally interesting; those are the kinds of movies I like to go see: regular people in real life situations, dealing with emotions and worries I can relate to. Also, think about starting very simply; don't overwhelm yourself trying to think about the whole movie; write a scene between two people, then write what happens after that, then what happens after that. Don't get boggled down worrying about outlines and rules, just tell a bunch of stories that happen to the same group of people. And try (for lack of a better expression) keeping it real. There's a saying I really like to think about when I'm writing: "Don't do that, they do that in movies." Anytime I find myself writing something that feels nowhere close to reality, I try to stop and reign it back to what's true for me. Blah, blah, blah. I just wanted to offer up a couple of thoughts since so many have you have asked about it. ...
Okay: Amazing film to see: Maria Full of Grace.
Amazing Song to play obsessively: "Narrow Escape" by Ray LaMontagne *
Insanely funny thing to watch on the net: Viral Videos on www.ifilm.com. ...
Smile, take a deep breath, it all starts going by really quickly after 28,
ZB
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* he's ok. ahaha. lamontagne, i mean. "narrow escape" is a slow jam, i think lamontagne's best tracks are the faster and midtempo ones; he sounds best live as well. "narrow escape" depressed me. ahaha. ¶ 2/07/2005 08:00:00 PM
