I had an old acquaintance, many, many years ago that I haven't seen since, who was writing a book. He said he was having trouble getting through the boring parts, and wrote quickly so he could get to the exciting stuff.
If you're not enjoying all of it, you're doing it wrong.
Most good writing is less about the story and more about how you're telling it. Most writing that matters, at any rate.
[2013-02-21]
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There's an old episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show in which Rob (Van Dyke) receives a book in the mail form an old friend who finally got published. It reignites Van Dyke's excitement about writing a novel and the show unfolds around his struggles and realization that he should stick to comedy.
I was always struck by that - a writer wanting to work in a different genre, but eventually being satisfied with where he's at.
I first saw that episode as a child and promised myself, I'll be the guy that writes that book and sends a copy to my friends.
I kept half that promise.
[2013-02-21]
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At some point, all writers realize they will only and always be writers, and so that's where they spend what time they have, because being the best writer is more important than being an adequate something else, and if you have limited time, you give it to words, like whales that just swim until they find the graveyard that will hold their bones.[1]
[2013-03-23]
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There is a very good episode of Barney Miller in which an aging Native American is picked up by Det. Wojciehowicz for protesting in a city park. The old Indian is deemed mentally unstable and scheduled for Bellvue, a famous New York mental hospital. Wojo reluctantly agrees to transport the old Indian to Bellvue and lets him spend a few more minutes in the park, where the old Indian dies. The 1970's was a period in which Americans came to terms with the injustices suffered by Native Americans, and story lines like this were common.
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