There's something fun about digging into other people's processes. As a writer, you need to formulate your own way to get the words onto the page. But checking in to get writing advice from others can help you refine what you need to do and add new wrinkles to your steps. Today, I want to dive into this video from Film Courage that tells you that to write well, you have to write badly first. Let's dive in. Unpacking an Unconventional Writing Process The core of this video is about writing "awful pages on purpose" in order to get all the bad ideas and words out before you can dig into the good ones. The idea is that it is a liberating concept that frees you from the shackles of perfectionism and just lets you create. The theory is that if you let yourself explore, you actually find the core of the stuff you're working on rewriting, Just like an artist who sketches before painting, writers need to get the "bad" ideas out to make way for the good ones.The Journey to BrillianceSometimes, this road is much harder than others. But the one thing that remains consistent for me, and I think a lot of writers, is that creativity is rarely a lightning strike of inspiration. It's a slow, iterative process of refinement. And the video beautifully compares writing to an oil painting, where an artist layers paint, covering up mistakes and building upon what works until the desired image emerges.That...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 10 July