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user-inactivated  ·  3717 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Zen Pencils: A screenwriter’s advice

Not a fan of Shonda Rhimes or pretty much anything she's done (I love political television, but I just can't watch Scandal).

Though, if there are other people around who enjoy film/screenwriting and like watching interviews/process type things, the Academy Originals youtube channel has a series called "Creative Spark" - some of the people featured are meh, some are neat. I personally got a kick out of Eric Roth's episode. I found Paul Haggis' notion of "fooling yourself" into different processes to get work done funny and particularly relatable.

I enjoy seeing different workflows and creative processes. Some people seem to be stoically attached to a schedule or a certain setting, others seem to drift along as they write. All pretty interesting. Sometimes it's enjoyable to try and adapt some of the workflows into your own, though I've never known a workflow to be a guarantee of anything.