Making The Time To Write And Building A Writing Career - Dr. Ken Atchity [SUPER INTERVIEW - 4 HOURS]

[@Enceeeeeee]

Thanks for the upload. It makes me happy to hear that living a life of solitude to create is nothing to be ashamed of and protecting the brain is very important. I have always used the high and the joy of the creative work to keep me going. And just recently that I’ve managed to figure it out and learning to say - no to spend any time with people who don’t create, otherwise I keep explaining my self to them as they are simply an echo chambers of conformed minds.

[@FilmCourage2]

Well said! Thank you for watching and for the comment.

[@Enceeeeeee]

Film Courage 2 my pleasure, I am sure you have realised it as well that this is almost a spiritual experience to meet and listen to people who are on path to seek something higher through their creative work. I have been doing a mad project as well from last ten years. It’s on my website mainly bharatkatha.in Thanks again.

[@FilmCourage2]

@@Enceeeeeee Thank you!

[@brennerent]

TY so much! I was watching this video for months 10 minutes per day with some breaks. And it was worth it. Thank you.

[@FilmCourage2]

That is dedication! Thanks for watching. We're happy you found some value here.

[@danbee998]

I really enjoyed Dr. Atchity's interviews on Film Courage. I'll have to watch this one at 1.5x. Thanks for the upload!

[@danbee998]

47:58 / 49:41 --- This is absolutely nutty. Couldn't get a script sold, so a book was written. Hollywood came knocking on his door when the book was written for the screenplay. 53:12 --- Fantastic information. 57:20 --- Pathways for Storytellers. 57:33 to 57:44 / 1:13:45 --- For those trying the 49:41 trick. 1:18:40 (important through 1:27:54) --- Coverage / Story Report. 1:37:41 to 1:44:35 --- Screenwriter Personalities, Pitching, and See Script Buyers as an Audience (during a pitch). 1:45:20 --- Definition of a Treatment. / 1:47:16 --- The Treatment is a Pitch (in place of a meeting). 1:47:05 --- Definition of a Synopsis. 1:54:21 --- Writer's Create Illusion. 2:01:44 --- Star Wars (Changed Movie Making). 2:07:56 --- Creativity and Harnessed/Unharnessed Talent. / 2:33:39 (People should be doing more to improve mood to work). 2:08:41 --- *Determination* --(leads to)--> *Discipline* --(leads to)--> *Work & Time* --(yielding)--> *Productivity* / 2:21:10 Only 2 Things Can be Managed (Work & Time). 2:15:41 --- Don't let people talk you out of your dream. / 2:49:00 What happens when someone asks "What are you going to do for a living?" 2:25:42 --- Stopwatch Method. 2:45:07 --- The Externalization of the Creative Process. 2:55:40 to 3:08:45 --- Parts of the Creative Mind. 3:41:01 --- Three Rules Writers Should Know About Screenwriting. 3:46:39 --- Formula for Writing a Great Story. 3:50:00 --- Process Dr. Atchity uses for Developing Characters. 3:52:07 --- The Antihero Character. 4:10:24 --- Work--Life Balance. 4:20:05 --- Fear of Mediocrity.

[@thomashutchinson4391]

Thank you for this interview, both to Ken Atchity and the interviewer behind the camera! For me it is great to hear Ken's thoughts, some of which I remember from a class of his at Occidental College, and many which have to do with life as a whole (and not only about writing, eg, for Hollywood productions). A big applause to you guys!

[@FilmCourage2]

Hi Thomas, Thank you so much for the kind words. Great to hear you took a class with Dr. Ken. Would love to have attended that one! Cheers! FC

[@alyssiaalexandria3553]

Thank you sincerely for sharing this inspiring interview. I've committed to focus on finishing the many draft ideas and enjoy the solitude of the creative process. Wow if I had the privilege of having a mentor like Dr. Atchity I wouldn't be a recovering procrastinator:). Appreciate his honesty and real experience to shepherd writers along the journey, write on:)!

[@Joao-pe8ur]

I'm an illustrator and I'm gaining a lot of insights from this interview

[@zipperpillow]

Affirmation of practices I've discovered independently. When you hook a big, exciting idea get as much out as you can all day, every day until that tank runs dry. Nothing is more engaging or as satisfying, so ride it out while it lasts. You don't have to finish it. Have something you're supposed to be doing, other commitments, work, get-togethers you don't want to go to, and don't do them. Go for long bike rides or walks in the woods to exercise and meditate/reflect on idea #1. Jump into your next idea and plow until that horse drops. You don't have to plow the whole field. While doing that you'll get more ideas for Idea #1. Re-read idea #1 start-to-finish. This should give you more insights and ideas about how to finish idea #1, or might trigger an idea for project #3. Start project #3. You can juggle 6-7 balls, actively. Some projects take years, some take days or weeks. If your idea-well goes dry, get a short-term job doing something physical but not too mentally taxing. This will cause your body to change, and will give your imagination time to wander. Invariably your imagination will circle back to the projects you still have dangling unfinished. You might have 20 years between the start of a song, and the finishing of it. Some you can start and finish in the shower.

[@AKN8V]

What a way to end. Manage your own existence. I’m definitely stealing that! Lol

[@Darfaultner]

Make time to write by listening to a four-hour interview? Okay, lol, but maybe not tonight.

[@dustyhills8911]

This page really can be free education for a lot of us though. I love all this content! And you'll notice that they share the shorter pieces of the same interviews, picking out specific topics. I've learned to use what works for me and take with a grain of salt, what doesn't.

[@muratisik6956]

Be grateful and listen to it in parts instead of complaining. 😉