I Have Anxiety When I Think About Writing - Adam William Ward

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Adam is a Jewish-American born in Abington, Pennsylvania who grew up in Bucks County, PA. At age twelve his family relocated to Roseburg, Oregon; a new and unfamiliar small town. As the middle child of three, Adam realized he had to stand out to gain any measure of attention, if he wanted his rightful place at the dinner table. His antics started purely as a way to amuse his family, but quickly blossomed into a desire to entertain a bigger audience. This desire, however, was abated by a nearly crippling case of stage fright that lasted until he joined his high school's drama program as a teenager. Through his teacher and classmates' encouragement, Adam gradually let go and confronted his fear. It seemed to work. After receiving much local acclaim in his first year on stage, his high school named the A-Ward Award after him and it is still given annually to the most outstanding newcomer. It was because of this success Ward pursued his love of film as an undergrad at Hawaii Pacific University where he graduated with a Communications Degree. After graduating from college, Ward made his way to Hollywood! During his first day in town, he used his charm to land a position in post production at Dreamworks. From there, he segued to a gig working for Todd Phillips at Warner Brothers. But pursuing a career made him temporarily lose sight of his dream (dream of what?) It wasn't until Ward bumped into Jimmy Smits at LAX that he was convinced to go back and study acting again. At Smits' recommendation, he began studying at the Joanne Baron DW School of Acting during which he found time to star in eleven short films. The following year ward was a lead in three independent features. But it wasn't until the year 2011 Ward, took his destiny in his own hands and wrote, directed and starred in a tv comedy called, "Three Guys and a Couch" (On Amazon Prime). In 2013 wrote Directed and Starred in "Parole Officers" another tv pilot. (On Amazon Prime). Later in 2014 Ward co-wrote a feature film called, "Wally Got Wasted". [See more of Adam's bio on IMDB]
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[@filmcourage]

What part of the writing process causes the most anxiety for you?

[@familycorvette]

In my experience, when I'm struggling, it's usually because I haven't done enough research. If you don't know what should happen, it's because you don't know enough about the setting and situations you're trying to put your characters through. And when you don't know enough, you dread the research because you can't know how much is enough until you find out what you need to know.

[@filmcourage]

Thanks for the comment! What do you write?

[@marliebear]

Sharing my Deep feelings which could crush people whom will know I'm referring to themselves. If it gets made... If they see it...

[@familycorvette]

@@filmcourage Historical espionage thriller.

[@filmcourage]

Sounds exciting. What era?

[@Swissvmillieyt]

THIS CHANNEL IS VERY MOTIVATIONAL AND SO HELPFUL FOR CREATORS LIKE ME

[@filmcourage]

Love to hear it! We hope you are working on something right now!

[@Stratmanable]

Motivate yourself to learn how to use your fucking caps lock.

[@RyanThaLion1]

This is perfect timing for me. I have a short film I want to start but upon consulting with an experienced writer, they suggested I go for a feature instead and explained to break it down into a few scenes….then the anxiety kicked in. Hearing the same advice but from your perspective helps ease the anxiety and build confidence through baby steps. Great video!

[@matthewdeklerk3457]

Finally, a creative acknowledging that flow/anxiety/mental is not the issue everyone thinks it is. Writing is no different from any other vocation or profession. If your plumber said they had "plumber's block" and said they can't fix your toilet today, or if a Doctor had "doctor's block", you'd rightfully call it out as nonsense. A writer who needs flow or the perfect time to write will never write anything. They're a hobbyist tourist at best. Stephen King write half of his collection on a tumbledrier on a 20kg "portable" typewriter. No excuses. Just write.

[@ronreidjr]

It's all of us in different ways

[@AaronClow]

Wow did I need this. I'm at two days of not writing after having written every day for the last few months and I was telling my wife just today - the longer I get away from the writing, the more I remember how much I feared writing when I wasn't doing it. I haven't felt like that for months (it has been great not feeling it), and today was the first day I felt it again. Thank you for the reminder - write tonight before I tuck in. Don't let one more day go by without writing.

[@wexwuthor1776]

One piece at a time. That's how Johnny Cash does it.

[@daniel_najar]

"Bad or good, start writing ✍"

[@NewClimax-d6l]

Today, not tomorrow .🖋

[@ronreidjr]

We all have anxiety. It takes a community to keep us grounded and focused. 🎉🎉🎉 There is no one part. It depends. My Stacking style has me jumping from project to project in the same week. So, each time I go back at it to have me not forget to apply my last notes So, I'm not spinning my wheels

[@lowbudgetmic]

Do or die 😎😮💛🍑🌎🥷

[@miketemple7686]

How do you determine if your story is best fit for a movie or a book?

[@ronreidjr]

For me, I usually workshop it with other writers and actors.

[@Quantumfuturestrader]

I just ditched a whole scene because it was fluff and filler. Good scene but didn't work.

[@SCx4]

His process is he rewrites Weekend at Bernie's.