Your Writing Process

[@akioasakura3624]

Thank you again sir 🙏🙏 I can’t write a lot now because I’m super busy, I’m sorry for half forgetting about your videos. But this video was very inspirational. Luckily I got the notification. Thank you and sorry 🙏🙏

[@jeanf8998]

little by little

[@writingforscreens]

Truly, seriously: NO ONE owes me any apologies for not watching videos! It's NOT ABOUT ME. It's about you, and if you're happily (or even unhappily) living your life and doing your stuff and I slip to the sidelines...good! I'll be here, as long as KZbin allows. That's the whole point of doing a channel: I can say something, and leave it here to be found whenever it's useful or interesting. SO glad this was inspirational. Go do your stuff!

[@nathandean4412]

This one really spoke to me, lots of things i needed to hear right now. Gold from start to finish, your best vids (heck, maybe all of them) hold just as much for us old vets as those just starting out. Many thanks for the wisdom, obiwan glennobi 🙏🏻

[@writingforscreens]

I'm so glad to be an obiwan! When I put these things together I always wonder, is this actually going to reach anyone or do anything? And then I read something like this :)

[@xenboy7778]

Wise words. Thank you so much.

[@writingforscreens]

Glad that it's helpful, thank you!

[@yuntang3616]

Every word you said really struck a chord with me. Every video you've posted, I follow attentively and learn from it. Your lectures have given me tremendous inspiration and courage, supporting me to keep moving forward on this challenging path. You are THE BEST mentor I've ever met. I can't express my gratitude enough.Thank you, Glenn. 💖💖💖a rookie screenwriter from China.

[@writingforscreens]

Thank you SO much for this supportive and rewarding message! Keep creating, keep exploring, keep figuring yourself and your work out. Make your path, whatever it turns out to be. There are so many many possibilites.

[@tomlewis4748]

Wow. There is so much good stuff here. And due to how YT videos work, there are no pauses between the nuggets that allow us to ponder these things (it's a bit like trying to parse Aaron Sorkin's compressed dialogue, heh heh). We either have to pause the vid to think about what you are saying (or to think a bit deeper about how it applies to us), or watch the vid over and over, or both. And it's worth doing that. I have one wrinkle here, which is the term 'wasting'. I believe that every moment that is part of the deliberate practice is not 'wasting', or wasted effort, not at all. I think of it as roadwork. Imagine Rocky working the heavy bag. His punches there aren't going to win him any titles. The heavy bag doesn't care anything about those punches. It's not his opponent. But every punch he throws contributes to making him a better fighter. So he works the heavy bag, constantly. The entire opening scene of Rocky running through the streets of Philly doing his roadwork is what establishes that theme: that deliberate practice is the key to success. His motivation is what bonds us to the character immediately. We want to be like him. Someone passionately motivated along a path. So everything you do in the pursuit of writing, even if it will end up being cut, contributes to your path in a positive way. Every punch you throw will contribute to making you a better writer. We work in a non-destructive medium. No 'doorway of no return'. Everything we do can be either saved, discarded, or easily revised. We don't have the same pressure that an ice sculptor has once they start that chainsaw.

[@writingforscreens]

Thank you, yes: I have made a plan for exactly that type of book...but the work involved would require me to postpone my novel, and I don't want to do that. So when the novel's done: may be!

[@wordcharm2649]

Another fantastic and timely video, Glenn!💕

[@writingforscreens]

And thus another thank you!

[@andiballard718]

Came for the writing tips, stayed for the outtakes. Love your Channel!

[@writingforscreens]

Yay! It's important not to get too serious :)

[@Donna07]

Method Writing - love it😃 Impulse check in - yes!!! Awesome advice, thanks Glenn 🙏

[@writingforscreens]

Yay!! Thank you!

[@jeanf8998]

❤as always.

[@nerbomatic6054]

Thanks for this Glenn! I've been struggling with a personal project for a long time now and it's hard to stay positive about it when I've invested so much time and have so little to show for it. I know that my time hasn't been wasted but it's easy to lose sight of that fact while still being so far off from a finished product. Your videos serve as a fantastic lesson and or reminder of how to overcome/manage the difficulties that come along with creative endeavors! Cheers

[@writingforscreens]

I can't thank you enough for sharing with me, it's really the way I get "paid" for these videos: hearing that someone felt encouraged and took some tools from them to try. Keep working, small steps!

[@blue_evolution_studio_official]

Thank you, for this video. The most important process is the healthy one. What would your advice be for someone who wants to write stories for animation, and are there specific tricks writers use or a process when writing for animations or movies?

[@writingforscreens]

Unfortunately, animation is one of the areas of the business that I never was involved with - so I know nothing about it. I think there is a lot of advice out there, keep looking. I would definitely check out "The Screenwriting Life" podcast and "Backstory" online magazine, they are very good resources.

[@blue_evolution_studio_official]

@@writingforscreens I will check them out now. Thank you😄

[@dari.robertos]

Thanks, Glenn. As always, i was a great vid :D

[@writingforscreens]

Thanks!! (I'll be answering your questions in other comments as soon as I can!)

[@CGFernandesOficial]

One of my favorites videos so far was the one about spiral process. This short video about writing process summarizes this concept so beautifully and give us so much more. After writing and publishing some books on my own, I was so focused on deadlines, that I kind of lost my motivation lately. Now I understand why. I didn’t incorporate in my process some time to go back and rewrite. I could not “waste time”. With that I was missing the whole creative aspect that make writing fun, coz I wanted so badly to write fast. Thanks Glenn, your wisdom and encouragement are dearly appreciated. ❤

[@writingforscreens]

Yay! I'm really glad it's helpful. Slowing down and enjoying the work is almost always a good idea...if you can (under your circumstances) do it. Sometimes you've gotta push to a deadline, but if you don't HAVE to, there's a lot to be gained by taking your time. Thanks!

[@matthewlavagna6080]

Another great video! Thanks Glenn!

[@writingforscreens]

You're entirely welcome - thank you for watching!

[@ovarha]

out-takes are a great example of work in progress too 😀👍 amazing motherload of advice, will have to come back to it from time to time, to remind myself about some/all of it

[@writingforscreens]

Very true (about out-takes)! Thank you so much.

[@mc2writes]

Thank you Glenn! Always a great video no matter how many times I watch it. And extremely helpful and encouraging. Thanks again!

[@writingforscreens]

Thanks so much, I'm really grateful to hear this!

[@rimshots_only]

So many wise words... You are the best, Glenn!

[@writingforscreens]

Thank you!!

[@sevenobinna3883]

Thanks a thousand times for this video, with this video I’ve been able to evaluate my writing process and take note of my strengths and weaknesses; the strengths i would have to hone in on, and the weaknesses i would work on getting better in those areas. I personally agree that writing should be fun first and foremost. If you ever find yourself writing and it stops to feel like fun its best to stop writing and go do something else

[@writingforscreens]

I'm so glad we agree! Thank you.

[@jeanf8998]

Creativity in writing is something that is often difficult to compartmentalize. Eventually we writers might need to let the world see us staring off into space when we are supposed to be doing something “productive “.

[@writingforscreens]

I think we should all have live brain-scans going so people can see that parts of our minds are very busy.

[@mandy_was_here5382]

Love your advice. :)

[@writingforscreens]

Thank you, Mandy! Glad you were here :)

[@Ruylopez778]

I don't know if you're familiar with the photographer Garry Winogrand, but there's a couple of short documentaries on KZbin showing him out shooting and discussing his process. It's apparent that he loved what he did and couldn't stop doing it. He was a prolific and renowned artist. And yet, the way he speaks about "failure" and "drudgery" is oddly so inspiring and freeing, just like the sentiments in this video. It turns out, even for 'the greats', it is both wonderful being an artist and at the same time, equally, terrible, which makes me feel much better about going through the same emotions. He also had a really interesting take on the purpose of photographs and being a photographer. There's also a really obnoxious interview on KZbin, which is quite fun, because the host keeps trying to pin Winogrand down, and he refutes all these notions and assumptions.

[@writingforscreens]

I've always loved his work, didn't know about the docs. Thanks!

[@Ruylopez778]

@@writingforscreens short vids: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHvKe6ejo9mSfqs kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYOwan6ZjqqMjtU 30 min interview: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZbQamVtq8SeptE There's also a video of him teaching a class, but that is pretty deep cut for photography nerds. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYGZnYNpisaDaJY

[@entschnabler]

Thank you again for the exact lesson i need to learn! I have on question though: what do you think of the quote "never sit down to write when you don't know what to write" i got it from Ken Atchity, also on filmcourage, where he mostly talks about time management. I am sure what i need most at the moment is to develop a habit of sitting down to write in the early morning, since this would be the best time for me to write besides kids and work and it would forbid me to stay up late and drink alcohol, which anyway leads to me writing - but bad writing, with a hangover.. So i know things will change when i achieve this new and reliable schedule of being creative. Just wondered what you take on it would be. I don't really fear the blank page. My case is rather not being able to track where i am in the process of creating and finishing a story. While being impatient to finally finish something for once. I guess sitting down will lead to me dealing with the next "dealable" thing at the time and so bit by bit it will get clearer so that i will actually just end up writing down what i already figured out. I just maybe get the wrong sense of all the good writing advice where it sounds like "just sit down and write" as if the job was only writing one word after another. It's a different image to say just sit down to work and then to explain that working could be only daydreaming until oops times up see you tomorrow😂 Long story short I will now embark on my uncertain adventure of trying to build a reliable schedule! Thanks alot for the great advice and empathetic motivation! Cheers from berlin

[@writingforscreens]

Thanks! And hello to Berlin! It sounds like from "not being able to track where I am in the process" that you don't use an outline? If so: an outline might help. I always think of an outline as a really great "things-to-do-checklist." If I have finished first drafts of 20 scenes and has 40 scenes in the outline that I haven't written...I know where I am, and also I can feel not-overwhelmed by saying, "If I do just one more scene, I know I have moved along the path." These videos are my thoughts on the usefulness of outlines: Why Outline? - kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2XQXmyDpdJoba8 and How To Outline - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aonaiItjnaebars. You also might look at: Create A Ritual - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6WnqYmpnq5mkNU

[@entschnabler]

@@writingforscreens thank you, i already saw the videos and they were as well very useful. I think i just found myself guilty of avoiding to continue the work. Recently i actually made an outline. Kindof like a vomit draft outline but at first i was quite pleased because for the first time it felt like a whole story. Since then i got into dismissing it in my thoughts and doubting it is any good. But you already taught us that THAT isnt any good. I am not totally lost but rather avoid checking where i am. Need to work on my work ethics. Selfdoubt is my biggest enemy. Thank you for your time. When the material is ready i will definitely consider contacting you!

[@ozdigg9254]

Thank you Glenn. There is nothing you've said that is not useful and inspiring to me. I love writing and have started many projects but get overwhelmed with ideas, and then get disillusioned and lost in the script. My bad I know. What can I do about this? Thank you.

[@hasko_not_the_pirate]

man those colors… I like them, maybe it’s just because of the glass of Portuguese red I’ve had. Thanks for the always inspiring content that makes me want to go write something! Also, what’s that folder roughly left off your left shoulder, next to the sort of chequered book? Nevermind if it’s too personal.

[@writingforscreens]

Thanks! I like the colors too. Not everyone does, but what can we do except - do what we like. I'm not sure what you mean by "folder"? And do you mean MY left shoulder (i.e. for my left hand from my perspective within the frame) or do you mean screen-left? To MY left, the "checkered book" I think is EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS...the books around it include HOW TO READ A FILM, CITY OF NETS and THE CRAFT OF THE SCREENWRITER. On screen-left I think the "checkered book" (the one lying on its side?) is BUILDING STORIES, a collection of graphic novels in a box by Chris Ware. On top of that is a very silly old book called YOUR NOSE AND PERSONALITY which I got just because it was funny. If I haven't identified the thing you mean: tell me more, I'll try to figure it out.

[@meremstudiostories]

❤ ❤❤

[@PureMagma]

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. ✨️🌟🏆🌟✨️

[@writingforscreens]

Exactly!

[@shaynestark1550]

Hey Glen. Did you take down your site? It's not loading for me.

[@writingforscreens]

No, nothing on this end. It's loading okay for me. I'm sorry - give it a bit of time, it should be okay. (YT was strangely slow when I was finishing the livestream Wednesday...maybe they're doing stuff...)