Thoughts From
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Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. True dat.
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 I'm not usually a fan of MBTI type generalisations, but as an INFP I can only concur that I share this problem. Although, I assume this could be true for any number of perceiving types, especially the other FPs (ENFPs, ESFPs and ISFPs).
In any case, I have decided to avoid doing too many lists, and instead I take it one day at a time. Writing a screenplay for me is like juggling. It’s like, how many balls can you get in the air at once? All those ideas have to float out there to a certain point and then they’ll crystallise into a pattern. It sometimes takes me three or four days to get into a head space where I can do that and if I get interrupted at any point I have to start over. So I couldn’t be one of these staff writers who hangs out, does a long lunch, goes back, and writes six pages in the afternoon. I feel ya, James Cameron. All the way. To a T.
Unless your hero is a sociopath, characters have to face tough questions and come to a realization that causes change. I would argue that even sociopaths must do this. I mean, look at Dexter - his life was one long shit storm of tough questions. The most important change is not necessarily in the character, but in the audience.
Sometimes a book isn't a heartbreaking work of staggering genius. Sometimes it's the only story you knew how to tell. Unless I tell myself this in order to let myself off the hook and not try my damnedest...
I want to write 'heartbreaking work of staggering genius' - whatever that means to me. Whether or not the world considers my work 'heartbreaking' and of 'staggering genius' is essentially beyond my control. Please stop destroying what is left of your heart by constantly thinking about things that have broken you. Must remember to be kind to myself. Thoughts can be so destructive. I repeat them enough times, they become true and my brain has effectively been rewired.
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AuthorI'm Marianne. I'm a writer. Writing down stuff helps me understand life better. Maybe this stuff will help you too. Categories
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