Comments on: (No Need To) Know Thyself https://www.thestorydepartment.com/screenwriting-no-need-to-know-thyself/ Story. Screenplay. Sale. Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:53:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: David Di Muro https://www.thestorydepartment.com/screenwriting-no-need-to-know-thyself/#comment-818 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:53:07 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=12900#comment-818 @Aarhon +5 insightful

true. the worst thing a writer can do is keep trying to use a “method” that doesn’t work for them. if you’re not happy with your writing try something different. keep trying different things until you are truly happy. don’t read or listen to opinions trying to find the solution. you must explore and seek until you have found your own path.

]]> By: Aarhon https://www.thestorydepartment.com/screenwriting-no-need-to-know-thyself/#comment-817 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:20:21 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=12900#comment-817 No. And I don’t need to analyse whether one way is better than the other either. We’re all different, what I do as a writer will be different than Joss Whedon or anybody else for that matter. I like to go with the old adage, ‘take what you like and leave the rest’. I don’t think anyone has the ‘answer’ when it comes to writing but we can learn from each other’s experience and knowledge. The important thing is to write and not judge how we do it or from what place we do it, whether you go deep into character work or not… just write because it brings you joy and sparks your passion.

Examining the creative process and self analysis aren’t bad things. Teaching that perspective isn’t wrong, it’s just another way to go, it may or may not resonate with you. I like what you said when you encouraged people to focus on their writing and if it wasn’t comfortable for them to delve into the deeper self issues then don’t. That makes sense.

Moral: There’s more than one way to unlock a muse. Do what feels right for you.

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