tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904569952886147761.post353413675778263493..comments2011-06-02T17:32:21.275-07:00Comments on ADAM: A Process Journal: 1st Post in ProcessADAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17222290301383259480noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904569952886147761.post-63473379094744500252011-05-18T21:48:18.072-07:002011-05-18T21:48:18.072-07:00Yes!!! This is great! I'm so glad Adam is see...Yes!!! This is great! I'm so glad Adam is seeing the light of day! <br /><br />Trial and error is really the only way we can improve. And the only way for that to happen is for you to put yourself out there and lay that egg. Some people are chickens who are afraid to lay eggs in public but you're doing it! You're making a film! You're laying an egg that someone(s) some day is going to enjoy for breakfast! All the vegans can just eat their broccoli farts.<br /><br />To be quite honest, I feel like I learned the most about story from you at Columbia. A major turning point was when you pointed out that all great stories that really resonate with an audience are those with heart. You have the capacity to be an amazing storyteller, so let yourself be.Cassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170661624845669027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904569952886147761.post-25688767561235045322011-05-18T18:57:26.566-07:002011-05-18T18:57:26.566-07:00J-Mer: I would recommend reading the book "Th...J-Mer: I would recommend reading the book "The Lie That Tells The Truth" by John Dufresne. Like you, I'm always digging away at some narrative thread. However, I have no idea how to develop any of those ideas in a substantive way. I know that my drawings run parallel to writing even if I'm not actually writing anything. So I started reading books about writing. I read Stephen King's book "On Writing" (pretty good). E.M. Forester's "Aspects of the Novel" and I think something by Henry Miller as well. I found "The Lie . . ." to be the most helpful and direct in encouraging me to drop whatever strict rules and ideas I held about this character, or that narrative idea, forget whatever engine I want to drive the story. etc. and just kind of let the thing happen through doing it. I think the best work comes out of finding it naturally . . . which is a frightening and exhausting process.<br /><br />But I have faith in you, fella. You've got your brain pointed in the correct direction.beebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17294239926173539813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904569952886147761.post-74486059124982484712011-05-18T16:06:08.117-07:002011-05-18T16:06:08.117-07:00A lot of the things you say I can relate to. I als...A lot of the things you say I can relate to. I also feel that I lack experience, and in my case skill. I sometimes think that artists and writers sell themselves short, seeing only what they cannot do and take for granted the things they can. I agree, the only way to learn how to do something is to experience it; to do it. I personally strive to use what I can do to my advantage, and through my projects get better at the things I'm not so good at yet. I remember hearing a popular television actor being asked which show he worked on he enjoyed the most, and his answer- the one he hadn't done yet. <br /><br />Thank you for starting this blog to share with us "the film you haven't done yet". I'm sure it will be your greatest work yet. :3Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07495103607750558298noreply@blogger.com