10 Things I Try to Remember While Writing
Kevin Delin | Jan 28, 2013 | Comments 1 |
0. Trust.
1. It’s not a blank page; it’s a clean slate.
2. If you can’t play like a child, you can’t create like an adult.
3. Always work with your muse. But also work without her.
4. The audience is not that patient.
5. Structure is for the audience’s unconscious mind, not their conscious one.
6. Everybody likes a surprise.
7. Tighter.
8. Nothing should be arbitrary.
9. The best creations only appear to be effortless.
10. Generate a body work, even without venue for it.
If you didn’t like this column, you most certainly won’t enjoy my previous one: Where I Found the Toothbrush
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About the Author: Kevin Delin took a few writing courses (among other things) at MIT from playwright A.R. Gurney and author Frank Conroy. Unable to convince backers to turn his textbook, Foundations of Applied Superconductivity, into the Broadway spectacular it deserved to be, he let his id run amuck and wrote Heat & Hostility instead. With an immodest plot about immodest gender relations, the play was an immodest success: the police never raided the theater. The last mentionable thing he did in a theater (besides seeing a play) was participate in Hollywood Fringe 2012 as both a writer and director in Theatre Unleashed’s 24-Hour production. You can follow him on Twitter @KDelin.
I can’t agree with the effortless part, there are some pretty overwhelming paintings whose magnificence visibly suggests oceans of work, also Giacometti is a an example of work built entirely of “mistakes” and that takes alot of work, believe me I know!