Jim McGrath
If you wait for inspiration you'll never write anything!
Thomas Edison said that inventing was 99% perspiration and I% inspiration. It's the same with writing. But even that 1% does not occur in a vacuum. Sitting there with a blank mind waiting for the big idea to pop into your mind fully formed is not going to work.
For me inspiration comes when I'm sitting at the computer hammering away. Concentrating on what I'm doing. Not thinking beyond the next sentence. It's then that inspiration strikes in the form of new ideas or fully formed characters or answers to problems I've been struggling with for days.
When such inspiration strikes it's essential that you write the idea down immediately otherwise you will forget it.
Cheers,
Jim
Thomas Edison said that inventing was 99% perspiration and I% inspiration. It's the same with writing. But even that 1% does not occur in a vacuum. Sitting there with a blank mind waiting for the big idea to pop into your mind fully formed is not going to work.
For me inspiration comes when I'm sitting at the computer hammering away. Concentrating on what I'm doing. Not thinking beyond the next sentence. It's then that inspiration strikes in the form of new ideas or fully formed characters or answers to problems I've been struggling with for days.
When such inspiration strikes it's essential that you write the idea down immediately otherwise you will forget it.
Cheers,
Jim
More Answered Questions
Jeffrey Samuels
asked
Jim McGrath:
I read your screenplay "Secrets of a Small Town" and thought it excellent. I have been writing a script for years and would like you to rewrite it. My email address is peaches.samuels@outlook.com. Please let me know your thoughts. How may we may proceed? Thank you, Jeffrey Samuels
Jeffrey Samuels
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Jim McGrath:
Hi Jim Thanks so much for your prompt reply. The writer of the screen play's name is Jim McGrath. What a coincidence. If I remember reading your bio, it says you too are a writer. Oh well. Back to the drawing board. Good idea for a movie but I don't write good dialogue. The dialogue I saw Jim write was excellent. You are in good company. Are you writing now? Thanks again, Jeffrey Samuels
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