Comments on: On Talent

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:22:21 +0000

I think that there are talented writers who write poorly, and untalented writers who write exactly what they need to; the “mechanics,” of the written word. There is genius in writing salable crap, and there is no glory in writing the greatest screenplay ever written that will not sell. If anything, asking someone if he/she is a “talented writer,” is a bit of a misnomer…what is really important, is if you can allow yourself – with all your talents or lack thereof – to write poorly, be told you suck, smile back and say “thank you, I am determined to change your mind one day.”

By: Brian Burke

Brian Burke — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:56:29 +0000

My test on anything — passion and discipline — without one, the other is not of much use. There are a lot of creative people out there without discipline, and I usually find them to be annoying. The disciplined ones without passion will dutifuly stare at a blank page all day, lol.

By: Riggity Rig

Riggity Rig — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:08:55 +0000

I thought of something else. If you read something that moves you and spend hours, sometimes days, dissecting it to see what makes it tick and how your writing can be improved to be as good as it.