3 - 2 - 1 | Screenwriting Thursday: You are Unique, Why We Make Art, Pursuit

Jun 11

I’m feeling a little philosophical today in my first two ideas, but the final one is a writing tip.

I’m currently in the middle of refining the feature vomit draft I wrote in just 1 hour a day/ 4 days a week in the first 3 months of the year. I’m in the hard part now (is every part the hard part?) but every day I show up, it gets better ❤️

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Now, on with the show -

But First…

3 IDEAS FROM ME

I.

Just as I do not fear another artist will replace me as an artist, I do not fear AI replacing me as an artist.

What makes your art unique is YOU. YOUR experiences, YOUR taste, YOUR perspective on life.

Even if someone were to scan your brain and make an exact copy of you with all of your memories, that copy would not make the same art as you. The moment it came into existence it would start it’s own unique journey.

The permutations of experience are endless.

II.

Why do we make art anyway? Largely for personal fulfillment, no? To share a creative point of view? To learn how we think and explore certain concepts deeply? For fun? Because we are deeply and unreasonably compelled to for no apparent reason?

Whatever it is, I find with most creatives, the sole driving motivation is rarely profit.

III.

Every line is a tactic in pursuit of want. A line that exists for any reason other than the character pursuing something belongs to the writer. The audience can always feel the difference.

2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS

I.

Steven Pressfield, The War of Art:

“Resistance is experienced as fear. The more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that the enterprise is important to us.”

II.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations:

“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”

1 QUESTION FOR YOU

When the first excitement of a project wears off, doubt usually moves in to take its place. Name the specific fear that shows up in the middle of your work. Whose voice is it in?

Until next week,
Kate Gaulke

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