From screenwriter and author J. Michael Straczynski, Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer offers expert insider advice to help fellow writers establish lasting careers as storytellers.
From screenwriter and author J. Michael Straczynski, Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer offers expert insider advice to help fellow writers establish lasting careers as storytellers.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
J. Michael Straczynski has written for TV, film, streaming video and audio, comic books, fiction and nonfiction. He began his career as a reporter for The Los Angeles Times, The Los Angeles Herald Examiner, and TIME Inc., before going on to work in television and film, creating series such as Sense8 for Netflix, and writing the Oscar-nominated Changeling directed by Clint Eastwood. His other work includes Babylon 5, Thor (both the movie and the comic), audio dramas for Syfy and Penguin/Random House, and a six year run on The Amazing Spider-Man. His autobiography, Becoming Superman, was published in 2019 to rave reviews in the Wall Street Journal, NPR, BBC and the Washington Post. His work in comics has sold 13 million individual copies, and his graphic novels have frequently appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. His latest novel, Together We Will Go, will be released in March 2021 from Simon & Shuster.
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CONTENTS Introduction: Why This Book? 1 BECOMING A WRITER In Which We Discuss Murdered Typewriters, Lost Loves, and the Writing Impulse 7 Who Are You? Version 1.0 21 Writing for the Workshop 27 Sanding It Down 35 Building Characters and Worlds 43 Muse-Ings 55 You Can't Sell an Idea 63 Shark Alert! 71 Hearing Voices 81 Finish the Damned Thing 87 Hills, Valleys, and the Refractory Period 93 Questions of Intent 99 How to Build a Monster in Three Easy Lessons 105 To the University or College Student 113 Systems of Creation 121 Making Time 131 Value Added 135 STAYING A WRITER Who Are You? Version 2.0 141 Nota Bene 143 Agents of Darkness 151 Imposter Syndrome 161 Annnnd Here's the Pitch 167 Several Hundred Words About Writer's Block 177 Turning It Upside Down 183 Two for the Price of Fun 189 What's in the Box? 195 The Thick Plotens 199 Living (or at Least Surviving) the Writing Life 205 Concluding Thoughts: Touching the World 215 Acknowledgments 221 Index 223 About the Author 229
CONTENTS Introduction: Why This Book? 1 BECOMING A WRITER In Which We Discuss Murdered Typewriters, Lost Loves, and the Writing Impulse 7 Who Are You? Version 1.0 21 Writing for the Workshop 27 Sanding It Down 35 Building Characters and Worlds 43 Muse-Ings 55 You Can't Sell an Idea 63 Shark Alert! 71 Hearing Voices 81 Finish the Damned Thing 87 Hills, Valleys, and the Refractory Period 93 Questions of Intent 99 How to Build a Monster in Three Easy Lessons 105 To the University or College Student 113 Systems of Creation 121 Making Time 131 Value Added 135 STAYING A WRITER Who Are You? Version 2.0 141 Nota Bene 143 Agents of Darkness 151 Imposter Syndrome 161 Annnnd Here's the Pitch 167 Several Hundred Words About Writer's Block 177 Turning It Upside Down 183 Two for the Price of Fun 189 What's in the Box? 195 The Thick Plotens 199 Living (or at Least Surviving) the Writing Life 205 Concluding Thoughts: Touching the World 215 Acknowledgments 221 Index 223 About the Author 229
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