Comments for Cover My Script http://www.covermyscript.com Real Serious Script Coverage Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:07:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Getting Away From Your Desk: Screenwriting in the Wild by Xandy Sussan http://www.covermyscript.com/2010/02/19/getting-away-from-your-desk-screenwriting-in-the-wild/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Xandy Sussan Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:07:34 +0000 http://www.covermyscript.com/?p=371#comment-337 thanks so much, greg! you should try skype. my best friend moved back to pittsburgh this winter and i was devastated that he was moving. but with skype, i see him every day still, in fact we spend more time together now, than we did in person. it's a great way to see the people that you love and care about, as well as a terrific opportunity for file share, for cut and paste, for any sort of writing help. i really love it. i love writing in bars. i'm really not a drinker (2 drinks a month max) but there's something special about finding a place, out in the wild, where you feel just as peaceful as you do at your desk. the only other place i feel more peaceful is bloomingdales, and i would probably write there if it wasn't weird. ;-D. thanks for the comment and for reading the article! best, xandy thanks so much, greg! you should try skype. my best friend moved back to pittsburgh this winter and i was devastated that he was moving. but with skype, i see him every day still, in fact we spend more time together now, than we did in person. it’s a great way to see the people that you love and care about, as well as a terrific opportunity for file share, for cut and paste, for any sort of writing help. i really love it.

i love writing in bars. i’m really not a drinker (2 drinks a month max) but there’s something special about finding a place, out in the wild, where you feel just as peaceful as you do at your desk. the only other place i feel more peaceful is bloomingdales, and i would probably write there if it wasn’t weird. ;-D.

thanks for the comment and for reading the article!
best,
xandy

]]> Comment on Getting Away From Your Desk: Screenwriting in the Wild by Merrel Davis http://www.covermyscript.com/2010/02/19/getting-away-from-your-desk-screenwriting-in-the-wild/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Merrel Davis Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:16:20 +0000 http://www.covermyscript.com/?p=371#comment-336 So glad that a stop by Screenwriter Karaoke cured your writing ails! -Merrel So glad that a stop by Screenwriter Karaoke cured your writing ails!
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]]> Comment on Getting Away From Your Desk: Screenwriting in the Wild by Greg http://www.covermyscript.com/2010/02/19/getting-away-from-your-desk-screenwriting-in-the-wild/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Greg Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:08:20 +0000 http://www.covermyscript.com/?p=371#comment-334 I will agree completely that a writer's block sometimes needs input from friends. And this input works best when drinking is involved. I don't mean getting loaded, but having a few drinks with friends and discussing issues. The thoughts, ideas, and creative juices kick into overdrive. Any creative obstacles get wasted into oblivion. An idea in your head gets more substance and definition. But sometimes it is more important for the writer to resolve the issue. I would use the getting out into the wild when hair pulling, nail biting, and keyboard throwing is your only source of activity. As for Starbucks and other coffee shops doing this type of writer block removal in any place that is noisy and full of annoying and pretentious people negates the support you were looking for. I think a nice wine bar would be perfect. I would totally love moments like that with friends. Of course the downside is living far enough away from the city to find time to meet up with all of them. Sometimes I need to just rely on email. It's not quite the same but sometimes they have good points. On the really major blocks I sit down and just have drinks with my sweetie. As a fellow writer, she does songs and poetry to my screenplays and short stories, we understand the troubles in finding the right word, the right image, and even the right logline. Great post, -Greg I will agree completely that a writer’s block sometimes needs input from friends. And this input works best when drinking is involved. I don’t mean getting loaded, but having a few drinks with friends and discussing issues. The thoughts, ideas, and creative juices kick into overdrive. Any creative obstacles get wasted into oblivion. An idea in your head gets more substance and definition. But sometimes it is more important for the writer to resolve the issue. I would use the getting out into the wild when hair pulling, nail biting, and keyboard throwing is your only source of activity.

As for Starbucks and other coffee shops doing this type of writer block removal in any place that is noisy and full of annoying and pretentious people negates the support you were looking for. I think a nice wine bar would be perfect.

I would totally love moments like that with friends. Of course the downside is living far enough away from the city to find time to meet up with all of them. Sometimes I need to just rely on email. It’s not quite the same but sometimes they have good points. On the really major blocks I sit down and just have drinks with my sweetie. As a fellow writer, she does songs and poetry to my screenplays and short stories, we understand the troubles in finding the right word, the right image, and even the right logline.

Great post,

-Greg

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]]> Comment on TV on the Web: An Evil Plot to Destory the World? by steven http://www.covermyscript.com/2010/01/25/tv-on-the-web-an-evil-plot-to-destory-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-322 steven Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:43:17 +0000 http://www.covermyscript.com/?p=243#comment-322 Nice article. however you still need cable or Direct TV/Dish Network to watch live events such as sports. Although I read that youtube might be looking into streaming some live games, like soccer, this year. Nice article. however you still need cable or Direct TV/Dish Network to watch live events such as sports. Although I read that youtube might be looking into streaming some live games, like soccer, this year.

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