I had two paid assignments this year starting in February. (both have been produced and will air this fall/winter) My schedule from February through June was: Get home from day job at 6:30pm Dinner: 6:30pm - 7pm Write: 7pm-8pm Workout: 8pm-9pm Write: 9pm-11pm i did this every day for 5 months. Weekends I still wrote but not on any real schedule.
I was not on set for either. There's a third that might be shot this month that I might try and go on set for but it'll likely be shot in Louisiana and it's pretty damn hot down there in August ha
I always enjoy hearing Peter talk so enthusiastically and realistically about the process. In any creative endeavor, It really does seem to come back to discipline, doesn't it? I studied music about 30 years ago and there was a guy in class who had, what appeared to be, no talent whatsoever....but he had DISCIPLINE. He's still playing, 30 years later, and making at least part of his living as a serious jazz guitarist. The rest of us(with apparently more "talent")....yeah...not so much. Thanks again for a great interview. Cheers!
As Mr. Spock once told Dr. McCoy, "You must govern your passions, or they will be your undoing.". That's why successful writers have discipline: Passion only carries you so far...
I woke up around 3am by accident. Instead of fussing about it, I decided it was a great time to get some extra writing done. It was one of the most productive writing days I ever had. ^_^
I'm not clinically insane, but I totally get his 'rebels and rule followers' comment. I am a Goonie at heart, but married with a 10 year old and a 7 month old, trying to do it all correctly. While I'm contemplating planning a Carribean adventure with my friends in some far off land, I am warming my daughter's bottle up who could care less about me something that would make ME happy!!! She's like Aubry II in Little Shop of Horrors...FEED ME!!I'm a Rebel with so much cause.
oh please, if you have an idea that you love and are passionate about, NO INSANITY is required, just love of the story/topic...and you go from there...life is simple if you let it be, but this guy is peppering this replies with more drama than Days of Our Lives and soaps like that do!
Excellent ideas -- but the idea that you have to be insane to be a "commercially successful creator" is wrong, dualist nonsense, never mind how prevalent it *appears to be*: that is *not* an inevitability, but the type of concession the ego is skilful at demanding .... that's the risk, no doubt, but it means there is misdirected guidance: you have followed the ego, not the inspiration!
After i watched this I got my ass up a 6am - took a shower - apologized to my manuscript - recommitted to completing the damn thing! THANK YOU AGAIN
I really like the part where he says that craziness is the mix of following rules (being disciplined) and having a rebellious spirit.
I had two paid assignments this year starting in February. (both have been produced and will air this fall/winter)
My schedule from February through June was:
Get home from day job at 6:30pm
Dinner: 6:30pm - 7pm
Write: 7pm-8pm
Workout: 8pm-9pm
Write: 9pm-11pm
i did this every day for 5 months.
Weekends I still wrote but not on any real schedule.
Great stuff Jack! Were you on set for either production? We are excited for you.
I was not on set for either. There's a third that might be shot this month that I might try and go on set for but it'll likely be shot in Louisiana and it's pretty damn hot down there in August ha
Discipline is freedom, freedom from worry. Discipline focusses you on action and this dispels the anxiety that otherwise paralyzes you.
Watching Peter speak here is exciting to me. Always grateful, Peter. Always a fan, F.C.
The best ever most accurate interview. Thanks feeling less alone with the dichotomy.
5:55 - This question and then answer gave me shivers.
So it sounds like the goal is to be a Rebel With A Cause...I love it. :)
I always enjoy hearing Peter talk so enthusiastically and realistically about the process. In any creative endeavor, It really does seem to come back to discipline, doesn't it? I studied music about 30 years ago and there was a guy in class who had, what appeared to be, no talent whatsoever....but he had DISCIPLINE. He's still playing, 30 years later, and making at least part of his living as a serious jazz guitarist. The rest of us(with apparently more "talent")....yeah...not so much.
Thanks again for a great interview. Cheers!
Needed this. Lovely, motivational conversation!
Thank you so much sir.... 🙏🙏🙏🙏
As Mr. Spock once told Dr. McCoy, "You must govern your passions, or they will be your undoing.". That's why successful writers have discipline: Passion only carries you so far...
I woke up around 3am by accident. Instead of fussing about it, I decided it was a great time to get some extra writing done. It was one of the most productive writing days I ever had. ^_^
Rebellious but Disciplined. You have to do something different, something you shouldn't, but you have to do it right.
I write 8 to 12 pages a day. When I think of an idea, I have to finish the 1st draft in 2 weeks. I only write for an hour to three hours 6 days a week
That last statement tho.....right on the feelz, wake up call!
Gotta get my discipline game up
Excitement and schedule
I'm not clinically insane, but I totally get his 'rebels and rule followers' comment. I am a Goonie at heart, but married with a 10 year old and a 7 month old, trying to do it all correctly. While I'm contemplating planning a Carribean adventure with my friends in some far off land, I am warming my daughter's bottle up who could care less about me something that would make ME happy!!! She's like Aubry II in Little Shop of Horrors...FEED ME!!I'm a Rebel with so much cause.
Being in sales already makes you crazy. Discipline makes sense.
A 12-minute video to hear someone repetitively say you need discipline as a writer.
lol thought the same thing mid video
yeah, that's for me))
Gotta drive the point home for dreamers.
oh please, if you have an idea that you love and are passionate about, NO INSANITY is required, just love of the story/topic...and you go from there...life is simple if you let it be, but this guy is peppering this replies with more drama than Days of Our Lives and soaps like that do!
Excellent ideas -- but the idea that you have to be insane to be a "commercially successful creator" is wrong, dualist nonsense, never mind how prevalent it *appears to be*: that is *not* an inevitability, but the type of concession the ego is skilful at demanding .... that's the risk, no doubt, but it means there is misdirected guidance: you have followed the ego, not the inspiration!