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Mar 26, 2011 Writing Notes

Ask yourself…

A producer once asked me:

Why do you want to tell this story and why would anyone want to see it? Could anyone learn something from it? Could they relate?

Up next Richard Conniff on great ideas Great ideas seldom arise in the romantic way we like to imagine—the bolt from the blue, the lone genius running through the streets crying, Be the one to tell your story. Don’t let someone else tell it for you

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