On anticipating the reader May 9, 2011 Writing Notes One bit of feedback the publisher gave us: “It will be important to anticipate readers’ objections and head them off.” So we’ve been building in an On Time May 9, 2011 Personal You don’t measure time–you feel it. Rands in Repose On Interruptions May 9, 2011 Personal Don’t allow yourself to be driven by interruptions. Graham notes that Type-B procrastinators are “interrupt-driven.” Don’t allow yourself to be On getting rich May 9, 2011 Personal There’s no get rich quick option. You build it slowly, one day at a time. Matt from 37Signals On being more than the sum May 9, 2011 Personal If you lose track of fundamental concepts, your professional life will be dictated by artifacts, and if your professional life is dictated by On Art during crisis May 9, 2011 Personal What is the role of art during crisis? What does history show? Matthew Cornell On Agile Design May 9, 2011 Personal Its called agile design. A process that involves frequent adaptation, collaboration, minimal planning and face to face Jonah Lehrer on practice May 9, 2011 Personal That is how you train the unconscious: not with dry recitations of the playbook, but with realistic simulations. As a result, players are able to Jonah Lehrer on practice May 9, 2011 Personal That is how you train the unconscious: not with dry recitations of the playbook, but with realistic simulations. As a result, players are able to On theme Apr 28, 2011 Writing Notes Your main character should not be aware of the full dimensions of the theme at the beginning of the story, but he/she will learn. Via Your Hero: On ramifications Apr 28, 2011 Writing Notes RAMIFICATIONS: It is important to show the ramification of the attempts, which must result in an increase in complications. via The Script Lab Handmade Clocks by Lurearts Pottery Apr 25, 2011 Personal The making of a ceramic clock by Pam McFadyen from Lurearts Pottery Screenwriting Tip #601 Apr 19, 2011 Writing Notes Never work on somebody else’s darling pet project. If they don’t allow you any control, you’ll wind up resenting them. If they do allow you control, The wide-grip stylus for touch screens Apr 12, 2011 Personal (via The Cosmonaut: A Wide-Grip Stylus for Touch Screens by Dan Provost & Tom Gerhardt — Kickstarter) I did not intend to donate to two Cosmonaut Genius Mar 26, 2011 Writing Notes What is the little stroke of genius that makes you different from all the other artists Be the one to tell your story. Mar 26, 2011 Writing Notes Don’t let someone else tell it for you Ask yourself… Mar 26, 2011 Writing Notes 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 Richard Conniff on great ideas Mar 26, 2011 Personal 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, William Morris on Resistance Mar 25, 2011 Personal You can’t have art without resistance in the materials. William Morris via A Brief Message ReDesign Haiku Mar 25, 2011 Personal find, define, design then refine the redesign do it one more time By Justin Feinstein and sent to Michael Surtees Next page