Writing Again – 3/2

Took this pic during my ride along.

*I have many comments to respond to from my last post (Sometimes I become so frustrated by my lack of success as a writer I avoid logging in to Wordpress). I apologize for the delay, and intend to respond to each of you shortly.

Waddup, waddup.

I know I’ve been posting sporadically for a while now. Today has been the first time in a while I’ve put pen to paper again.

Since I began applying myself in school, I’ve learned the tremendous benefits that studying provides. Understanding the physiology of the human body has opened my eyes to concepts I never could have learned on my own. By devoting countless hours to the course material, I am absorbing valuable concepts and preparing myself for work as a paid EMT.

These realizations have forced me to reexamine my lofty pursuit of writing. Try to imagine an unqualified individual driving around their personal vehicle to rescue trauma patients, hoping to save individuals without any medical expertise. They would fail, fail, and fail – at no point could they self-teach themselves to be better than a qualified EMT.

So how does this analogy relate to my writing? Well, despite previously studying many books on the craft, I lack any firsthand experience engineering an incredible story.

I’m thoroughly analyzing several scripts that were produced and became hit movies. I’m combing through them, line for line, and figuring out the precise devices, plot points, and emotional journeys their authors used to make these stories successful. By understanding these techniques and implementing them into my own stories, I am confident I will drastically improve as a writer at a much faster rate than I ever could by simply grabbing at creative ideas and seeing what sticks.

Imagine if somebody offered you $1 million dollars to design a skyscraper, but the deal was contingent upon your design being top quality. You probably wouldn’t just whip out the blue sheets and start scribbling away. But even if you were to take the time to study architecture, and develop a working understanding of the fundamentals, you still wouldn’t be ready to compete with the best architects. Now imagine you took one more step, where you found the blue prints to some of the most incredible high-rise buildings ever designed. Than you took them each apart, piece by piece, and figured out exactly what their master builders did that made them so magnificent. I’d say at after doing you’d have a real chance at designing the world’s next great skyscraper.

I’ll keep you updated.

Thomas M. Watt