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mbarkerWriting Excuses 12.53: Writing Excuses True Confessions
From http://www.writingexcuses.com/2017/12/31/12-53-writing-excuses-true-confessions/
Key Points: True Confessions! Projects that didn't work, or what do we learn when we fail. Trying to tell the origin story of a side character that everyone loves. Killing a novel because it would hurt the community you were writing about. Just because you've spent a lot of time making a mistake doesn't mean you need to keep making that mistake (aka the sunk-cost fallacy). Sometimes, you have to start over and make something new and better. Sometimes a Western needs a kickstart. And tropes and cliches! Being your own manager can be hard! How do you create things in the right order, when you don't know the order you need to do it in? Don't forget, you are not your customer -- they may want something different from what you think. Success is a diploma, but failure is the teacher. Give yourself permission to fail, indeed, aim to do something so hard that you will fail, and then look at the failure to learn what to do better next time.
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[Brandon] And, speaking of last things that we do… I feel like we've been saying goodbye for an entire month, because we've had our little different groups of Writing Excuses who have all kind of had their last episode. Then we realized, hey, there's a fifth week in December. So we'll do a last last episode. This is the last last episode of Season 12. We will be moving on next week to Season 13, where our plan is to talk about character all next year, and use a similar format to what we've done this year. To have a lot more variety in the podcasters, but the four of us still being around to be your cornerstone, your familiar. I am super excited for what's coming. I am super happy we have a great season. So thank you guys all for listening. Have a great New Year's Eve. We will see you next year for some characters. This has been Writing Excuses. You're out of excuses, now go write.
From http://www.writingexcuses.com/2017/12/31/12-53-writing-excuses-true-confessions/
Key Points: True Confessions! Projects that didn't work, or what do we learn when we fail. Trying to tell the origin story of a side character that everyone loves. Killing a novel because it would hurt the community you were writing about. Just because you've spent a lot of time making a mistake doesn't mean you need to keep making that mistake (aka the sunk-cost fallacy). Sometimes, you have to start over and make something new and better. Sometimes a Western needs a kickstart. And tropes and cliches! Being your own manager can be hard! How do you create things in the right order, when you don't know the order you need to do it in? Don't forget, you are not your customer -- they may want something different from what you think. Success is a diploma, but failure is the teacher. Give yourself permission to fail, indeed, aim to do something so hard that you will fail, and then look at the failure to learn what to do better next time.
( Wow! More words... )
[Brandon] And, speaking of last things that we do… I feel like we've been saying goodbye for an entire month, because we've had our little different groups of Writing Excuses who have all kind of had their last episode. Then we realized, hey, there's a fifth week in December. So we'll do a last last episode. This is the last last episode of Season 12. We will be moving on next week to Season 13, where our plan is to talk about character all next year, and use a similar format to what we've done this year. To have a lot more variety in the podcasters, but the four of us still being around to be your cornerstone, your familiar. I am super excited for what's coming. I am super happy we have a great season. So thank you guys all for listening. Have a great New Year's Eve. We will see you next year for some characters. This has been Writing Excuses. You're out of excuses, now go write.
