Writing It Out...

Of the story.

Sometimes a character or a situation has had its story arc and needs to come to a close…to be written out of the show. Yeah the writers could keep it around, draw it out a little longer…after all, the character is familiar and the situation is something everyone is accustomed to.

It might hurt, but it’s time.

Michael Scott on The Office

And of course the same goes for us. We all have some story arcs that have been hanging around too long, and maybe a few characters too. We’re free to write them out of our story.

 

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Writing It Into the Story

Sometimes an actor does such a good job with a small roll that the writers can’t help but make it a reoccurring role. Or even a feature.

Saul on Breaking Bad

Ben on Lost

Toby on The Office

The writers weren’t planning on making these roles full time roles but after seeing the actors’ brilliance and energy, they had to keep writing them into the story.

And we have the same choice. The stuff that we weren’t planning on being the main thing suddenly has a spark…and it’s up to us if we want to write more of that spark into our story.

 

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You Probably Just Want More Listeners

The problem isn’t that AI can write a song.

The problem is that you don’t have enough people who want to hear your song.

Often complaints about the first one are a just a distraction from the reality of the second.

 

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How Easy Should It Be?

How easy should it be to be a professional, full time musician or artist?

Because it’s never been easy.

With each new wave of technology there’s been a subtle, hopeful undercurrent that THIS ONE is finally going to make it easy.

And on the other side, with each new wave of technology there’s the doomsday camp that thinks THIS ONE is going to make it way too difficult to be an artist.

It should be just hard enough so that anyone who is deterred by how hard it is feels right for changing course…and anyone who stays with it and sees it through knows full well they survived a hurricane.

 

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Snap Decision

When I bought my McCartney ticket only a few days before the show, I didn’t check my calendar first.

The tickets went on sale and I bought.

You’re not Paul…but that’s still the goal. When your fans hear you’re coming to town, it’s a snap decision…am I going or not?

Not…what time is the show, where is the show, how much is the show, is there an opener, who is the opener, how much is parking, who else is going.

If you’re battling all those question with each prospective ticket buyer, it’s going to be tough.

And it IS really tough. And it takes a long time.

But that’s why it’s worth putting on a show that (over time) puts all those other questions to rest.

 

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