Re: Can screenwriting be learned?
Re posts where various folks here have said it's a combination of nature/nurture, this reminds me of that often used tag, genius. If you read about genius, and it's a broad category these days, it sounds like something one just 'has'. Einstein = Genius. But I suspect that his genius (or her genius) is more apt to describe this state of affairs, as a way of summing up what this strange and elusive quality is, or might be, as something more than nomenclature.
His genius, implies. to me, that the said writer, or composer, ball player, acrobat, etc has found a way through, a unique approach, technique within technique, by learning to bat two pieces of creative metal together and create a helluva spark, and use that to generate fire. I don't believe they could ever explain it to another artist, it's just known to the 'self'.
This must go further than technique then, or simply innate appitude, it's a self - directed process which has something to do with finding a way through, developing, finding a means to connect with that artistic thread we all have inside, and has something to do with how we apply/hone it, no doubt through lots of hard work, learning, trial and error, being prepared to risk or try new routes. Many will not manage to develop it, at least passed a certain point, and it's probably not even worth attempting to ask why that is, too complex. But the Rossio article appears to deal with some of these issues.
So I say, we must know how to bang our balls together ( ), or collide a few atoms if you prefer, and find a way through to those higher plateaus.
If you make it all the way, perhaps you'll end up in the sunshine, on some rugged outcrop, where you'll see Verdi, Shakespeare and Goethe, chatting away on a rock, each being fed grapes by the muses. Or perhaps this just means it's time to leave the alcohol alone for a while.
Re posts where various folks here have said it's a combination of nature/nurture, this reminds me of that often used tag, genius. If you read about genius, and it's a broad category these days, it sounds like something one just 'has'. Einstein = Genius. But I suspect that his genius (or her genius) is more apt to describe this state of affairs, as a way of summing up what this strange and elusive quality is, or might be, as something more than nomenclature.
His genius, implies. to me, that the said writer, or composer, ball player, acrobat, etc has found a way through, a unique approach, technique within technique, by learning to bat two pieces of creative metal together and create a helluva spark, and use that to generate fire. I don't believe they could ever explain it to another artist, it's just known to the 'self'.
This must go further than technique then, or simply innate appitude, it's a self - directed process which has something to do with finding a way through, developing, finding a means to connect with that artistic thread we all have inside, and has something to do with how we apply/hone it, no doubt through lots of hard work, learning, trial and error, being prepared to risk or try new routes. Many will not manage to develop it, at least passed a certain point, and it's probably not even worth attempting to ask why that is, too complex. But the Rossio article appears to deal with some of these issues.
So I say, we must know how to bang our balls together ( ), or collide a few atoms if you prefer, and find a way through to those higher plateaus.
If you make it all the way, perhaps you'll end up in the sunshine, on some rugged outcrop, where you'll see Verdi, Shakespeare and Goethe, chatting away on a rock, each being fed grapes by the muses. Or perhaps this just means it's time to leave the alcohol alone for a while.
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