"Even the plants bring him no joy." LOL your memes bring me all the joy that writing tries to steal. "The works we do are at most chapters" - THIS I need to tattoo on my forehead. With shorts it's so much easier not to attempt infinity, but with features it feels damn near impossible. As Meg LeFauve says, "pick a pony"... but I want to ride 8 ponies at the same time! Great read as always, Kris. Sending you all the good vibes for the re-write!
“Only through execution, does it take on the faults of reality.” Love the phrasing of this, and it articulates something I often think about during the creative process too. Paradoxically, the more excited I am about the idea of a creative project, the more I will procrastinate starting it. What I'm really procrastinating is, as you describe, the sometimes devastating experience of seeing it exist in an imperfect (or even bad!) state. But of course, as is the point of your posts here, we gotta be okay with that.
“I love rules (I wish I were joking)” So funny, and same. Sometimes I feel like the only designer who withers inside when a client says, "Go wild! Surprise me; make something really creative." Tell me what you're looking for! I need to have something to map my work back to. Interesting to think about how that logic also applies to writing a story.
Thanks for continuing to write these posts—it's so refreshing to see this part of the creative process acknowledged and not treated like a depressing thing we should pretend doesn't happen to us haha.
Thank you for your thoughtful responses Katie! I'm so glad to hear that it resonates.
Yes, I know exactly what you mean! The more you care about an idea, the harder it is to make. *shakes fist at sky*
LOL that would drive me crazy. I bet clients also secretly do know what they want, they just can't articulate it. "Go crazy! Oh, but not like that. I meant go crazy like ___." -_-
"Even the plants bring him no joy." LOL your memes bring me all the joy that writing tries to steal. "The works we do are at most chapters" - THIS I need to tattoo on my forehead. With shorts it's so much easier not to attempt infinity, but with features it feels damn near impossible. As Meg LeFauve says, "pick a pony"... but I want to ride 8 ponies at the same time! Great read as always, Kris. Sending you all the good vibes for the re-write!
Thank you Jaime!! That means a lot to me. I always worry I'm the only one who finds them funny. You've given me the courage to keep 'em coming.
So true! Shorts feel straight-forward. A feature is what, 8x the length? But 1000x the effort.
“Only through execution, does it take on the faults of reality.” Love the phrasing of this, and it articulates something I often think about during the creative process too. Paradoxically, the more excited I am about the idea of a creative project, the more I will procrastinate starting it. What I'm really procrastinating is, as you describe, the sometimes devastating experience of seeing it exist in an imperfect (or even bad!) state. But of course, as is the point of your posts here, we gotta be okay with that.
“I love rules (I wish I were joking)” So funny, and same. Sometimes I feel like the only designer who withers inside when a client says, "Go wild! Surprise me; make something really creative." Tell me what you're looking for! I need to have something to map my work back to. Interesting to think about how that logic also applies to writing a story.
Thanks for continuing to write these posts—it's so refreshing to see this part of the creative process acknowledged and not treated like a depressing thing we should pretend doesn't happen to us haha.
Thank you for your thoughtful responses Katie! I'm so glad to hear that it resonates.
Yes, I know exactly what you mean! The more you care about an idea, the harder it is to make. *shakes fist at sky*
LOL that would drive me crazy. I bet clients also secretly do know what they want, they just can't articulate it. "Go crazy! Oh, but not like that. I meant go crazy like ___." -_-