I'm Trying To Tell A Story And

When I'm Writing, I'm Trying To Immerse Myself In The Chaos Of An Emotional Experience, Rather Than Separate Myself From It And Look Back At It From A Distance With Clarity And Tell It As A Story. Because That's How Life Is Lived, You Know?

The Conventional Wisdom Is - People Say This All The Time - You Should Only Write Something When You're Far Enough Away From It That You Can Have A Perspective. But That's Not True. That's A Story That You're Telling. The Truth Of It Is Here, Right Now. It's The Only Truth That We Ever Know. And I'm Interested In That Truth And The Confusion Being Part Of The Experience And Sorting It Your Way Through And Figuring It Out.

I Think I've Had Pretty Good Experiences For The Most Part With The People Who Have Directed My Screenplays.

So When I Write Characters And Situations And Relationships, I Try To Sort Of Utilize What I Know About The World, Limited As It Is, And What I Hear From My Friends And See With My Relatives.

When I Found Myself In That Situation - That Actors Are Like Children, I Tried To Be Successful. And When It Worked And I Figured Out How To Communicate That Things Were Good - Or At Least Okay - Then I Felt Pleased.