Archive for June 11th, 2014

June 11, 2014

The Best TED Talks on Writing, Creativity, and Storytelling

The Bluecat Screenplay Competition blog recently alerted me to this excellent TED Talk given by Phil Lord, the co-writer and co-director of 21 Jump Street and The Lego Movie. Phil gives a great speech on the process of writing and rewriting.

And if you feel like binge watching TED Talks, our friends over at Screencraft have put together a great list (complete with videos) of ten of the best TED Talks about creativity, storytelling, and writing. Enjoy!

June 11, 2014

Quote of the Day: Steve Almond

All readers come to fiction as willing accomplices to your lies. Such is the basic goodwill contract made the moment we pick up a work of fiction.