Wow. There are no bad ideas. I love that❤

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Yasmeen!

I wish my teachers gave this talk when I was young. They were so busy completing their class schedule, I felt empty at the end of the semester. Writing is really finding the right mindset.

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's tricky. Different teachers have different agendas...all we can do is take what we can from whatever we run into. Thank you!

Excellent advice to any would-be writer or writer who is questioning their own work.

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

That's so great to hear, thank you!

"Writing only to please a market is a sure path to mediocre writing." This is changed the way I perceive my ideas. I appreciate you taking the time to make this video!

@writingforscreens

11 ай бұрын

A response like this makes that time completely worth taking! Thank you!!

I wish the algorithm would pick these up more, so many people would gain a lot from your vids. My new favourite video of yours.

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I have been trying to talk to the algorithm...

I feel like every video you post helps me level up as a writer. You somehow engage in complex topics, and present them in a way that doesn't feel complicated, or condescending. So thank you Glenn

@maisey2363

Жыл бұрын

I second this - somehow you you always address the topics I struggle with …I have written sprawling versions of the current one I am on. I have now separated the bloody things into sep documents and each has a different direction. I like each of them but I can’t get the feel of what I want yet for “the” one or “the” story …it’s sorta like a cosy game and secret garden world mixed but I always find a goosebumps angle 😂 …will keep trying. Cheers Glenn. Also love the shirt and outtakes 💯

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Well, this is exactly what I hoped people would say, so: thanks, I win!!! Very grateful.

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

@@maisey2363 Thank you!! Yes, DO keep trying. Maybe different versions is a good way to work! Keep exploring, you'll keep getting more skills and confidence and make choices more easily.

@maisey2363

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Glenn - and hopefully it’s not a good way because I have so many projects to do and I won’t achieve them in this lifetime if I have to do 10 versions of each story 🫠😂

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

@@maisey2363 Fair point: sometimes you just need to gamble impulsively and irrationally on one version...and keep doubt away by remembering that if it just is awful you could try Version 2, but that Versions 3-10 are NOT on the schedule. What usually happens with me is after I take the risk and do Version 1, the others settle down into being just dreams I can be glad I woke from :)

This video turned weirdly motivational by the end. Came for writing tips and left with excellent self help advice! Had to watch it twice. Even if you believe all of your ideas are bad, doing it anyways and analysing the finished project is the best way to spot which aspects you need to improve on. And it might also help you find things you do like about your own work after all.

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I am glad you got that out of the video. "Weirdly motivational" is definitely what I often go for :)

Your words at the end were exactly what i needed. There is value even in trying and failing completely. Just enjoy the process of the struggle. Thanks! And especially thanks for putting those bloopers in.

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Hooray! Thank you! Yeah: sometimes I feel like the bloopers are the best part :)

@nurbaiti_hikaru

Жыл бұрын

I always love the bloopers too.

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

@@nurbaiti_hikaru :)

I knew this but somehow it was still helpful. You're like a coach. Excellent pep talk. Go, team!

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Yay! Go team indeed!

This might be my favorite Glenn Gers video yet. Right now I'm working on how to narrow down a too-broad idea. I have a setting, but haven't figured out a story for it yet.

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Maybe you need to just work on the too-broad version for a while. You can't always know what something is right away. Whatever keeps you creating and adding to it is good. Somewhere along the line, something will suddenly become clearly the center, and you'll be able to prioritize then.

Glenn - You're on fire! The synchronicity of your videos is an answer in itself to me:) And the Guidance is, as always, top rate (I'm guessing you know this, or wouldn't share it:)). Your advice succinctly melds everything into a cohesive whole for us (I read a number of other comments and see you're doing it across the board) not just on writing, but Life itself. Genius. That's my goal in my work - you're a wonderful Mentor & I'm grateful to you. You're livin' the dream! Thank You for the inspiration.

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I swear I am not surveilling you :) Just trying to share what I had to tell myself all these years.

Thank you for making this video! So uplifting!

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

You're entirely welcome, thank you so much for the supportive comment!!

…and the out-takes are always hilarious!!!!!

Greetings from S.A Thanks for a inspiring talk. I had two stories that I would tell at parties... it did not even happen to me, just people I knew. Throwing them into one script just started happening on its own. Now after finishing I realized just how much of me is in this script. Things I say or do often., you are right when you say JUST START!!!

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Excellent, so glad to hear this! Thank you!

Solid session. The inclusion of the outtakes at the end is great! :D

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Super helpful advice, at exactly the moment when i needed it the most. One to keep, and play when I hit this (inevitable) point in my writing. Thank you

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

So glad to hear that it's helpful, thank you so much!

Your channel is a treasure. Thanks for your helpful tips.

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Wish I could like every video a million times. Thank you so much Mr. Gers!

@writingforscreens

Ай бұрын

I wish you could too!!! Thank YOU :)

Thank you for all your videos. It's so helpful ! 🙏 And it brings me peace in the process of creation.

@writingforscreens

9 ай бұрын

It is truly wonderful to hear that these ideas bring you peace in the process of creation! That is fantastic, thank you.

New video!! Thanks once more I’ll never get tired of saying it. I’m applying this advice for writing a story like a novel, so it’s not just for screenplays, in case anyone is wondering

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Thank YOU so much!! I think that's true, but I started this as a screenwriting channel so I just hope others will stumble on it :)

You are a good mensch. There is hope for humanity with folks like you.

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! I like humanity, overall :)

This was so unexpectedly encouraging and concise! Thank you for sharing your talent so generously, it is helpful and motivating and I feel finally un-stuck after a seemingly endless time of creative tippy-toeing. Can't believe it took me this long to find your channel!

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

I am SO happy to hear it's helpful to you! And to know that people keep discovering me, along the way. Glad you're here, hope you enjoy exploring. Keep writing!

Wow saved again! Just what I needed today. Thanks ❤

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

I just keep getting lucky :)

Love this video. One of my favorite things about screenwriting class is the titles to the assignments, with my favorite being "creative lie", and how that simple idea could inspire... fifteen different stories -- or however many people are in the class. To your point, if you have a simple idea that can evoke a story within you, while evoking something completely different in someone else, then there is no such thing as a "right" or "wrong" story.

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, yes! It's so liberating to realize that isn't it?

@RoddyTullenz

Жыл бұрын

@@writingforscreens Absolutley!

thanks for making this video, and including the 'selfhelp' and 'good for you' sections! this was both instructive and encouraging :)

@writingforscreens

11 ай бұрын

You're so welcome! Thank you for commenting - and encouraging me!

Speechless…best pep-talk I’ve ever heard…..

@writingforscreens

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Wow amazing just like the other videos but this is a new level of simply life wisdom and a teaching that is directly adressing the perspective of the wanna be writer. With every video you are talking to the exact questions, doubts, worries i got and i can see clearly you went through the same experiences and overcame them. Never had a better teacher, thank you! And please keep on doing this! All the best from berlin

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! That is really the dream comment, I am so glad to hear that you are getting this from my work.

Exactly what I needed!!!

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

I knew that! That's why I posted it :)

This is immensely helpful advice! And I'm not even a writer, but I'm doing my MA in design, and I needed to hear this to know how to have the right mindset to write my thesis. So thanks a lot Glenn! ☺

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Great, I'm so glad! Thank YOU so much for letting me know I'm doing something useful. Enjoy the work, explore, take small steps - it will all work out!

I would keep writing even if I didn’t publish everything. Some of my work might not be good enough to share, but it could still help me develop the backstory for the pieces that are. Writing has its highs and lows, and sometimes it goes in unexpected directions. It also gives me the freedom to choose what to polish and publish.

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Marvelous. The best attitude ever, IMHO.

Great new Video, thank you so much. I was so Overwhelmed with what to write in the past few weeks, Everything I wrote felt unoriginal. Most of the time self critical and zero confidence in myself. This video came in as a dear friend.

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much - it's so meaningful to me to hear that my work is helping people!

Such a wonderful insight, as always. Thanks, Glenn 😊

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Thank you! I should watch this one every day.

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

I don't mind if you do! :)

I needed this video, thank you!

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Yay!

your channel is something I just needed! thanks for this content 🙏

@writingforscreens

11 ай бұрын

Yay! Thank you so much for telling me that, it's really great to know it's reaching people who feel it's helpful.

@jai.joylove

11 ай бұрын

@@writingforscreens very very helpful

@writingforscreens

11 ай бұрын

@@jai.joylove Thanks!

You are so good! Excellent advice. Thank you.

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Aww... :) Thank you!!

Haha I watched this video because I always find something interesting in your content but personally I don’t have much trouble deciding what to write! I get an idea once in a blue moon and I get so excited about it I can’t NOT write it…and that usually lasts me well enough until the next idea!

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Thats' so great! I envy you that situation :) I get way too many ideas, and haven't finished WAY too many of them. A lot of things I teach are just things I wish I had known 20 years ago.

OMGosh! Its like you're a mind reader! what you say makes sooooo much sense Glenn, I just love every bit of straight talking and advice you put out in all these videos and you make me lighten up and laugh so much! So I'm off to write some more c...p that I like, in the genres that I like, and now I don't give a damn as long as I write!

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Not a mind reader, just someone trying to share what I have to tell myself as I work :)

For me this is the most difficult aspect of screenwriting. What to write.

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Try some stuff out. Sometimes you can only decide by trying, can't know until you get into it.

Good video! Thanks

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I found your channel after I saw you on Film Courage. Given your solid content, I’d think you’d have more subscribers and views. Can’t help but wonder if you used your picture as your cover (or just something that wasn’t text) if more people would open it. I’m not a marketing specialist but while your cover shots make it clear what the topic is, it may be confused with some educational videos that are not at the same level. It would be interesting (because I like experimenting) for you to change the cover on a few videos you’ve released in the past and release them again and compare number of hits. Just a thought to try and get you more subs and hits. Thanks for the great content! ❤

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm content (mostly) to get fewer views, because the things that are required to get more tend to make the work more generic. I want to look back at my work and feel it's as true and real as I can make it, and sometimes that doesn't sell as well. I keep slowly growing, so that's a good sign.

@SirChesterBellington

Жыл бұрын

@@writingforscreens This is why you're there best there is on here

@writingforscreens

Жыл бұрын

@@SirChesterBellington I'm blushing! But privately agree.

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