Friday, February 10, 2012

What Can A Screenwriter Learn from a Comedian?

Can a Comedian really help us become better Screenwriters?  I think so!  We forget that many Comedians write their own jokes.  Now by a show of hands, who wants to hear the same joke over and over again?  I know I don't!  SMH (shaking my head).

So according to Jerry Seinfeld every January he gets the priviledge of ripping down his old calendar full of "X's" and putting up a fresh, new, clean calendar with no "X's".  Then, everyday that he comes up with new material he gets to make a brand new, big, red "X" on that day, then the next one, and the next one and the one after that until he creates a chain.  Which by creating this chain of bright, red "X's" his daily goal is not to break the chain.  For more information on Jerry's method for creative success visit:  http://www.writersstore.com/dont-break-the-chain-jerry-seinfeld.

Okay.  That works for Jerry Seinfeld but how's not breaking the chain going to help "us"?  Well?  For instance, what if your goal is to write 6 pages every day for the next 20 or 30 days?  You could print your very own calendar at http://www.writersstore.com/dont-break-the-chain-calendar and start marking a big, fat, red "X" on everyday that you actually write 6 pages...but the days that you don't achieve your goal you write nothing.  Not making an "X" would be a sad day and making an "X" would mean you had a happy, productive day.  Use the Don't Break The Chain calendar for all of your daily, weekly, monthly goals and be more successful.

Print your Don't Break The Chain Calendar today!  I heard this method is addictive.

Happy writing,

Kim

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