How to write every day...REALISTICALLY.
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- Screenwriting tips and advice for staying productive everyday.
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If you're out of story ideas, go visit/volunteer at a senior center, or take your resident grandparent out for coffee. Ask them about their life - you'll be amazed at the stories they've got.
Maybe give out your phone number online and get several thousand story snippets for ideas...
Just maybe.
Austin McConnell in the comments of D. Britt video! It’s like Peter Parker giving props to Luke Cage.
You may even find out that a local neighborhood had a man spraying toxic chemicals all over the road and turned the place into a ghost town for decades... and then you visit a friend in California who has a painting about the incident, with small traces of the chemical in the paint...
This is such a great idea! I know my grandparents pretty well and tend to think I know all their stories but then I sit down and ask them a different question and like learn about a whole decade of their life that I had no idea existed lol
Boom! I tell my writing friends this all the time. So happy to finally hear someone else state it.
ME: writing for 6 hrs one day
ALSO ME: never doing it again for a year.
@outlines PREPOSTEROUS!
This is a common mistake in people's lives. You have to think outside of your mind patterns. You think that writing takes hours. Just do it for 3 minutes. You think working out takes 45-120minutes, just train 3 minutes. You need to build a routine. With time you will increase those 3 minutes to the time you prefere. Your prefered / needed time is tailored to your mind. It is not the same time all the time. Also you don't have to train or write in already predetermined places. Just do what suits you. And some day it will become a routine and your passion.
@@pilzrusse3476 Excellent response!
@@pilzrusse3476 THIS! I started working out at least a couple mins per day in 2019, just to build the routine, and that got me much better results than I ever achieved from the 2 hour sessions that I could never stay consistent with. Think of it as compound interest.
Not once did he say "like and subscribe"...
This is a man that just wants to help others. God bless you, D-Britt!
Complete agreement here, and on top of everything else he does it with real style. Darius is an inspiration.
Agreed!
When I hear some say like and and subscribe.
I’m like immediate nope.
You don't command like and subscribe bro you earn it an he does
Could not agree more.
Psychologists call it 'priming,' card cheats call it 'splashing in' and Norman Mailer saw it as 'warming up the subconscious.'
This is good advice.
I have been doing this subconsciously without knowing it was a real theory or concept.
DJ NJ I’ve been doing this for years w out starting a script 😂😅
Dude same lol
i've been writing for almost 7 years now. the first 5 I wrote everyday. Whether it was a feature or a short film or web series. I even picked up poetry just as ways to express your thoughts and story. Eventually as I got better and had a new feature length idea to work on, i had goals of how many pages I should be writing a day. At first I aimed for 7 and for a while I kept that up. But it was very tough, I don't think I could do that now. So I lowered the goal a day on the next feature script to 3 pages a day. My logic in that was 30 days in a month, I'd roughly have the script done in a month or so. Outlining also made things easier, the stagnant moments of thought were diminished cause I already had something to follow. Last thing I'd say is this.
Writing is like going to the gym. It's tough in the beginning to build that habit, but once you do you'll feel off if you haven't written that day or over a few days. Once you build the habit things really take off from there.
I've been doing this method naturally for a while and never heard anyone talk about this. Awesome video!
Hey Darious,
I am really struggling with outlines. Could you try to make a video on how to approach writing an outline. That would be really helpful.
I can’t praise you enough for that editing,presentation and active presence in the scene of this video
Bro this is the first time I've ever had genuine good advice
I love this ! My #1 source of inspiration is listening to music while driving. I don’t write every day but I get lots of ideas almost every day so I have a comedy bucket list of bits and gags and jokes that I write down for my characters and when I use them, I cross them off the list- thank you for your videos !! Love this channel !! Your videos are inspiring !
Man, i don't know for how long i've been watching you, but you keep on inspiring and surprising me. Incrdible. Thank you, keep going.
I always am on the lookout for a video from D4. Thank you, much needed.
Thanks to you and your videos over the years, you've helped me come a long way from where I was in my own process.
Hey Darious! I recently discovered your channel and it's been such a great complement to my learning. I totally agree about the productive procrastination, whenever I sit and try to write I get bad mental block BUT when I watch videos on anything regarding filmmaking, writing, movies, etc I get so many little idea sparks that it helps guide my script. Looking forward to your videos and thanks for making them!
Your videos are getting so much better, brilliant editing and sharp wit. Yoh, I think I have been doing "productive procrastination" but wasn't aware of it. I watch films and read about events that relate BUT each night I spend about 30mins on my screenplay draft, it works like a charm!
Thanks for sharing your practical technique!
Thanks, man! That was some good advice, I really like the idea of productive procrastination, I think that holds a lot of power within it that will help motivate.
Your channel and Film Riot’s channel have been the most helpful for me
This is exactly what I do every day and I am going to take notes for an year and understanding all the elements that can go in a story . Thanks for the video.
I will definitely try this. I have noticed this tho. I also use music as a part of my process for creativity. Get some of my best ideas when listening to good tracks. Great video dude!
This is the best advice I could've gotten as a screenwriter right now, Thanks!
One love brother! Thanks for the tips!
Dude.
Totally what I needed these days!
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Woaaah! This is great advice! I'm gonna start implementing it!
Oh my goodness, God bless you! I really needed this video!
Glad this helped! Thank you for commenting!
Good call! Thanks, bro! 👍🏽
I am sharing this with all my fellow creators. Super inspiring and useful. I appreciate your videos. I started watching you before buying my first camera several years ago and it helped so much launch me into the career I have now of being a full time film maker
Loved this video man! I've been struggling so much the last few weeks
Great advice!! Sometimes when I watch screenwriting videos or listen to music, it triggers something in my mind that feeds into my screenplays. It's so cool! And then I immediately take notes in my "notes and ideas" word doc for each screenplay. I also save images that feed the story.
This was so good! Another mental shift because I've done aspects of this for a while but I always felt guilty when the SCRIPT wasn't done or I wasn't sitting down writing out every word. The reality is that it all comes out super fast once I start writing and it's because I've had time to think about it and make note of various factors. Thanks for the perspective change!
This is so true. I've come up with this myself too a couple years ago and it helped me so much. Recommend to everyone.
I absolutely do this and it absolutely does work! I didn't realize it was a thing! Great to know! Thanks for the vid!
Liked the video before it even started.. love your work man!
Makes sense! Thank you!
So well said and true, respect
Awesome advice man! Nice touch with the Subdivide soundtrack 👌🏻👌🏻
Stay at it Darious! Keep on rock'n. 🎥
I like this information. You’re a smart guy! Thank you!
This was really helpful! Thanks alot sharing this tipp. Hope I'll get my story done soon. Keep up the good work :)
Dope video. Thanks for sharing. I’m going to research more on this topic, productive procrastination.
Welcome back bro!
You're right. Writing everyday helps with confidence and creativity. I do it all of the time and it works like a charm.
Darius! i’ve low key been watching you for so long :) you’re one of my inspirations to start posting filmmaking content on my youtube channel. You’re a lot more energetic than me though haha
Amazing. That actually sounds like fun.
after watching this.. i can relate to writing everyday... honestly i dont' do it. But i will try to write ideas of my script or things that i want in the story. hey good stuff.. love it.. keep it up..
Thanks man! This is a lightbulb moment for me - pop!
I do this for sure! Didn't know it had a name
Bru, awesome advise. Basic, but always a good impact to hear it from another. Simple but had a big impact. Thanks
Yes times five. Thank you for this, Darious, it's inspiring. I've made a living as a writer since 1972, and as D4D would say, this is dope advice. Notes are huge. I'm taking notes now on a new project that has involved getting up at 5 or 5:30 and singing for 30-60 minutes, OCR'ing a really crappy PDF of a 1980 article, remembering advice from a spiritual teacher in the mid-1970s, and a story told to me by a friend around the same time. Notes are absolutely key. "The best memory is not half so firm as faded ink." (Chinese saying.) I've published three books in the last five years with another in the works and two or three more down the line. Notes, notes, notes, notes, notes. Projects that evolve this way are a joy. I can't imagine trying to pre-plan it all in my brain - the writing would be wooden, stilted, formulaic. Ugh. Clairefontaine notebooks are great, they don't fall apart in a jeans pocket.
This actually works Bro ! I always try to watch,read,think relevant material which actually brings out the ideas that usually doesn't bloom if I stare at a blank page...
I take notes of all the ideas and thoughts I have on my smartphone and some time later I comeback and filter it to my taste...
I have been doing this for several months now and I am seeing a lot of progress in a quite a few ideas I have been interested in so yeah thanks buddy for letting out the word !
Darious thank you. This is exactly what I needed. I've been want to write but life has been happening to me which is hindering me to write but is see what I need to do now. So, thank you brother you always find a way to inspire us!
Your videos are really prepping for when I shoot my films.
This makes so much sense. I've heard the write everyday thing from so many people and the taking notes part but this video really put all of that into perspective for me. The procrastination I've been doing is completely non-productive and when I have done productive procrastination it was by accident or in a school environment where I didn't realize that's what was happening. This taking notes/research as procrastination I can see as really helping with the feelings of shame/guilt for not sitting at a keyboard for 4 hours physically putting words to a page.
Love the filter on this one!
Darious is excellent advice. This is funny because your friend's advice is how I write. I dont really 'write' I just put notes and ideas in my phone when they hit me. I HIGHLY recommend listening to music that fits the mood of what you're writing -i do that while I walk my dogs and the ideas JUST COME TO ME. it's so effective yet effortless. The analogy of your creativity being like a factory is spot on
I've learned that I need to have a notebook with me wherever I go to write down ideas that come to me. This was only after I got stuck in traffic and a writing idea was really flowing in my head and I had no way of writing it down. By the time I got home, I couldn't remember it. I promised myself, I'd never let that happen again. I do believe that using your music suggestion will work for me and I plan on trying it when I get stuck. Thanks for the great advice and video D! Have a great week!
Writers write. Excellent advice as always. 👍
Bro, your videos are so inspiring!
Some good points there. I started writing a blog in July 2014, as my photography motivation was drying up. I've now been posting one story every week since then and find inspiration in many things about me and which interest me. I'm always on the lookout for a story. Now I've become interested in video and have started adding video to the blog, which has further motivated me to observe things around me and to write stories about those observations.
Awesome!!!!!! Thank you SOOOOOOOO much!!!!❤❤❤❤
This video came at the perfect time! This way sounds so obvious but I would have never have thought of it!
Great tips...one love and im from trinidad and tobago...keep on creating great content
This is what I do for my academic writing and research but I hadn’t consciously put it together with my creative writing yet, so thank you.
Thanks for the video! I have been struggling on how to make TH-cam videos. I could see the problems that you faced the Guide who is your friend and the solutions mapped out in this video.
After reading "The Book of Five Rings" I've quickly realized how interconnected everything I do is to my art. It is so much fun to see the correlations form.
I'm a film professor and filmmaker and I LOVE that you shared this! Now I don't feel so alone. I've done this naturally and it has stimulated me creatively and helped to make me feel more productive with specific writing projects. BUT I sometimes feel like this method is too easy..like I'm cheating the process somehow. Ultimately it just simply works for me. Thanks again for sharing!
I really like this idea.
I've been doing this for the past year. All my friends have been wondering how I've been learning so fast and I never realized what I was doing until you explained it in this video. If I'm not actively working on a project I'm immersing myself in knowledge and ideas related to my project .
Those advices were so accurate. I also take notes everyday and practice productive procrastination and....good news...IT WORKS !!!
Ur so true. Bless you
Thanks man!!!
As I watched you video, I was shocked when you explained "Productive Procrastination". That described exactly what i do when I'm not making a film. I watch tutorials on filmmaking, I watch reviews on film gear, tutorials on gimbal movements, tutorials on how to make a more cinematic film, etc... I try to soak in as much knowledge as I can in between film productions and use the newly gained knowledge/insight in my new films. I feel I still have so much to learn.
I learnt a lot from this video. Productive procrastination is like distracting your mind and getting it productive at the same time by sourcing other sources for ideas.
Thanks for the "input = output" strategy. You can only give out as much as you take in.
The ideas you get, gets processed to have a greater output.
Thanks for this.
I've had a book idea for over a year and have taken a few notes for the chapters and this vid makes me want to make a deal with myself and get more done. Thanks
Loved this video...I struggle so much with staying on track.
Actually you are my part of that productive procrastination, a really big one. I get new, really valuable information, new ideas that come along as well and day by day that's taking me towards my desired goal - making short films. Enormous thanks to you for that!
So to the point, I made myself keep a diary. Many times I tried but always failed until now - I always considered it booring eventually but now I have created myself a simple transliteration for all the letters and this became entertaining, like a little puzzle for the brain and it feels like I am keeping some secret notes and the whole notebook looks awesomely bizarre)
So that's my personal way to keep myself writing every day with just few exceptions.
You are amazing!
A great mindset that may boost creativity.
i've been this for a while without even knowing it! thanks for bringing it to my attention :)
Love this idea. Unknowingly I've been doing this on and off. One cool exercise I also found useful is to write down, or do my best to write down, 20 story ideas in one minute. Short sentences or even few words like man eats snakes. Doesn't matter if they are good or bad, just do it a couple of times when you're feeling ideas are not coming easy or you're feeling blocked. It opens up your creativity. Then each time you're looking for new ideas go over the list and pick the ones that you like the most, if you don't like any try again.
Never heard this before and I’m definitely sharing this with my sister who has a great script in the works. Would love to help her film it 💕
Yes this work... I'm getting more and more ideas for my script when I listen poscast about script writing. I lean new technic and I used those on my new project. Evolution baby
I have also been doing this the whole time, it's just so natural.
The factory analogy was brilliant!
Great video. You're awesome!
Yes and more yes!!!!
Awesome video!
Dope will try that
Thank you so much.. Every moment im thinking of this.. I think it will work out for me.... Thank you again for this wonderful video on Screenwriting... 🙏🙏🙏👌👌👌👌👌😍😍😍
Thanks for posting. I've been doing this all along. If anyone's into personality vids like MBTI types or astrology, it also helps to watch/read things that relate to your characters. So you're getting your "fix" while learning more about the way your characters think. Thanks for the reassurance that I'm not truly procrastinating.
Thanks for the video! A technique I use is I alternate styles of writings to generate new and fresh ideas. I often hope between formatting documents, storytelling, poetry, technical writing, mundane emails, instructions, etc.
Holy shit that animation style is dope af. That’s awesome.
I do this when I feel less productive..I watch something that is similar to what I'm working on or listen to music that fits the concept of my film. This guy gets it 🙌
This is empowering. I've kept a personal journal of ideas (not just stories but creative ideas in general) right as they pop into my mind as an attempt to never forget them. Then, when it came time to act on these ideas I had an entire stock pile of content to work with. I took this approach from when I would write music a few years back. When I'd get a song idea I'd record it in my voice memos to never forget. Then, I simply just applied that method to my video work. I guess I had subconsciously been doing this all along! (With the obvious bumps in the road of life like you mentioned)
I just realized I always do this. Thanks, dude.
This it right on time I want to start writing
Ayo,I want thank you for the dope content, cause of you I've gotten back into writing and shooting. I didn't know this was a thing, but I build play list for what i want to write, i need to take more notes, but i found that it pours out me when i crack open my laptop. SALUTE bruha
Great stuff, as always, Darious! How did you do that thumbnail? That subtle sketch look is so dope!
I do it really almost 1 hr a day as I'm in school now..and I think it has helped me immensely
@Ayush Sarnekar have u written anything yet
@Ayush Sarnekar good luck bro...I too have a situation....the story I'm Keen on writing is based on education system...I know the outline premise but I'm stuck at world and character building...any tips?
I do this myself especially when I'm thinking of concepts or creativity for video shoots.... I'm starting on my script soon. Keep motivating Me Darious!!! Love your Channel...still