WRITER'S BLOCK: PERSONAL COMMENTARY

I saw a movie yesterday at a major motion picture theater where I "saw" once again how all writing is definitely not good writing.  I paid good money to see a movie that left me dissatisfied.  Of course, I know that there are plenty of bad movies. That is, badly written movies.  But I was expecting something more than it turned out to be.

On the other hand, one of the teachings I received from seeing this movie is to never give up.  Not only was that the unveiled message of the movie, albeit contrived and poorly delivered though there were some interesting techniques, but the very act of experiencing this screenplay in movie format was further confirmation to keep on writing.  Writing skill is a personal achievement.  If we were floored and overwhelmed by the excellence of everything we saw and read, I wonder if there would be sufficient incentive to write.  For me, experiencing writing that does not meet my expectations provides motivation to keep on keeping on writing.

I don't seek out what I consider to be "under par" writing.  But, life happens.  And, I like to take advantage of it when it does.

By the way, I am not mentioning the name of the movie since, while there are some movies many people agree are poorly written, this blog post is not a movie review.  It is a commentary on writing for writers and wannabe writers.

So, keep on… keeping on writing.