5/19/2023 0 Comments M Is for Magic by Neil GaimanIt's such a Doozy that they want to Cut You In On It. Everyone's got an idea for a book, a movie, a story, a TV series.Įvery published writer has had it - the people who come up to you and tell you that they've Got An Idea. And thirdly, the ideas aren't that important. Secondly, I doubt anyone who asks really wants a three hour lecture on the creative process. Firstly, I don't know myself where the ideas really come from, what makes them come, or whether one day they'll stop. As if there's a huge secret, and, for reasons of my own, I'm not telling them how it's done.Īnd of course I'm not. They look unhappy, as if I'm trying to slip a fast one past them. Then I got tired of the not very funny answers, and these days I tell people the truth: Pete Atkins is a screenwriter and novelist friend of mine, and we decided a while ago that when asked, I would say that I got them from him, and he'd say he got them from me. In the beginning, I used to tell people the not very funny answers, the flip ones: 'From the Idea-of-the-Month Club,' I'd say, or 'From a little ideas shop in Bognor Regis,' 'From a dusty old book full of ideas in my basement,' or even 'From Pete Atkins.' (The last is slightly esoteric, and may need a little explanation. And writers are asked where we get our ideas from. Doctors, for example, are always being asked for free medical advice, lawyers are asked for legal information, morticians are told how interesting a profession that must be and then people change the subject fast.
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