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The biggest problem almost all comics face is not piracy or demographics or any of that nonsense: it's obscurity.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Almost Almost All Any Biggest Biggest Problem Comics Demographics Face Nonsense Obscurity Piracy Problem

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There are many ways to improve your writing. Here's the bad news: 1.They all require hard work. 2.There is no magic bullet.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Bad Bad News Bullet Hard Hard Work Here Improve Magic Many News Require Ways Work Writing Your

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It is easier to rewrite anything - even the worst writing in the world - than it is to write something from scratch.

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Topics: Anything Easier Even Rewrite Scratch Something Than World Worst Write Writing

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A lot of young writers ask me about my process. They know what they want to write - but they need to know how. What's the right way? How do the professionals do it? What's the secret?

~Antony Johnston

Topics: About Ask How Know Lot Me Need Process Professionals Right Right Way Secret Want Way Write Writers Young Young Writers

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This is absolutely the true answer, no word of a lie, 100% guaranteed: Q: What's the best way to turn my idea into a story? A: Whatever works for you.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Absolutely Answer Best Best Way Guaranteed Idea Lie Story True Turn Way Whatever Word Works You

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What works for one writer may not work for another. There are as many methods as there are writers. Were you to live to a grand old age, you would still never have enough time to try them all.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Age Another Enough Enough Time Grand Live Many May Methods Never Old Old Age Still Them Time Try Were Work Works Would Writer Writers You

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When I'm back at my computer, and/or have more time to deal with the project than when I made the initial notes, I transcribe them into a Scrivener document. I create a new Scrivener file for every project, right at the start, and make a folder for these transcribed notes; when entering them, I title each note document according to date.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: According Back Computer Create Date Deal Document Each Entering Every File Initial Made Make More New Note Notes Project Right Start Than Them Time Title

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A 300pp novel can easily become a 200pp novel by printing with smaller type; a 100pp screenplay can potentially become a film of between 60-140 minutes in length; a 200pp stage play could be performed in anything from 30 minutes to four hours. For all these media, the script length is agnostic to the final work.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Agnostic Anything Become Between Could Easily Film Final Four Hours Length Media Minutes Novel Performed Play Potentially Printing Screenplay Script Smaller Stage Type Work 30 Minutes

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I sometimes see People On The Internet decrying work-in-progress tweets and posts as worthless. 'Measuring output by quantity rather than quality is dangerous,' they say. 'More work doesn't mean better work!'

~Antony Johnston

Topics: Better Dangerous Internet Mean Measuring More Output People Posts Quality Quantity Rather Say See Sometimes Than They Say Tweets Work Worthless

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Anyone can sit down and write two pages of a novel, then forget about it, and a week later write five pages of a screenplay, then forget about it, and a week later start another novel... etc, etc.

~Antony Johnston

Topics: About Another Anyone Down Etc Five Forget Later Novel Pages Screenplay Sit Start Then Two Week Write

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Writer

Born: August 25th, 1972

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