What I really think good writing does: It enlivens that part of us that actually believes we are in this world, right now, and that being here somehow matters.
The Eleven Laws of Showrunning by Javier Grillo-Marxuach provide advice and insights for effectively managing a television show, from fostering a creative environment to delegating responsibility and sharing credit.
"Redemption comes from a character who has incurred a moral debt through their actions then making good on that moral debt by performing some deed or service or act of heroism that will ameliorate the bad. That seems simple enough. But in the arid secular plains of modernity and its accompanying moral relativism, what is even good? What is even bad? How can there be redemption in the absence of a functioning moral schema?"
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The act of writing forces you to confront the truth in ways that mere thinking does not. As they say: "It's easier to lie to yourself than a blank white page."
You also receive feedback whenever you share ideas, and if it's any good, it points you towards the truth.