Popular Topics: Writing  Photography  Business   Webapps   Movies .tag-cloud li {display:inline;} Tumblr (3.0; @8secondsofawesome)http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/You ain't gonna need it: 37signals (damn them for the good links) talk about YAGNI: “It’s easy...http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/437582494http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/437582494Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:32:32 -0600 Smiles of a Summer Night Sawdust and Tinsel Wings of Desire The Exterminating Angel Truly,...http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/427445551http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/427445551Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:02:56 -0600The power of small groups: Matt, from 37signals, quotes British author Antony Jay on the benefits of...http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/424349436http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/424349436Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:22:07 -0600How Not to Depict a War: Interesting article on “The Hurt Locker”.  Some of these points...http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/422103523http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/422103523Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:50:00 -0600 This makes me happy:  The Cult of Done by Bre Prettis and Kio Stark. The poster comes from James...http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/191227327http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/191227327Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:41:00 -0600To face your fear of writing, right now, is to break though the personal jail cell that you have...http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/180879913http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/180879913Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:02:52 -0600writing The best part in Malcom Gladwell’s book Outliers: The Story of Success is tucked at the back,...http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/175943686http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/175943686Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:49:44 -0600 Fun for me is building the first vision of a new script with a marker and a big pad of paper. ...http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/173282474http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/173282474Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:56:39 -0600writingprocess I am excited and feel honored to be asked back by Gordon from the Filmpool to teach another round...http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/173082099http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/173082099Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:44:00 -0600teachingwriting How great would this be for film scouting. yellowbird, a company from The Netherlands that offers a...http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/173049059http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/173049059Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:48:53 -0600 I would love to put one of these in my backyard. My Pizza Oven: Mark Wilkie, Windsor Terrace,...http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/173045377http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/173045377Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:42:07 -0600A short article by Jack Cheng about “when you really ‘do the dishes’ without...http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/173035576http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/173035576Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:24:59 -0600Process After recently putting the Screenwriter’s Group on hiatus until the new year, I came across...http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/171450785http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/171450785Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:15:00 -0600designwriting I can’t wait to get my hands on this book.  From 37signals: Rework will be in bookstores on...http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/171373611http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/171373611Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:59:00 -0600processwritingI love this list of ten “mental rules” for solving puzzles that Andrew Bonventre found...http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/170729018http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/170729018Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:26:00 -0600process This would be great a way breaking a story using different colored markers for the different plots....http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/170561802http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/170561802Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:26:00 -0600processwritingideasThere is a line you have to be careful not to cross once you move past writer’s block and get...http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/107677602http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/107677602Thu, 14 May 2009 07:14:00 -0600writingwriter's blockprocessI have been thinking about you a lot lately. I want you to be writing. I want you to be overcoming...http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/102508244http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/102508244Fri, 01 May 2009 22:14:00 -0600writingprocessSo often, the talk that surrounds writing is about getting you to do the work and extend your skill,...http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/102249458http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/102249458Fri, 01 May 2009 07:07:33 -0600Your first pass of a story is the closed-door session.  It is the story session.  It is about you...http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/100631952http://www.8secondsofawesome.com/post/100631952Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:12:00 -0600writingprocess