“In December 2011, I will be opening up my production house, Sharmeen Obaid Films, and aspire to change the way Pakistanis approach nonfiction storytelling. There are thousands of stories to be found here.” WayStoriesFilmFoundHouseApproachProductionsOpeningStorytellingNonfictionAspireDecemberOpening Up Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“I like to approach comedy from character, to have the stakes for the individuals in the story be very high.” CharacterStoriesIndividualComedyApproachStakes Author:Seth Gordon
“Most of my stuff is just a series of false leads. I'll approach a story as a subject and then make a whole bunch of different runs at the lead. They're all good writing but they don't connect. So I end up having to string leads together.” WritingDifferentEndsWholeStoriesRunningTogetherStuffSubjectsApproachSeriesBunchStringsGood Writing Book:Ancient Gonzo Wisdom Source: Ancient Gonzo Wisdom
“The story of Joseph in Egypt and of the seven fat and the seven lean years has passed into the homely wisdom of the ages; but our economic thinking seems to have lost contact with so simple and basic approach to prudent management of a nations welfare.” ThinkingYearsStoriesSeemsAgeLostNationsSimpleEconomicApproachManagementSevenFatsContactWelfareEgyptPrudentHomely Author:Benjamin Graham
“Most books that come out with a comedy label seem to be, Eric [Wareheim] and I could have written, "This is our story, and this is who we are," and sort of this navel-gazing, narcissistic approach to comedy we're seeing these days.” BookStoriesSeemsComedyWrittenSeeingApproachLabelsThese DaysWho We AreNarcissisticEricGazingNavelNavel Gazing Author:Tim Heidecker
“As someone with a novelistic background, I just didn't have much interest in creating stories by committee. I don't think you necessarily get the best story through that approach.” ThinkingStoriesInterestApproachCreatingBackgroundsCommitteesCreating Stories Author:Nic Pizzolatto
“Every time I start off a book or a story I feel like I'm developing a new style or approach for that individual story alone, and it sometimes feels as if readers are looking for the same style/approach from the same writer over and over again, which hasn't helped me in the publishing biz.” IfsFeelsBookSometimesStoriesIndividualStyleReaderApproachDevelopingPublishing Author:Scott Bradfield
“I try very hard to tell stories and not lecture. I try to approach things as an amateur and not an expert, so that when I'm doing something, I'm starting out in a place a lot like where my readers start out - which is to say, naïve.” TryingHardStoriesReaderApproachStartingExpertsLecturesStarting Out Author:Michael Pollan