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4/29/2013 4 Comments

Writers, do you have questions? John Cleese may have your answers

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BURIED DEEP INSIDE this presentation by John Cleese on creativity are the answers to all of your questions. Are you creative? Do you have talent? When should you write? Where should you write? Should you be writing at all? How should you handle writer's block?
Unfortunately, the only question Cleese doesn't answer is the one most undiscovered authors are asking: Will your book ever sell?
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Caleb Pirtle link
4/30/2013 12:47:31 am

And no one can answer those questions like John can. You either have creativity or you don't. Everything else is a waste of time.

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Jack Durish
4/30/2013 05:17:17 am

I was not surprised that Cleese could describe "creativity" so creatively.

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Christina Carson link
5/2/2013 05:30:39 pm

How fascinating that his entire talk kept alternating the audience between the two moods he was explaining.Brilliant.

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Jack Durish
5/3/2013 05:36:46 am

Generally, actors aren't all that smart. Cleese must be the exception that proves the rule

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