"Another get-unstuck trick I learned from my friend (Sean Conroy), a comedy writer who’s worked in many writing rooms: start a list of ten things that absolutely can’t be what happens next. It *can’t* be that the ghost was actually the sister, all along. It *can’t* be that there’s a knock at the door, and on the doormat is bag full of money without a note. I find that if I’m expansive enough in my silly and bad ideas, before I finish the list of ten wrong answers, the right answer is in there somewhere."
Brilliant!
"Another get-unstuck trick I learned from my friend (Sean Conroy), a comedy writer who’s worked in many writing rooms: start a list of ten things that absolutely can’t be what happens next. It *can’t* be that the ghost was actually the sister, all along. It *can’t* be that there’s a knock at the door, and on the doormat is bag full of money without a note. I find that if I’m expansive enough in my silly and bad ideas, before I finish the list of ten wrong answers, the right answer is in there somewhere."
Love this so much!!!
I know I’m a little late to the party but I gotta say The Sh*t is THE BOMB! I’ve saved this post and will be coming back to re-read for sure!
Thank you so much for your support, Olu! 💖