Screenplay Form & Structure: The work of writing

I knew that somewhere or other I spoke of the need to dawdle over a sentence
and take time to hear just the right word. It was on Authonomy.com 12/8/11

Speaking now mostly to new authors, and based on my little experience of investing much in an uncertain result, it seems to me that writing fiction requires the following:

1. Leisure

I have been personally unable to write without food, drink, music appropriate to the task, and above all solitude. The ability to dawdle over a line and feel out precisely the right word takes time. Perhaps genius enjoys an exception, no effort or reflection required. But for most of us, writing is a trial by ordeal. My best work is always done in the mornings. That's not to say nights are empty and unproductive. Darkness is a cloak of peace when the world is quietly removed. This is especially helpful if you have children. But I do not understand how one can write a novel while working 9 to 5. It's not important to be prosperous, but unemployment is rocket fuel.

2. Love

The emotional support of a spouse or a very special personal friend who loves you is another basic requirement. The work of writing is lonely and tiring. Someone dear has to be there to pick up the pieces of your frazzled personality, put the beast to sleep and wipe away tears of joy or pain, as the case may be. An angry, resentful partner is hell on wheels.

3. Locomotion

... fire in the belly, a great engine of purpose (other than scribbling) to propel the work. It has to be about something that must be said, must be shown, must be proved beyond shadow of doubt with the warlike armaments and magic of story. At the beginning or twilight of an author's career the joy of writing is sufficient. Nothing wrong with that. I've done it. I'm doing it now -- rattling on with pleasure. It ain't fiction. Certainly isn't a story. Just goes to show how little fire is left in my breast, that I'm content to tap the keys and hear the sound of my own voice. If you are engaged in the work of a novel, there is no time for or purpose in scribbling. Every ounce of strength belongs to the marriage of brain and heart and guts to character and theme. If you're doing it right, the sun rises and sets without notice.

Source: http://screenwritingdoc.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-work-of-writing.html

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