The Writer's Mind with Tyler Mowery

Naval Ravikant said "Time spent has nothing to do with job done." Today I want to explore what he means by this and how it applies to your writing.

Should you write your scripts fast? Or should you take years to write a first draft? Today I?m talking about why you should write a large volume of scripts quickly.

Today I want to talk about frugality and the abundance mindset.

If you?re listening to this podcast most of you won?t be writing 2 years from now. And this is the biggest reason that people don?t succeed. They simply don?t have the long term focus.

Repeating yourself can become tiring. However, there?s serious value in it. Today I talk about why you should repeat yourself and why people who don?t understand the first time aren?t dumb. Just simply need time.

Screenwriting books made a fatal error. But that error was built in over multiple decades as the medium of film and the film industry evolved. Today I want to talk about what went wrong with Screenwriting Books. 

Your community should be more than just fellow writers. It should be full of interesting people doing interesting things. Today I talk about why this is valuable and what you should do to become an interesting person yourself.

Today I?m looking at some of the interesting things I?ve learned while reading Nassim Taleb?s book Fooled By Randomness.

Why M. Night?s Old Doesn?t Work ? I just watched the new Shyamalan film Old. Today I?m going to spoil the entire thing for you as well as talk about why I don?t think it worked. I think there?s a lot of lessons to be learned from this film if you?re a new screenwriter and I want to walk you through some of the issues I noticed.

In this episode I talk about the replication crisis in science and the impact it has on our lives.

Today I read a twitter thread that offers a succinct view on some of the major global issues we have today.

Today I?m looking at some wild US government projects and talking about the implications they have on how we should be viewing the world.

It?s not about how hard you work. It?s about what you work on. People assume that just because you put a lot of hours into something it means you are making progress. But that?s not the case at all. Today I want to talk about leveraging your time and how you can apply it to your writing.

How do you know you?re free? What is freedom really? Is it based upon your nation? Or is it a state of mind? Or something else? Today I look at this question and talk about what my definition of freedom is.

Welcome to the first half of this great conversation with WGA Screenwriter Brooks Elms. We talked about the events in his life that shaped him, the importance of writing, and what new writers should be focusing on as they begin their journey in the industry.

Welcome to part 1 of this interview I did with WGA Screenwriter Dominic Morgan. We talked about his views on the world of writing, why storytelling is important, and the formative events in his life.

It?s time to take a dive into Carl Jung and the unconscious! Jung has some interesting ideas about dreams and their importance as a bridge between our conscious and unconscious minds. Today I want to dive into Jung?s ideas and begin the discussion about his philosophy.

Every rule you come in contact with was created my other people. What does this mean? And why is it valuable to understand? The rules you interact with on a daily basis are not as real as you might think. This can be useful to you, but it can also be dangerous. Today I talk about rules, rulers, and what to do about both.

Visualization and attention are closely related. What you focus on magnifies. If everyday you?re focused on making money you?ll notice more opportunities around you. Today I?m talking about visualization and how it can be practically used.

Today I talk about struggling through new habits and setting up new routines. Getting anything going is difficult. But mastering the skill of sticking to things in the long term transfers into every element of your life.

Artists have a bad relationship with money. And in my opinion it?s something that holds them back from finding the creative freedom they want. Today I want to talk about how artists (and screenwriters especially) should change their point of view on money.

When our understanding of the current moment shifts, it shifts our perception of history. Which leads us into a very interesting discussion. What can we know for sure about the past? How do we trust the perceptions of the people who?ve come before us?

Ever read a scary story then suddenly the whole world feels creepy? Why? Because we create our own realities. Today I am talking about the gap between our perception of the world and reality itself. Buckle in for a trippy one today!