I felt that as long as we were being honest, and that we didn't bend the truth to accomplish another goal, to be entertaining or to be a happy ending, I was confident that we'd be able to tell the story the way it happened.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
On the one hand I wonder, Was this really my story to tell? On the other hand, I just wanted the story to be told. But the truth is that I didn't think anybody was going to read it.
All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you're just playing about.
I think, as writers, our first responsibility is to writing an honest story. Tell the story you want to tell, without pulling your punches.
We're always just telling stories, and stories are always just approximations of the truth. It's never the truth exactly.
It's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak.
The challenge in any kind of storytelling, as far as I know, it is, you're looking for the moment that is completely unexpected, but at the same time, you think to yourself, 'Of course, that's the only way it could have gone.' It has to feel like it's the truth of it.
What we want to see is stories that are going to be honest stories about the characters that we're telling them about.
We sat down and told stories that happened to us in our childhood, to our children. They were all basically based on the truth. These stories were funny and poignant to us. They just took off. These are all stories from my life.
We have to be really sensitive to making sure were not creating any stories that don't feel like they're ready to be told... We have to make sure we're getting the right story and the right content from the talent we work with.
I don't think we'll ever lose the desire for people to tell stories or to hear stories or to be entrapped in a beautiful story.