Ed Burns, a filmmaker, wrote something like this in his memoir INDEPENDENT ED. His most successful projects were those that had a "story" around them, a story about the project *itself* (for example, his first successful film's story was "Scrappy unknown wows Sundance Festival"--we all love that rags-to-riches, underdog wins, story!).
Erica Jong also wrote something like, your art can't just be this great meal that you cook; you also have to set the table, pour the wine, butter the bread, stimulate the appetite. That you have to draw people in, not just put out the product and hope it lands.
Sadly, this is really true. And, yeah, it was true even before social media. Cher, and Matt Damon and Ben Afleck won Oscars because they had really good stories too! So this is not a new phenomenon. But it does feel super-charged right now.
Your thoughts are spot on! The world is changing in oh so many ways and if we don't adapt we will not be successful as unfortunately our D leaders are learning.
Thank you. Keep writing stories like this one. They make me feel less alone and helpless.
Appreciate your saying that!
Beautifully
Espoused. And, sadly, so true.
Why thank you!
Yes, it's a grim era in many ways. 😳
Ed Burns, a filmmaker, wrote something like this in his memoir INDEPENDENT ED. His most successful projects were those that had a "story" around them, a story about the project *itself* (for example, his first successful film's story was "Scrappy unknown wows Sundance Festival"--we all love that rags-to-riches, underdog wins, story!).
Erica Jong also wrote something like, your art can't just be this great meal that you cook; you also have to set the table, pour the wine, butter the bread, stimulate the appetite. That you have to draw people in, not just put out the product and hope it lands.
Sadly, this is really true. And, yeah, it was true even before social media. Cher, and Matt Damon and Ben Afleck won Oscars because they had really good stories too! So this is not a new phenomenon. But it does feel super-charged right now.
Erica Jong is 10000% right.
Fascinating Brent and lots of food for thought.
Thank you! Appreciate that.
Your thoughts are spot on! The world is changing in oh so many ways and if we don't adapt we will not be successful as unfortunately our D leaders are learning.
Thanks! Yeah, it's all incredibly depressing in many ways. But adapt or die, as they say. And sadly, lots of people seem willing to just...die.
(I'm getting pretty exhausted myself. I don't know how many more reinventions-after --complete-and-total-disruption I still have in me!)