Category: Creative Journey Log

Prioritisation, goal setting and time pressure, value of time

This week has been so fucking long, but it’s been a fun week. I’ve slept like shit this week, and just been playing catch up the whole time. Frankly I’m really fucking exhausted lol. But it’s been a pretty good week. Whenever I’m super sleep deprived I try to look at the positive side, because… Continue reading Prioritisation, goal setting and time pressure, value of time

Morning pages, dealing with inefficiency, and Swan Song

Didn’t have a great deal of time to write today, but I squeezed in what I could. Trying to get out of the mindset of “I don’t have enough time!”. I’m trying to think of it as a challenge for my efficiency in working, as opposed to a problem that I’m a victim of.  Morning… Continue reading Morning pages, dealing with inefficiency, and Swan Song

Why listening to Mach-Hommy has made me a better creative

Running on fumeeeeeessssss, another 3 hour sleep, my brain is vegging out, at times writing the screenplay just felt like smacking my head against a brick wall. My brain capacity was not where it needed to be, so I stuck on some music to give my brain some stimulation/inspiration. This new Mach-Hommy album dropped the… Continue reading Why listening to Mach-Hommy has made me a better creative

Mark Weinman acting masterclass, and short film shoot

I spent my Saturday morning at an acting masterclass hosted by Mark Weinman. The session was about getting out of your head as an actor. Not only was it super fun, I found it really useful, not just for as an actor, but also more widely as a creative.  Acting masterclass key takeaway In the… Continue reading Mark Weinman acting masterclass, and short film shoot

Rough idea for anxiety inducing short film

Planning to shoot a short film on Saturday 4th, and I spent a fair amount of time today hashing out ideas. On recommendation from my mentor Louis Bhose, I watched this incredible master class from Paul Schrader (wrote Taxi Driver, Raging Bull). Haven’t finished it yet, but holy fuck, literally the first 20 minutes has… Continue reading Rough idea for anxiety inducing short film

Writing music video concepts, and sharing ideas too early

Travelled out to get some headshots taken today, because my current headshots on my Spotlight is just some janky ass photos that my little brother took of me on my DSLR in the garden – I really needed to get some professional ones done. I had some had a fair amount of down time on… Continue reading Writing music video concepts, and sharing ideas too early

Creative Journey Log: Day 7

Was hella distracted writing today, I wasn’t focused, and wasn’t getting a lot of deep work done. All my work felt very surface-level, and shallow.  Lately, when I’ve tried to write in the morning I’ve been hella distracted and slow as fuck in starting, then I’ll compensate by eating into the time I set aside… Continue reading Creative Journey Log: Day 7