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Film Courage: How do you know you have a book idea worth writing?
John Vorhaus, Author/Speaker/Artist/Screenwriter: How do I know I have a book idea worth writing? Well, I must start by confessing that I’ve thought I’ve had a book idea worth writing many, many more times than I’ve been right about that. My hard drive is filled with whole and half projects and books that I thought would sell and couldn’t sell.
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I don’t care about that. I don’t ever imagine writing to be particularly efficient for me. I write 10 times more than I sell and I think that’s a friendly estimate but your question is a good one. It’s something that I’m thinking about now because I’m currently between books. I’m asking myself What do I think I would like my next book to be about? Here’s the idea that I’m testing, I can’t remember exactly what I’m calling it. It’s called To Live Outside The Law and it examines the question:
-How do people behave?
-What happens at the border between order and outlaw?
-Why do people go to those places?
-How do they act?
Some of the things that I’m thinking about are there were gambling ships outside the three-mile limit off in Santa Monica Harbor at one point. They needed to get outside the law in order to operate effectively.
Also, there are churches and cults who separate themselves from physical space from authority from organized authority for freedom. We also note that places like…(Watch the video interview on YouTube here).
BIO:
John Vorhaus is best known for his comedy-writing classic, The Comic Toolbox: How to be Funny Even if You’re Not. He has taught and trained writers in 37 countries on five continents at last count, and created TV shows of his own in Nicaragua, Romania and elsewhere. His writing credits include dozens of teleplays and screenplays, plus seven novels and some two dozen works of non-fiction. His latest book is the little book of STANDUP. Vorhaus is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and a member of the Writers Guild of America. He lives in Southern California and secretly controls the world from JohnVorhaus.com.
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