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Film Courage Why do you journal?
Tony DuShane, Writer/Podcaster/Teacher: Well, to keep the world a better place because I would probably be a more irritable person if I didn’t journal in the morning.
But the journaling, which that’s part of The Artist’s Way.
I learned about that many years ago.
There’s so much truth to writing a lot, just writing the crap so you can get to your thing.
I always have to write a journal about myself and what’s going on and then wherever that takes me.
I mean, the journals take me to so many places.
I have no forethought. I could hand write five pages and I’m like,
“Okay, I’m done. Wow, I went there.”
And I’ll put a little note and go,
“Use that for blank. Put it aside.”
But that’s so I can get everything out of the way to work on what I need to work on.
That’s a lot of the reason for it. Yeah.
Film Courage: I think you interviewed a woman recently on Drinks with Tony where you were talking about filling journals, even if it’s for novel writing, with the handwritten pages.
Tony: Yeah. That with first drafts.
Even when I used to write articles for the San Francisco Chronicle, it was always on a yellow pad.
I don’t know why, it creates a whole new thing to do.
But for some odd reason, I just need that pen to paper.
I think I need to know that I don’t need a machine to be a writer.
I can have nothing and I can have a pencil and paper and it’s just like I’m good.
I would like some food and maybe a beer, but I’m good.
Film Courage: Within reason, whatever you’re comfortable telling us, what do you write about?
Tony: Oh, in my journals? Sometimes it’s…a lot of it recently is family stuff. This is interesting to me. I mean, it’s interesting because as I dive into…(Watch the video interview on YouTube here).
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BIO:
Tony DuShane is the author of the semi-autobiographical novel Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk. He adapted the screenplay for director Eric Stoltz, and the film is now available on Amazon Prime. His journalism and essays have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, Penthouse, The Believer, and other media outlets. DuShane has hosted the author interview show Drinks with Tony since 2002.
He teaches novel and screenwriting at UCLA Extension.
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