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Film Courage: You have what you call The Rule Breaker’s Guide to Finding Your Creative Voice.
What is a rule breaker when it comes to creativity?
Brandon Violette, Screenwriter / Founder and Host of The Story Series Podcast: I think it’s baked into creativity.
I think that the rules that you choose to follow and the rules that you choose to break are what makes you.
Especially writing, finding your voice, it’s not perfect.
You’re never going to write the perfect script.
You always aspire to that, right?
But it’s never going to get there.
And at the same time, you’re always hearing advice on do this, do that, all that stuff.
You definitely shouldn’t follow every rule, definitely shouldn’t break every rule, of course, but it’s making those decisions which are highly personal.
It goes back to the flaws or those imperfections that come out of you are what makes you you.
I think it’s abandoning the idea of perfection but chasing it.
Realizing you’ll never get there.
I think that that’s a big one.
Film Courage: Are there two kinds of writers?
There’s the perfect student that’s in the front row that raises their hand all the time and then…(Watch the video interview on YouTube here).
About:
Brandon Violette was most recently the Head Writer for RoboGobo and Pupstruction at Disney Television Animation and the Co-Creator/Head Writer of CoComelon Lane (Moonbug/Netflix), one of Netflix’s top-performing preschool series. His writing credits span hit shows including Dew Drop Diaries (DreamWorks), Pupstruction (Disney Junior), T.O.T.S. (Disney Junior), Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! (Mattel), and Stretch Armstrong & The Flex Fighters (Hasbro Studios).
In addition to his screenwriting work, Brandon is the host of The Story Series Podcast, where he interviews writers, showrunners, filmmakers, author and creators about story structure, character development, pitching and the creative mindset.
Before moving to Los Angeles, Brandon studied at the Beijing Film Academy and continues to return to China as a guest lecturer, sharing insights on storytelling, animation, and the global landscape of entertainment.
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