Donald L. Vasicek

Tag: writing

  • The Secret to Effective Writing

    The Secret to Effective Writing

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    A favorite Zen story in which three men are
    observing a flag fluttering in the breeze: One
    man says, The flag is moving. The second
    man says, The wind is moving. The third
    man says, You are both wrong, it is your
    mind that is moving.

    If you look inside of yourself, you will see
    the information you need to be successful.
    This information contains everything you
    need to be successful. The secret to
    tapping into this information is contained
    in The Zen of Writing.

    How so, you ask?

    Look inside of yourself and you will see
    the answer. This is the secret to successful
    writing and/or filmmaking. Look inside
    of yourself and you will see the secret.

    Why is it that Steven Spielberg is a
    successful filmmaker? He has the ability
    to look inside of himself and see the secret.

    Why is Stephen King a successful novelist?
    He has the ability to look inside of himself
    and see the secret.

    What do you seek when you write a letter,
    or make a corporate video? Do you look
    outside or inside of your mind and heart?
    When you look inside of your mind and
    heart you enhance your ability to see the
    secret to being successful in your undertaking.
    When you look outside of your mind and heart,
    you have no ability to see the secret to being
    successful.

    What rings true in each one of us is our
    ability to think and feel. When we tap
    into those senses to write a screenplay
    or make a film, we look inside of ourselves.
    We see the secret to successfully writing the
    screenplay or making a film successful.

    You might ask, but I do that and I see
    nothing. The reason you see nothing is
    because you allow yourself to avoid seeing
    the secret. You allow yourself to avoid seeing
    the secret because you do not know how to
    see the secret.

    With The Zen of Writing, you will see the secret.
    You need simply to contact me to learn how to
    tap into that secret.

    Peace, Light and Love,
    The Zen of Writing

  • “Some 101 Basics to Becoming a Successful Writer”

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    The Fine Point of Writing

    Utilizing writing as a means for income to support yourself and/or your family requires great effort if you are to succeed. One should not think in terms of how “exiting” it might be to be a writer. Although being a writer has its benefits, the fine point of becoming a writer is to realize that writing is hard work.

    Elements

    It requires one to be creative, to focus on detail, to discipline oneself, to be professional at all times, to always be open-minded to how you can take your writing talent and abilities to the next level, to be on a constant schedule of marketing oneself, etc. Writing requires deep thought. There are those times when writing that one has to call upon their innermost being to bring out of themselves that which is necessary to write what they are writing.

    What Writing Takes

    At times when writing, the writer might spend days perfecting one sentence. Being a writer requires patience, perseverance, mental strength, determination and a willingness to sacrifice their leisure time to become successful as well as maintaining and taking writing success to the next level. You can read more about writing on my website. If you have questions, comments, and/or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

    Donald L. Vasicek
    Olympus Films+, LLC
    The Zen of Writing
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  • Quotes On Writing From Elmore Leonard

    5 QUOTES ON WRITING FROM ELMORE LEONARD
    Categories: Brian Klems’ The Writer’s Dig.
    August 20, 2013

    We’re saddened to hear about the passing of literary legend Elmore Leonard (I absolutely loved his book Get Shorty when I read it in high school). He was a great writer and will be remembered through his wonderful work for years and years to come. In honor of Leonard’s passing, we’ve pulled five memorable quotes on writing from our Writer’s Digest interviews archive, as we were fortunate to get to speak with him several times over the years. Here they are.

    “… The writer has to have patience, the perseverance to just sit there alone and grind It out. And if it’s not worth doing that, then he doesn’t want to write. …” (1982)

    “A writer has to read. Read all the time. Decide who you like then study that author’s style. Take the author’s book or story and break it down to see how he put it together.” (1982)

    “The main thing I set out to do is tell the point of view of the antagonist as much as the good guy. And that’s the big difference between the way I write and the way most mysteries are written.” (1982)

    “It is the most satisfying thing I can think of, to write a scene and have it come out the way I want. Or be surprised and have it come out even better than I thought.” (1997)

    “Write the book the way it should be written, then give it to somebody to put in the commas and shit.” (my favorite) (1997)

    * Special thanks to Writer’s Digest intern Priyanka Mehta for scouring the archives to find these gems.