There’s this legendary Simpsons writer. All the other writers speak about him as if he is some sort of God. He’s very reclusive but he had an interview in the New Yorker or somewhere recently. And he had the absolute best advice. Especially having written for shows it resonates with me

Just write a s***ty version of it. Just write it. Not intentionally s***ty but just write it and don’t worry about the quality. Then rewrite it. Writing is hard. Rewriting is easy

John Swartzwelder is his name

Here is the article: newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/john-swartzwelder-sage-of-the-simpsons

He says:

But I do have a trick that makes things easier for me. Since writing is very hard and rewriting is comparatively easy and rather fun, I always write my scripts all the way through as fast as I can, the first day, if possible, putting in crap jokes and pattern dialogue—“Homer, I don’t want you to do that.” “Then I won’t do it.” Then the next day, when I get up, the script’s been written. It’s lousy, but it’s a script. The hard part is done. It’s like a crappy little elf has snuck into my office and badly done all my work for me, and then left with a tip of his crappy hat. All I have to do from that point on is fix it.

Matrix thread posters could've been on this gravy train first but nah, yall slept on me Now me and @op about to be real life Wolves of Wall Street, straight up insider trading and snorting coke off hookers' ass cheeks in our neighboring mansions

Having known him before he got on twitch, it continues to really shock me just how famous he is, and how famous he is on ktt in particular

Any time I call him, he’s streaming. He was streaming when I was with Ted Cruz. He only picked up after I sent him the video. I’m sure he will collab with whomever he wants

Simpsons Gumline universe / spinoff will literally print money

Just don’t give him the sauce for free I support the vision

I’m joking I just want to see a ktt thread used in court

You’ve figured me out. Good luck getting any of my GCU money (Gumline Cinematic Universe).

I will let whoever pitched it get a modest split on theme park revenue, but anything else you’ll have to talk to my lawyer

This is the one chance we have to get KTT into a movie. Please make it happen.

Are you in vouch for fragmented storytelling? I like that concept in my columniation of ideas.

KTT was on a judge Judy episode??

Can I be the dude who parks peoples cars outside the mansion

Tiktok is great

But I honestly think you’d be better on YouTube. Tik tok general audience is too dumb or doesn’t care. They just wanna see bing bong f*** your life jokes and continue on.

I’ve actually never done coke and saw more coke at Harvard than I did either on Wall Street or Hollywood. When you don’t do coke, people don’t do coke around you

D**** in general have always freaked me out. I talked about it in the YouTube, but I was a nerdy kid with glasses who wasn’t good at sports and who was African when being African was cause for ridicule. The one thing I was good at was school, and D.A.R.E. said d**** would fry your brain

Come to find out everyone smokes weed and many do other d**** as well

I started a YouTube / patreon and then didn’t promote it because of reasons that are neither here nor there. But maybe I’ll promote it down the line

besides that judge Judy episode??

I just haven’t made the change yet and don’t rly want another reason to lose time on my phone tbh

Nah we need more info on this

Like Rashoman style or what do you mean? I am a sucker for following storytelling conventions.

If you are going to break rules, know why and make sure it’s worth it

For example (spoiler alert), I love how in La La Land and 500 Days of Summer, the couples don’t end up together. Bold move for a rom-com and a musical rom-com at that, but it totally works and it totally makes sense for those stories. Especially 500 Days of Summer. The writer didn’t just do it just to do it

Weird how I also mentioned insider trading and prostitution in that post but d*** use is the only thing you have a problem with :elon:

Just teasing, you a real one for this thread

Oh yeah i feel that. It is pretty addicting

D.A.R.E. propaganda stuck with me I guess

I already spend part time hours browsing small IG clothing brands lmao s*** would destroy my social life