The more I learn about how other writers work, the more I'm comforted. If I approach it in a methodical manner, my suck can become non-suck.

That is power.

Write cold.
Edit hot.

Yet another reason I am very STRINGENT in my outlining process. I will go through at least 4 full outlines until I ever write anything other than the first scene and even that is subject to change.

And by outline I mean a sequence map that has every sequence, the characters, the emotion, the goals, the location and all of it has to come out at the end since as we all know you should always write your ending first.

I find that Movie Outline works perfectly for my process. Now I just need to start hating my well-paying day job and write more - well, pitch more.

For me, this dovetails perfectly with Jacob Krueger's article "Breaking the Chain of Writer's Block," in the most recent issue of Creative Screenwriter. He points out that while we'd never tolerate seeing a child abused, we abuse our "inner artist" every day -- beating ourselves up over our first drafts. No wonder better revised drafts just don't want to come out and play!

"Free-ish," what a great way to describe that feeling after you finish a big project.

Inspiring video, thank you, Scott! Lumet in Making Movies observes that he learned from every single project, and said take every opportunity for work, even if not ideal, because it's opportunity to learn. That parallels other creative fields, that certain and so very satisfying path towards sharper, smarter skills, if you just keep at it. And don't fear the suckage.

@Gary Cottontail, "Write cold. Edit hot," that's beautiful.