@TylerMowery, number one, thank you for this channel and advice on writing - they are great. Number two, I understand this is your channel and your place of power, but please while you are spreading what you tend to believe, think about other people's perspective too. What you said about atheists in this video is not true for everyone. God is not true or good for everyone. People are diverse - races, ethnicities, sexes, genders, ages, cultures, beliefs, values - that is why writing is so interesting, that is why exploring the world outside us is so mesmerizing and breathtaking. Once a person sticks to a dogma, though, and there is lots of rigidity and tunnel vision, but much less willingness to be open-minded to others' feelings and opinions, the flow stops.
@@TheNadir1983 Each atheist I have encountered over my 55 years has existed as Tyler describes. Only two exceptions come to my mind: Dr. Carl Sagan and Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, both of whom were staunch atheists but at the same time (seemingly at least - granted, I only know the personas they presented the public) perfectly happy folks. Every other atheist, though, I've met has been a pretty thoroughly miserable person and no one to be around. I speak solely and purely from personal experience. I consider myself a rather open-minded and accepting person (I also immediately follow that statement up with, those who think they are open-minded and accepting don't have to state that they are open-minded and accepting - oh, hypocrisy: ain't it grand!).
@@kerryparsons4815 People are only people. Everywhere. Always. We all have been born the same way, through the same physiological process and through a female body. We all going to die some day earlier or later. So no one, even those who claim they have got a sacred knowledge can be 100% trusted as really possessing it. Even worse, so called sacred books and teachings were once created in a specific historical moment of time, by and for a specific group of people, in a specific geographical region, and they are no way panacea to everyone. Hindu people cannot have same worldview as Jewish, Orthodox Christians or Mormons. Pretty every Christian believer that I've encountered was struggling with inner demons though publicly stating they became new people. Some preferred to hide their insecurities, vices and true agenda behind a shining facade of A True Believer. This is not to say that true believers do not exist, hear me well - people are people, we are different in our personal experiences and nearly same in biogenetical and psyche base. What Tyler shares here is his personal opinion and experience, not a universal truth of a kind, so is my comment above. All I wanted to say was the world is much more interesting place when we study it without blinkers of dogma and superiority to our neighbors. Otherwise, all books and screenplays would have been identical, not interesting at all :)
This is a Must Watch Video Should Have Been The Title.. Absolutely We Feel Like That So It’s Awesome To Have Someone Understand That And Explain How We Can Change That Way Of Over Thinking
I went through a tough time while dealing with personal things a few months ago, but mindfulness really helped me. Sometimes we get caught up in trivial things and it can be difficult to achieve mindfulness. I've personally struggled to maintain it. I just want to say thank you for bringing attention to it and the beauty that exists beyond our limiting thoughts.
I agree with @Drudenfusz, and not just because I've been an Atheist since I was old enough to decide for myself. Time and again, I'm left surprised at how little amount of hubris is required for anyone to believe they have anything of import figured out, and it's just a shame that you feel ready to speak so condescendingly about those of us who just aren't ready to accept someone's word without evidence as "fact," and even singling this out as a deficiency with direct correlation to our writing hangups. Really? Are you sure about that? "Are ya sure about that?" :D Tyler, you might have acquired some degree of proficiency in the craft of screenwriting, but you're venturing into "guru" territory with this video (which I still hope is a belated April Fool's joke). Hopefully you can backtrack a little at some opportunity, but if not, best of luck to you, and more importantly, to your subscribers. Unless of course you're just pandering to a certain demographic by way of RU-vid metrics, in which case I guess the best I can do is simply roll my eyes and move on, but still sad because it negates much of the appreciation I had for your advice up to this point. Again, best of luck to all either way.
@@TylerMowery Likewise, I find it interesting that an acknowledgement of not actually having all the answers by not committing myself to Judeo-Christian, Muslim, Hinduism, Buddhism, or any other metaphysical belief system is taken as just the opposite in your video. Were I to go all in with Shintoism this weekend, would I be curing myself of the delusion of believing that I have all the answers a typical atheist suffers, or would the fact that I now believe in 8 million gods be hindrance in my plot structuring? Again, I appreciate your writing videos up to this point, but I find it even more disappointing that you're willing to double down on this notion that one's religion--or lack thereof--is something that can hinder one's creative output. I would never presume to know what is the "correct" faith to follow, and yet atheists seem to be easy pickings for criticism, now on the very subject of writing. My personal stance of "I just don't know and thus will not commit" is simply not good enough for some folks, but if this is me reacting "to any criticism of atheism," then okay, sure. The difference is, however, that most atheists such as myself just want to be left alone, not enlighten, change, or even attack others who have faith in their own systems. You went on the offensive with this one, so I'm just here to offer up some perspective from the other side. Hope you found this reaction just as interesting, Tyler! 😜
@@Spacedoggs it’s not about religion. Or adhering to a particular one. It’s about knowing the truth. Feeling the Good, the True, and the Beautiful inside us. We are connected to creator at all times. This is seen without needing to go to any man’s “church building.”
I love how very Thoth these messages were. I know exactly what you mean. We’ve lost access to our true selves, our inner nature, and ultimately to that primordial reservoir of creative flow, as a result of living in the rigid egoic structures of the modern world. Self compassion and understanding is the antidote to get back there
I love that Internet Connection fail story. I think that this is Not coincidence and as a storyteller I love how These incidents bring stories into our own lives that touch us if we observe and cherish them and so they bring more depth and thankfulness into our lives and give us a feeling of being connected to something greater that miraculously and inexplicably cares about us little human beings.
your videos are always very helpful! Thanks for talking on zoom yesterday, I feel a renewed motivation to work on another draft of my script. I appreciate your work!
Overall, thank you for taking a bit to share your thoughts on this. Authors and writers sharing their own fears and confidences is always helpful to me. It brings me some additional perspective. I remember when I first started to doubt and overanalyze my writing. I never had any kind of conscious thought about how much that has changed my writing. I've been doing better as of late, partly with the help of recognizing bad ideas can still have something worth working with. I even have a writing journal I put my B.A.D. Ideas (Brainstorming and Developing). Taking the moment to just be creative before figuring out if it's a "good" idea. I have a few outlets for my creativity, and I usually use one to spark up my writing. Taking the moment to forget my constraints and believe in whatever world or character I see in my mind is a rejuvenating process. Making it a stressor can be undone though. Need to remind myself that sometimes, but it can really be done. I only recently really understood what the first draft is for. I regret not taking advantage of first drafts more when I was younger, but I also have to recognize I didn't know how they worked. I'm still a beginner outside of my school assignments. I look forward to finishing a personal first draft for the first time. Bringing God into the conversation for a moment was not expected but really nice. I sometimes think I've gotten so good at working on my thinking mind on my own, but it only goes so far. But I find myself being my most creative when I include The Creator in my process.
There should be no room in writing for totalitarian ideas on how beliefs and religion affect the 'truth' of people's art. I hope you realise that that's a very slippery slope. The world is a better place with everyone's stories equally in it.
@@TylerMowery Sharing beliefs through art is amazing, eye opening and I would encourage that -- but you cannot make sweeping statements about other people and who is / is not a good writer when that is entirely antithetical to the idea of art. It is also a slippery slope to dehumanisation of others. White people said that Jewish, and people of colour's art and music was degenerate, which was one way in which they made excuses for their subjugation. The greatest writers are from all backgrounds and beliefs because we are all the same at the end of the day.
Hey Tyler idk if you will see this but I hope so. I tried to do the link with you but all the slots are full through July. Will you be opening up for August. If not I understand but I really wanted to ask you about a script I am writing and w/o going into to much detail means a lot to me and is close to me. I really need guidance on if I should write it, if I'm doing the write thing, should I put it down or go another way, etc. Please let me know if you are doing more free meetings after July I feel like I am in a cycle of confusion, procrastination, but also purpose. Please let me know. Thank you for all of your help and knowledge you give ❤🙏🏾
@@TylerMowery For sure, if you keep on the biblical track of these ideas, as a writer; and Of course I mean on the sensible part of writing, you'll end up finding the wonders of the concept of God's Grace.
I've been teaching writing (as a university prof) for nearly 20 years . . . and I *STILL* face these internalized feelings of self-criticism and judgement and punishment and so on literally *EVERY* time I sit down to write. It would be nice to believe that overcoming such feelings and fears could be as simple as you make it out to be. I don't mean this in any ugly way; I am truly hoping that I might be able to quiet the voices someday.
Your words remind me of the asceticism and fasting put into practice by Orthodox Christians. It all starts with what we put into our senses. We are what we consume. Great video as always Tyler!
Bro your work is so golden, I'm so appalled that this has less than 200 likes. It is so frustrating to be young and have a strong thirst for knowledge and bettering your perspective/art in this day and age, with this constant obsessive craving for quick, 'straightforward' content exuded from most people. It is very refreshing to find something/someone I can actually binge watch, thank you for extending your wisdom, I love critical thinkers and our holistic approach to our work 🙏🙏 being a giving artist has to be the best life path I can think of, keep going man 💯 I need to find that link in the description 😂👀
Incroyable discours. J’ai 44 ans, Plus de 20 ans que j’écris, que j’apprends, que j’accumule un savoir théorique de plus en plus poussé sur l’écriture de scénario et la dramaturgie en général et pourtant, je n’ai jamais réussi à finir en scénario… J’en ai honte mais c’est ainsi, je suis un juge trop impitoyable envers moi-même. Aujourd’hui je ressens l’urgence de me libéré de mes blocages. Merci pour pour ton aide !
Thanks. A few months back I got frustrated with my procrastination. I started therapy, began working on the Artist's Way, removed as much unhealthy tech things from my life etc. The goal I set for myself was just "do one healthy thing for my mind each day". No matter the hour, the scale, what it is. Is it creating something? Reading a book? As long as I feel it's trully good for me, my day is successful. What you're saying about clocks is true. It's easy to hold yourself accountable for writing/making art each day for a certain amount of time. But it shouldn't really work this way. I noticed that some days you drain your creative energy in 5 minutes, and sometimes in 8 hours. It's really bad to set yourself a certain block of time, because then you're just overthinking it. It's, in my opinion, the most important thought in this video. And not enough people are talking about it.
That bit about atheism was nonsense. Surrendering to the present moment can be done without any deities involved, look at Buddhism for example. So, please, never again make such baseless stuff about atheists, just because you cannot conceive why some people do not need deities.
It’s a simplified argument, however, since you follow this channel, I imagine you are relatively well thought, and articulate individual, it’s important to understand our own systems of belief… every atheistic idea at its end is based in nihilism, and at its end argues the meaninglessness of reality, and a baseless and purposeless life. If you don’t understand that, dig just a bit, and it will become very clear. 👍🏼
@@nathanlongwell Nope, my atheism is not based in nihilism. Quite the opposite actually. Just because atheism is not based on divinely given purpose does not make everything meaningless. You know people can create and give meaning to their lives? So again, try first to understand what atheism actually is before you judge it based on your ignorance. Have your faith, believe whatever you like, but do not try to gaslight people who have a different belief system that can come to meaning in life without the need for deities.
@@Drudenfusz I believe we cannot create true meaning in and of ourselves. Maybe dig deeper to the basis of your belief system? Anyways, I appreciate your openness.
@@nathanlongwell Well, I would suggest you try digging into reality to find out that your belief might be the right thing for you, but it is definitely not how the world or other people and other beliefs work. And "true meaning" is an oxymoron, since meaning is always subjective and interpretative. That is why the meaning you found is not some kind of truth either, but only your belief.
@@Drudenfusz there is subjectivity to meaning only to a certain point. Pure subjectivity is defined as pure chaos, and there is zero meaning, and usually pure destruction in pure chaos. Which brings us back to the origins of the argument. Where there is no defined reality (as you outlined), there is meaninglessness.
You’re right, I’m actually shooting my brain right now, he has an LMG and a grenade so I gotta be careful. I am bleeding out on the floor. Please send help. 🤫🧏🏻♂️ (But seriously, great video, you are very intelligent. Thank you for giving us this information.)
Less grenades and more simply sitting in peace and allowing tension to release from your body. Thanks for always being around, Noah. You are important.
@@TylerMoweryNo, I am just a random nobody. You though, are a legend. People look up to you. You are a screenplay writing master. You are more important.
