Creator Angst

Episode 49 – Write It Again, Sam

Writing is revision and a movie is discovered in the editing room. Or so “they” tell us. Isn’t vision enough? If not, how do we go about casting our re-vision anyway? Tim and Nick take up the topic with their usual flair in Episode 49 of Derailed Trains o

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Episode 42 – Why We (Don’t) Create

It’s no secret Tim and Nick like to create. I mean, they’ve recorded more than 40 podcasts discussing the art of storytelling! But every creative person has a reason they create. And every creative person has multitudes of excuses for why they don’t actua

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Episode 7 – Lest Old Stories Be Forgot

As we celebrate the Christmas season and look forward to a new year, we decide to look back on our old works and see what we’ve learned. Then, in a special holiday Take on Tales, we rate our favorite Christmas movies. Find a comfy chair, some hot cocoa, a

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Episode 3 – From Boredom to Book

Two days late and a little long, but we finally have Episode 3 up and running! It’s a packed episode, too. We start with a discussion of time management (see how that worked out with our late podcast), and end up somewhere in Jim Henson and Pixar territor

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Episode 2 – The Pen and the Pocketbook

What do Reese’s Pieces, talking animals, and believing in yourself have in common? They mean you’ve sold your artistic vision to the corporate man. Or do they? We explore Commercial vs. Artistic Vision, plus much more in the second episode of Derailed Tra

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