“Every book, ever editor, every teacher will tell you that the great key to success in authorship is originality….It is well to understand as early as possible in one’s writing life that there is just one contribution which every one of us can make: we can give into the common pool of experience some comprehension of the world as it looks to each of us. There is a sense in which everyone is unique. No one else was born of your parents, at just that time of just that country’s history: no one underwent just your experiences, reached just your conclusions, or faces the world with the exact set of ideas that you must have. If you can come to such friendly terms with yourself that you are able and willing to say precisely what you think of any given situation or character, if you can tell a story as it can appear only to you of all the people on earth, you will inevitably have a piece of work which is original.”
Dorothea Brand
Becoming a Writer
Pages 119-121
Kickstarter update from Day One (July 25,2011): Well, the first few hours after my launch were a little rough–$00.00. (One of those moments when you stop and think, “If I delete this now, will anyone notice?) But Kyle Pukas and Daniel Yu stepped to the plate and the Kickstater really got started. Thank you Kyle and Daniel. If you’d like to help Screenwriting from Iowa..and Other Unlikely Places become a book then click here.
Screenwriting from Iowa 
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