ATTN JMS: More thoughts on your writing

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From: Inebrius <inebrius at ctlnet.com>
Date: 11 Sep 2000 18:23:03 -0700
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Jms at B5 wrote:

>
> My theory of writing has always been that if I can make myself laugh, the odds
> are that I can make the audience laugh; if I get misty eyed at something I'm
> writing (and it happened a LOT on B5), the odds are pretty good, since I'm a
> fairly restrained kind of guy, that it'll have that effect or more on the
> audience.  So yeah, I tend to feel what I'm writing, because that's the only
> way TO write.
>
> > Maybe that seems a strange question, but B5 had so
> >many moments of what I like to consider 'Perfect Cinema'
> >when everything - script, visuals, music, acting - fell into
> >place to create something so unforgettable that it still has
> >the same effect on people even after repeated viewings.
> >That's not just writing, that's a form of true brilliance.
> >
>
> Those are kind words, and I hope that at the end of the day they may even
> become true.  I'm too close to judge.
>
> The only thing I do know in this regard comes from a quote from, I think,
> Madeline L'Engle.  She said, "If an artist exists in true service to the art,
> then the art is greater than the artist."  There were times on B5 when I didn't
> know WHERE the hell this stuff was coming from...I only knew that it was bigger
> than I was at times, and the moments that were created as a result were
> something...important.
>
> That, at least, is what I hope for.
>

Thanks very much for your response - it's always interesting to get a glimpse into
your process as a writer. And, if it helps in any small way to know that what you
hope for is successful, my friend wanted me to pass on to you that she thinks you
must have a beautiful soul to write with such power and emotion. I believe you have
a new fan... :)





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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 12 Sep 2000 00:13:58 -0700
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>And, if it helps in any small way to know that what you
>hope for is successful, my friend wanted me to pass on to you that she thinks
>you
>must have a beautiful soul to write with such power and emotion.

Thank you.  I keep it in a jar by the door next to Eleanor Rigby's face.

 jms

(jmsatb5 at aol.com)
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