{"id":11005,"date":"2014-08-08T11:22:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T18:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=11005"},"modified":"2014-08-08T11:24:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T18:24:58","slug":"story-is-king-and-trust-the-process-says-pixar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/08\/story-is-king-and-trust-the-process-says-pixar\/","title":{"rendered":"Story is King and Trust the Process, says Pixar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8910.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11006\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8910.jpg\" alt=\"Story is king and trust the process. -- Pixar\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8910.jpg 600w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8910-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8910-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8910-520x520.jpg 520w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8910-720x720.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Story is king and trust the process, says Pixar, the animation giant.<\/h2>\n<p>Today I listened to an interview with the author of <a title=\"Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull &amp; Amy Wallace\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1u6Ndwb\" target=\"_blank\">Creativity, Inc, Ed Catmull<\/a>, on <a title=\"Pixar President Ed Catmull's Creativity Secrets on kqed.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kqed.org\/a\/forum\/R201408081000\" target=\"_blank\">KQED<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s heartening to here about how a creative business works.<\/p>\n<p>As I haven&#8217;t read the book yet, here&#8217;s some tidbits and inspiration I&#8217;ve pulled from my favorite newsfeed of my peers, Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoviesUS\/status\/496637741871144960\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoviesUS\/status\/496637741871144960\/photo\/1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11007 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screenshot-2014-08-08-10.55.40.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-08-08 10.55.40\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screenshot-2014-08-08-10.55.40.png 680w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screenshot-2014-08-08-10.55.40-300x234.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rippleon\/status\/495201175050784768\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rippleon\/status\/495201175050784768\/photo\/1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11008\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screenshot-2014-08-08-10.54.59.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-08-08 10.54.59\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screenshot-2014-08-08-10.54.59.png 627w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screenshot-2014-08-08-10.54.59-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nancyduarte\/status\/497448901511622657\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nancyduarte\/status\/497448901511622657\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11010\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screenshot-2014-08-08-10.53.47.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-08-08 10.53.47\" width=\"301\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screenshot-2014-08-08-10.53.47.png 713w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screenshot-2014-08-08-10.53.47-300x111.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>How do you protect your creativity?<\/h2>\n<p>One of the ways I do it is to read a lot, watch TV and movies, and my favorite, travel to some place new.<\/p>\n<p>I also love to listen to NPR because it&#8217;s like meandering through a lot of interesting stories at random and seeing what excites and intrigues me.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have an atrium\u00a0like Pixar does to create these random and interesting meetings with\u00a0my peers, though you could say the Internet can function in that way.\u00a0It&#8217;s not enough! Thank goodness I&#8217;ll be going to my monthly RWA meeting tomorrow and be in the physical presence of my creative peers.<\/p>\n<h2>How do you feed the beast?<\/h2>\n<p>The beast equals the making money part: the business you&#8217;re in and includes marketing your books.<\/p>\n<p>I follow through and remind myself to follow through. How about you?<\/p>\n<p>Specifically,\u00a0for the coaching business I follow up as best I can when I say I would. For book marketing, same thing: Follow through. Coming up with ideas is easy. The follow through is the hard part for me. LOL<\/p>\n<p>How do you feed the beast and what&#8217;s easy and hard for you?<\/p>\n<h3>More tidbits:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1u6Ndwb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1u6Ndwb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11015\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Creativity-Inc-cover-image.jpg\" alt=\"Creativity-Inc-cover-image\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Creativity-Inc-cover-image.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Creativity-Inc-cover-image-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Creativity-Inc-cover-image-520x520.jpg 520w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Creativity-Inc-cover-image-720x720.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>A review of <em>Creativity, Inc.<\/em>: &#8220;<a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;\" title=\"Permanent Link: Pixar Perfect: 3 Lessons From the Next Great Business Book\" href=\"http:\/\/stryvegroup.com\/creativity-inc-review\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Pixar Perfect: 3 Lessons From the Next Great Business Book<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sergiopelayode\/status\/497791326268968961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sergiopelayode\/status\/497791326268968961\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11013\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screenshot-2014-08-08-11.17.22.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-08-08 11.17.22\" width=\"300\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screenshot-2014-08-08-11.17.22.png 721w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screenshot-2014-08-08-11.17.22-300x97.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbbrandone\/status\/497775591522074624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbbrandone\/status\/497775591522074624\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11014\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screenshot-2014-08-08-11.18.38.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2014-08-08 11.18.38\" width=\"300\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screenshot-2014-08-08-11.18.38.png 712w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Screenshot-2014-08-08-11.18.38-300x94.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story is king and trust the process, says Pixar, the animation giant. 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