History Quotes / MostWritersAreWriters

->''One of my greatest fears is the day I wake up and discover that I am, in fact, writing [[MarySue two dimensional characters who are little more than a fantasy of what I wish I could be.]] Writing men has always been something of a defence mechanism against this development – and I have a pact with several of my friends that the day I even think about writing a writer as my main character, they'll come and smash my keyboard.''

->''"[[Film/PrettyWoman Winsome hookers aside]], [[RomanticComedy rom-com]] leads are often [[RomComJob working in writing-driven professions]]. [[Film/WhenHarryMetSally Sally Albright]] was an eager journalist, though her career immediately became irrelevant. Creator/MegRyan surfaced as a journalist again in ''Film/SleeplessInSeattle'', though this time her job was a necessary plot point. In the pre-Internet days, that occupation gave her the tools to do the stalking that Website/{{Facebook}} affords us today. Creator/JuliaRoberts in ''Film/MyBestFriendsWedding'', Creator/JenniferAniston in ''Film/PicturePerfect'', Creator/DrewBarrymore in ''Film/NeverBeenKissed'', Creator/KateHudson in ''Film/HowToLoseAGuyIn10Days'', and Diane Keaton in ''Film/SomethingsGottaGive'' are all involved in writing pursuits. Creator/SandraBullock in ''Film/TheProposal'', Ryan in ''Film/YouveGotMail'', and Creator/HughGrant in ''Film/NottingHill'' all work with books. In a few of these examples, there's a [[PlotDevice reporting assignment that propels the plot forward]]. But largely, these jobs are all arbitrary. Bullock could be an executive at any company in any industry, and ''The Proposal'' would be exactly the same. So, is there a secret white paper designating these professions to be pre-approved for rom-com leads? Is there focus group evidence suggesting that a female writer will appeal to the [[TargetAudience target female audience]] while remaining non-threatening to the men who may watch? It is hard to tell what these jobs are meant to indicate about the ladies in rom-coms (other than, perhaps, that they're the creations of vainglorious writers), but the prevalence of a single field has become short hand for the archetype."''

--> ''[[http://sci-ence.org/sushi/ Sci-ence]]''

-->''Series/{{Community}}'', "[[Recap/CommunityS2E05MessianicMythsAndAncientPeoples Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples]]"

->''"A particular lowlight came in the middle of the 1987-88 season when Creator/{{ABC}} premiered and then instantly cancelled a show called ''Family Man''. On top of its superlatively generic title (a year and a half later Creator/{{CBS}} debuted a different show with the same one, adding only “''The''”), ''Family Man'' may have represented the nadir of creativity in [[TheEighties 1980s]] Hollywood. Not only was the setup [[FollowTheLeader as formulaic as possible]] (husband, wife, three kids), but the titular father was a television writer."''
-->--'''Dead Homer Society''', [[http://deadhomersociety.com/zombiesimpsons/zs2/ "The Terrible World of 1980s Television"]]

->''"A particular lowlight came in the middle of the 1987-88 season when Creator/{{ABC}} premiered and then instantly cancelled a show called ''Family Man''. On top of its superlatively generic title (a year and a half later {{CBS}} debuted a different show with the same one, adding only “''The''”), ''Family Man'' may have represented the nadir of creativity in [[TheEighties 1980s]] Hollywood. Not only was the setup [[FollowTheLeader as formulaic as possible]] (husband, wife, three kids), but the titular father was a television writer."''

->''“[[Film/PrettyWoman Winsome hookers aside]], [[RomanticComedy rom-com]] leads are often working in writing-driven professions. [[Film/WhenHarryMetSally Sally Albright]] was an eager journalist, though her career immediately became irrelevant. Creator/MegRyan surfaced as a journalist again in ''Film/SleeplessInSeattle'', though this time her job was a necessary plot point. In the pre-Internet days, that occupation gave her the tools to do the stalking that Website/{{Facebook}} affords us today. Creator/JuliaRoberts in ''Film/MyBestFriendsWedding'', Creator/JenniferAniston in ''Film/PicturePerfect'', Creator/DrewBarrymore in ''Film/NeverBeenKissed'', Creator/KateHudson in ''Film/HowToLoseAGuyIn10Days'', and Diane Keaton in ''Film/SomethingsGottaGive'' are all involved in writing pursuits. Creator/SandraBullock in ''Film/TheProposal'', Ryan in ''Film/YouveGotMail'', and Creator/HughGrant in ''Film/NottingHill'' all work with books. In a few of these examples, there’s a [[PlotDevice reporting assignment that propels the plot forward]]. But largely, these jobs are all arbitrary. Bullock could be an executive at any company in any industry, and ''The Proposal'' would be exactly the same. So, is there a secret white paper designating these professions to be pre-approved for rom-com leads? Is there focus group evidence suggesting that a female writer will appeal to the [[TargetAudience target female audience]] while remaining non-threatening to the men who may watch? It is hard to tell what these jobs are meant to indicate about the ladies in rom-coms (other than, perhaps, that they’re the creations of vainglorious writers), but the prevalence of a single field has become short hand for the archetype.”''

-->-- '''Juliet Litman''', “[[http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/know-your-rom-coms-6-tropes-of-the-genres-golden-age/ Know Your Rom-Coms: 6 Tropes of the Genre’s Golden Age]], ''[[Creator/TheSportsGuy Grantland]]''

->''"A particular lowlight came in the middle of the 1987-88 season when {{ABC}} premiered and then instantly cancelled a show called ''Family Man''. On top of its superlatively generic title (a year and a half later {{CBS}} debuted a different show with the same one, adding only “''The''”), ''Family Man'' may have represented the nadir of creativity in [[TheEighties 1980s]] Hollywood. Not only was the setup [[FollowTheLeader as formulaic as possible]] (husband, wife, three kids), but the titular father was a television writer."''

->''One of my greatest fears is the day I wake up and discover that I am, in fact, writing [[MarySue two dimensional characters who are little more than a fantasy of what I wish I could be.]] Writing men has always been something of a defence mechanism against this development – and I have a pact with several of my friends that the day I even think about writing a writer as my main character, they’ll come and smash my keyboard.''

-->-- '''[[CatherineWebb Kate Griffin]]'''

-->-- '''Gabe''', ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' strip [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/6/2/ Your Definition Headquarters]]

->''"''AlanWake ''is about a writer, writing about a writer, who is writing about himself and'' '''another fucking writer'''. ''It's like if [[Creator/MCEscher M.C. Escher]] was a writer, and also a douchebag."''

->''"A particular lowlight came in the middle of the 1987-88 season when ABC premiered and then instantly cancelled a show called Family Man. On top of its superlatively generic title (a year and a half later CBS debuted a different show with the same one, adding only “The”), Family Man may have represented the nadir of creativity in 1980s Hollywood. Not only was the setup as formulaic as possible (husband, wife, three kids), but the titular father was a television writer."''

-> "AlanWake ''is about a writer, writing about a writer, who is writing about himself and'' '''another fucking writer'''. ''It's like if [[Creator/MCEscher M.C. Escher]] was a writer, and also a douchebag."''
--> '''Gabe''', ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' strip [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/6/2/ Your Definition Headquarters]]

--> '''[[CatherineWebb Kate Griffin]]'''

-> "AlanWake ''is about a writer, writing about a writer, who is writing about himself and'' '''another fucking writer'''. ''It's like if [[MCEscher M.C. Escher]] was a writer, and also a douchebag."''
--> '''Gabe''', ''PennyArcade'' strip [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/6/2/ Your Definition Headquarters]]

--> '''KateGriffin'''

--> ''[[http://sci-ence.org/sushi/ Sci-ence]]''

--> '''Gabe''', ''PennyArcade'' strip [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/6/2/ Your Definition Headquarters]]