Is there a movie or book that makes you love being a writer?

The Chatters
, , , ,
1

The type of book and/or movie that you’ve read and/or watched that made love writing fiction and being a writer. Not exactly the reason you became a writer, more so that make love being one already. Whenever you watch and/or read it, you’re reminded that writing is a wonderful thing and that you’ll always love it.

Do you have anything like that? List it down!

My Turn:

Whispers of the Heart is a Studio Ghibli movie that I love so much and is my favorite. The main character loves writing and she makes me enjoy writing fiction. She’s a teenager and I like to think about how much I enjoyed writing back when I was a teen, regardless of life and mental health putting me down. That movie makes me love being a writer so much!

What about you? Thoughts and feelings?

7 Likes
2

@Akje
@JojoDahlia
@Haddes97
@CoffeebyNight
@copyedit
@NatilladeCoco
@Xelyn_Craft
@TheTigerWriter
@Riamu
@SecretDurham

3

Oh heck yeah. Even books I haven’t read yet make me proud to be a writer, like all the books being banned in America right now. That people in power are afraid of books is extremely telling. The pen is mightier than the sword and all that. ٩(˘◡˘)۶

4 Likes
4

i have a few, but mainly its just that we can express ourselves through the written word even if not how we feel about a topic

3 Likes
5

Whisper of the heart is such a good movie, so is Kiki’s delivery service, also by Hayao Miyazaki / studio Ghibli. It’s got a similar message but for artists instead of writers. I know lots of books and movies inspire me to write, but those are the only ones I can think of that are specifically directed at creative minds to encourage them. Which is sad. I’d like to see more books and movies about artists and writers and the struggles they face and overcome.

2 Likes
6

Akira and The Lord of the Rings.

SD

3 Likes
7

Same here. I wish there were more movies like that out there, even books.

1 Like
8

Well let’s see…

Dead Astronauts by Jeff Vandermeer is a trippy story to read but I especially love the formatting and stylistic choices. Some pages have only paragraphs at the bottom, there’s pages and pages of the same thing being repeated with no paragraph breaks, there’s lighter print in sections, and there are these neat bubbles of “salamander language”. It contributes to the eerie, freaky story being told and it makes me super interested to apply more ergodic formatting to some of my own books.

The Book Thief by Mark Zusak has such a unique perspective and vivid creative storytelling. I haven’t read it in a long time but I remember a lot of lines made me stop to consider the word choices/delivery/ect. and how I could practice making my own writing that impactful.

In general learning about popular authors in my genres (especially scifi and horror) and the impact they had on their genres (and to a lesser degree the impression they leave on society) makes me really excited to write more.

3 Likes
9

Totally agree :relieved:

I still have my copy from high school, and do that book with my students :joy:

As for my answer, that would probably be every action thriller book I own. They are just so cool. Yes, I am aware killing is bad and war is bad and even sometimes bad guys shouldn’t be gunned down (mortality!), but it’s the sheer adrenaline rush you get from actually reading these stories. Living them would be terrifying and horrifying, no doubt. Then there’s the just downright cool ones like basically everything written by Riordan because it’s just such an incredible and realistic take on the chosen mythology for the modern world. Maas stories are pretty cool because of the awesome battle scenes, the world described and the magic and their own mythologies but seriously, too much sex. I can’t get through those chapters with a straight face. I burst out laughing, and I don’t think it has anything to do with my being ace :joy:

As for movies / tv shows, stuff like Supernatural, X-Files, Buffy, Angel, Doctor Who, Stargate are just incredible to watch. Yes, sometimes the writers screw up looking at you, seasons 11, 12 and 14 of DW, but just watching the storylines play out and come together is amazing, and there are a lot of callbacks so the storylines continue on as well, and the graphics are just so cool. I also love the ones that actually make you think about who the real monsters are mainly because they’re right and humanity is the real monster and we all know it. Then there’s the comedy movies that are actually funny, something which is a major talent in this day and age of trigger warnings and censorship :joy:

I don’t mind some of the classic stories I do with my students because they’re interesting (Truman Show, Good Night and Good Luck, some of the Shakespeares, Book Thief, We Have Always Lived In The Castle, Simple Gift, Crucible, etc.) but then there are some that are boring af (1984, a lot of Aussie authors, poetry) and ones that are downright horrifying (America I MEAN Handmaid’s Tale), the ones that are disturbing (Lord of the Flies) and the ones that really shouldn’t be taught because oh my gawd (Curious Incident, Past the Shallows). Basically, some of them are good, most of them are meh, and the rest are examples of what NOT to do in writing

Edit: so the quoting message made the reply default to that person instead of the actual forum. Sorry! :joy:

2 Likes
10

Good writing makes me love being a writer lol

The works of Joan Didion, Mathias Énard, Hilary Mantel, Gabriel García Márquez, Armistead Maupin, Toni Morrison, and Olga Tokarczuk

In film & tv: Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You, Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag, Éric Rohmer’s films… I really like the writing for Shōgun and Andor. And The Sopranos and I, Claudius

2 Likes
11

https://media.themoviedb.org/t/p/w220_and_h330_face/7y1FvOFTXcYSLRSabHlfDHixNYl.jpg

Whenever I feel burnt out, Precure is there to inspire me.

1 Like