Kieron Gillen: In Alan Moore's essays on writing comics, he drops a line in the conclusion: "It's more important to be a good human being than a good writer." Try to remember that.

In Alan Moore's essays on writing comics, he drops a line in the conclusion: "It's more important to be a good human being than a good writer." Try to remember that.

if u see this, quote-post with your tips for writers that no one gives anymore because they seem obvious (even though they're not)

It's the sort of thing which sounds saccharine, but really isn't. It's got teeth.

There's a line that stuck in my mind from earlier on - "If you want to learn to write dialogue that sounds like real people said it, your best plan is to go and meet some."

There was a local screenwriting prof who made this point by assigning students to jot down overhead dialog (pre-covid) in a notebook. And then pull the most interesting lines.

Most people may not notice, and some that do won’t care, but there absolutely people who will stop supporting you if the find you’re a bad person.

He is so real. Maybe the realest there ever was.

do you know where a fella could find those essays, i would like to read them they sound very good

Alan Moore's Writing For Comics. Pretty easily obtainable from most online book outlets.

this is so, so vital.

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