RAY BRADBURY: NO FEAR, NO DIE

Ray Bradbury's biographer explains why the prolific sci-fi writer (and brain crush of my youth, especially after Fahrenheit 451) just keeps on writing (Bookslut | An Interview with Sam Weller):

"But again it gets back to his mantra that he has no fear with the creative process. Procrastination comes from fear. Fear of failure, fear of your completed work not living up to the idea. He just tosses that all out the window and says screw it. If I blow it I will just write something else. He just doesn't believe in fear in the creative process and I think that has been the secret to his prolificacy. The other thing that has really dictated his ability to crank so much out is that he really looks at writing as the one true way to achieve a level of immortality because his words will be here when he is not. Every time he completes something he is one more up on death. Really I think part of the fuel behind his mad motivation has been a race against death."

And yes, it is "Salty Older Writer Guys Give You Good Writing Advice" Week at The Worst Screenplay in the History of the World.