Left: House by the Railroad (1925) by Edward Hopper.

Right: Psycho (1960) directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Lesson (which I will keep repeating here at 5AM STORYTALK): If you’re a screenwriter, study fine art. If you’re a fine artist, study music. If you’re a musician, study fiction. And so on and so forth until your creative tool box is probably more interesting than the art work you actually create. There is joy to be found in this process, not just labor, I assure you.

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