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You've had a very successful writing career in Hollywood - it's clear you've had a long interest and talent in writing. What made you decide that now is the time to write/publish stories (instead of continuing to channel your creative energies into script writing)?
B.J. Novak WHOA WHOA WHOA - your choice of tense alarms me. "You've had" -- is it over? Do you know something I don't? I have to make some calls. I will be right…moreWHOA WHOA WHOA - your choice of tense alarms me. "You've had" -- is it over? Do you know something I don't? I have to make some calls. I will be right back.(less)
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Dear Beeg (as far as I can tell, I am now first to have called you that. That's right. I stoled it.), I love writing but.. I find it hard to motivate myself to do so when I could just as well do something easier. How do you find motivation to "put in the hours"? Or where does it come from?
B.J. Novak Then do something easier! People have enough to read.
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One More Thing: Stories and...
3.66 avg rating — 51,640 ratings — published 2014 — 29 editions
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The Book with No Pictures
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The Man Who Invented the Ca...
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A Good Problem to Have
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Kellogg's
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Missed Connection
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All You Have to Do
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Just jumping on to say how excited and grateful I am to everyone here for helping make me a Goodreads Choice Awards nominee for The Book With No Pictures! https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...
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“If you love something, let it go.
If you don't love something, definitely let it go.
Basically, just drop everything, who cares.”
― B.J. Novak, One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
tags: comedy-romance, humor, love, serntiment
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“...slow and steady wins the race, till truth and talent claim their place.”
― B.J. Novak, One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
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“Regret is just perfectionism plus time.”
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