How They Write Rick and Morty, by Behind the Curtain

Link to video here.

“My advice to stuck writers who are on their own is to get unstuck by proving how bad you are. Stop trying to prove that you’re a good writer to yourself. That’s what’s probably got you stuck. Because no matter how good you get, you’re always going to think that you should be better than you are… because you want to be a good writer. And you will be by thinking that, but it’s not going to get you writing right now, and the only thing that’s going to make you get better is practicing. And the only thing you’re gonna be able to write right now is something worse than what you think you should be writing. So you have to stop thinking about the thing that you’re eventually gonna be able to do, and you have to start thinking about the thing that you’re terrified you will do – because that will go by very quickly.” – Dan Harmon