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Monday Motivation: Genre Inspiration

Posted on July 23, 2018April 14, 2021 by Stephanie Cooke
Peak Bad Movie: BIRDEMIC!

We asked creators about what sort of things motivated them to be creative and work on their projects.

When the original question was posed via Twitter, we got a lot of great responses including Jay Faerber’s:

I’ll read or watch something in the same genre. Sometimes it’s something GOOD, so that it inspires me. Sometimes it’s something BAD, so I can look at the mistakes that were made and try not to repeat them.

— Jay Faerber (@JayFaerber) June 29, 2018

I think this is so great.

I don’t think we always set out to watch bad movies as well as good movies, but I think it’s important to consume all kinds of different media so that we know what works and what doesn’t work, especially in a genre that we want to play around with.

What are some of your favourite movies to study? Let us know in the comments below! And if you have a great idea for #MondayMotivation, get in touch and tell us! You can email info@creatorresource.com.

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Stephanie Cooke
Stephanie is a Toronto-based comic book writer and editor. She's the founder of Creator Resource and Creator Advisor, and works with the comic book community as much as possible to help foster safer and more inclusive spaces for all. You can find her work at stephaniecooke.ca.
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