Movie Recommendations for Writers
We've all heard that to write well, you must read a lot, but in the modern age, I believe that movies can also be an excellent source of inspiration. In this post, I'll discuss five movies that are about writers. The reason I've chosen these movies in particular is because I feel they have some of the best portrayals of what it really is to be a writer. 1. Misery I have to start with Misery because it's an adaptation of a book by the God of Writing, Stephen King. The protagonists in King's novels are often writers themselves, as is Paul Sheldon of Misery . After becoming severely injured in a car accident, Paul is taken in by a nurse, Annie Wilkes, who lives in a remote farmhouse. His writing is not the main point of the movie, but it plays a key role - Annie reads the latest installment in Paul's romance series, and she finds out that his heroine dies at the end. She becomes more and more visibly unhinged as time goes on and forces Paul to write a different man...