Ugly Babies

Photo by Angelina Litvin on Unsplash.

I’m currently redrafting a sitcom pilot.

Whenever I feel like what I’m writing is a complete waste of time, I like to remind myself of this quote from Ed Catmull — the co-founder of Pixar — from his book Creativity, Inc:

I call early mock-ups of your films “ugly babies”. They are not beautiful, miniature versions of the adults they will grow up to be. They are truly ugly: awkward and unformed, vulnerable and…