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It is difficult to think of a creative field, style of performance, type of fiction or nonfiction filmmaking or writing, etc that isn& #39;t bolstered tremendously by the person doing it having a variety of hobbies/interests that have nothing whatsoever in common with it
It& #39;s also way healthier if you post your creative work online or make a living/are trying to make a living online to have hobbies and interests and friends that all have NOTHING to do with it vs your whole life and all of your important relationships being funneled into one thing
I& #39;ve gotten curiouscats over the years asking about screenwriting structure books and I& #39;m not a pro screenwriter and have never read one of those books but I do believe there are a million more meaningful venues of improvement as an artist outside of "repeat successful formula"
In the Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch is my favorite film book because it& #39;s an enlightening and really human editing theory book about how an audience psychologically and even PHYSICALLY interacts with a film, not a book that treats art as a math formula or a trope set
I also find people who display empathy and curiosity in their work and who can pull from unusual or novel places and experiences a lot more interesting than people who are technically proficient
It is also just fun to have weird hobbies and know people who are passionate about weird obscure things even if you don& #39;t share those same interests. It making someone& #39;s art more interesting and full is a cool bonus
I& #39;m a big horror dork and a lot of my favorite horror films or horror films I find most interesting are influenced by specific life experiences the filmmaker had or by atypical artistic influences (like Raimi and Campbell being Three Stooges fans and adept at physical comedy)
