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The art of writing is in how you disguise the mechanics of this assembly, just as the art of chess comes from fooling your opponent into not seeing your endgame thirty moves ahead.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "15e1e54b-fcdb-40b3-b3d2-99ed1e11c30a", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.09, "w": 0.764, "x": 0.118, "y": 0.595 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "You may be tempted by the idea of a cabinet of equals, marching in lockstep and doing what's best for the creative process - but your job is to lead and to teach, not to be loved. 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All that pretending that all animals are equal ever gets to is the embarrassing revelation that some are more equal than others, and to you looking like an asshole.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "5db38b0c-752b-4c7a-9454-03996520522d", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.13, "w": 0.764, "x": 0.118, "y": 0.315 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "It comes from pattern recognition. That's why the twenty-five year veteran is usually so good at the job of breaking story, even if the younger writers demonstrate a greater flair for dialogue, or can render the rhythms of the current popular culture with greater fidelity. Veterans don't have to reinvent the wheel every time out. The veteran looks at the notecards on the board and recognizes the ten different ways the game can go from that point to a win, or a draw, or a defeat.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "7fef6763-ff79-4284-8133-77ed6b5a76bf", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.15, "w": 0.764, "x": 0.118, "y": 0.148 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "We all want to pretend there's geniuses and prodigies in all of the inexperienced people we hire - mostly because it bolsters the idea that we ourselves came from the ranks of the genial and prodigious. The truth is, however, that you gain mastery over the form and function of television in the same way that chess players master their game: by studying old games, internalizing the patterns, and practicing, practicing, practicing. 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