Kurt Sutter on What to Write
“Write what excites your imagination not your wallet. Find something that inspires you, that makes you feel something, that pushes your primal buttons”
— Kurt Sutter, Sutterink.
Kurt Sutter is most well known for creating The Sons of Anarchy. He worked on The Shield before that, and he wrote the screenplay for Southpaw (which I loved.)
Sons of Anarchy is incredible. I’m pretty sure it’s nearly universally well-loved. I do not, generally, like tragic stories. Everything can be hell all through, but I need a happy ending. I watched the first six seasons of Sons of Anarchy in a feverish binge, as the seventh and last season was airing. I had to take a break until the last season went to Netflix.
And I couldn’t do it. I found out how the story ends and the fever broke. I just couldn’t watch the last season. Last year I re-watched the entire first six seasons again, and loved them just as much, so I thought I’d finally finish — but nope.
Apparently, I have no problem whatsoever with deciding that in my little world, stories are not tragic.
