Paul Alan Gober
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Paul Alan Gober

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The earliest spark for writing came, and this may sound like a joke, but breakup poetry played a significant role in my writing journey early on. Hey, breakup poetry is serious business, and when I saw the scene with John Cusack in the 2010 film Hot Tub Time Machine, I nearly died laughing. The movie is about a group of guys who travel back in time to rewrite their own history during a ski trip they took in the 1980s. Jacob, played by Clarke Duke, confronts his uncle Adam (John Cusack) after his failed attempt to reconcile with his first love, forcing him to relive the breakup once more. “You’re writing breakup poetry," exclaimed Jacob, as he found his uncle drunk back in the hotel room. “OK. I’m writing breakup poetry! Now get out of here... because my heart hurts...” Adam replied, drunkenly, while taking a hit from a bong. This deep connection with the scene and dialogue is one of the most humane things we can all relate to. Again, I regress by exposing my personal breakup poetry phase, which should be kept private for now, and only for my psychotherapist to analyze. Hehe! I was studying to become the next Oliver Stone, a renowned filmmaker known for movies like Natural Born Killers and Platoon. More specifically, I admired the Director of Photography on many of Oliver Stone’s films. In particular, John Alcott greatly inspired me. I immediately enrolled in Columbia College's Director of Photography program after watching the 1990s movie, The Doors. This might seem silly, but it's true. There, I found the challenge of writing screenplays addictive. After graduating, I was sidetracked by 9/11 and gave up on the dream of filmmaking, instead becoming a medic in the Army and fighting the war on terror. Now I often wonder what life would be like if 9/11 had never happened.
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