Coming in Second

All in all, I'm still a lot more proud of my workshop script than I am my senior project. Doing workshop... I went in KNOWING what I was doing, and I had some things in the pitch that I would compromise, but others that I would never change... and it was tough, but it was a lot of fun.

Senior pitch I bombed so bad, and the result was four weeks of rushed pitching of different ideas until I threw together a romance. It was a whole process learning to not absolutely loathe the idea and actually give a shit about it.

Is it awesome? No. Is it something I care about? Yes. Could I be proud of it? Maybe one day.

The writing is going a lot easier, the end is nigh. It's taught me a lot, and while it was a battle getting here, it was a good experience.

Story and characters

The script is moving forward, slowly becoming something I could take pride in. I feel like that's a good thing, because the last two drafts were... really hard to give a shit about. I got them done on time, even a little early, but it was forced. Nothing was really at stake because I felt no risk for something that I didn't feel attached to.

I'm more attached now, it's more about character than it is about love, which is always something that makes me more comfortable. We'll see where it goes, my goal is to get to the midpoint by Friday (hopefully sooner)

Vocab word of the week

This week has been a slow but more sure progress when it comes to writing. It's not just forcing it out, vomiting across the page and shrugging. Will it be perfect? No way. But at least now I'm not... turning in something that I know is absolute crap. I have invested more thought into this draft. 

The week has been... busy. Lots of meetings, lots of assignments to cram in before Friday. I'm going to Rochester to visit my best friend. It's going to be crazy, there's a Gatsby themed party and I'll be rocking out in 21st century clothes. Oops. 

On a more personal note... graduation and it's not going as smoothly as I would like. I wanted the last term to be a fun montage, instead it's troublesome. I'll get through it. It will make me stronger. 

The vocabulary term for this week is Ombusperson.