It's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it.
Yesterday, that someone was me. (Well...naturally, I mean, who else would it be? Anyway). I attacked my Halloween play. And I do mean attacked. When I did the first workshop, I printed out four copies of scripts at home; for that reason only was I thankful barely anyone came. It was a lot of work, and printing that much could run into money real quickly. But, I thought, at least for the next read-through I'll have a base script to start from. Sure, I'll make changes here and there; but most of the pages will remain the same, so I won't have to reprint very much. Ha. That was before I cut out a few major scenes that weren't going anywhere. That was before I almost completely changed the opening scene. That was before I took two supporting characters-and melded them into one. So, yeah. I won't have to reprint much. Just the entire thing. Gotta say, I think it's for the best, though. Before the changes, the play clocked in at 76 pages. Now it's 67. I really hope that puts the timing where it needs to be because I have no idea what else to cut. The whole thing reads much better (or does in the loneliness of my living room with me doing all the voices). It's much tighter, more cohesive. A bit of the ol' hack'n'slash was just what it needed. These are the things you do if you're going to create any sort of good work as a writer- an artist, a craftsperson. You have to suck it up and do what needs to be done. It's not easy. It's not always fun. But goddamn, if your work isn't so, so much the better for it when it's done. And so are you. Wow. I'm such a poet. :D So in a couple of days here it'll be time to contact the next play's director and get her rehearsal schedule so I can try to set up the next read-through. Oh boy! Can't wait! Being just a little sarcastic here! Stay tuned...
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