Collaaaaaaaaboration!
Everything is, when it comes to creativity. A thing you've created is only completely yours when you show it to no-one else, particularly writing. In a story, so much is left up to imagination, and everyone's interpretation is different. And sometimes those interpretations are verrrrrry interesting. A table read generally gives a good range of interpretations, at least when a decent number of people show up. Last night we had nine people (!) including myself, so the range was definitely there. With 12 parts, only a few had to double up, and they did a good job of adjusting to the different characters. Had some marvelous marvelous feedback as well. I love critiques! Critiques are interesting as well. There's always something someone notices that you hadn't thought of, and you certainly know this story better than anyone. It's also gratifying when they notice what you did think of, and suggest a solution you also had thought of, but hadn't the cahoonies to go ahead and change beforehand. Then it's like you've been given approval to go ahead and make the change. Not all changes will be made, of course. I don't agree with some of the suggestions, and that's usually the way of things. At the end of the day, it's my work, and I have to change it the way I see fit, in the way I feel is best for the story. I don't feel that that's being selfish (MY story! MINE! Neenerneenerneener); just that the story's in charge here, not me. It's already made me cut out quite a lot of things I very much liked. Stories can be like babies: whiny little dictators that cry until they get their way. (Trust me on this). But when they do finally get what they need...then everything, all the fuss and bother, the aggravation... everything will have been worth it.
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