Getting Ready For More Madness

I guess writing a mini-musical in a short period of time wasn't enough stress for my life. So, I have decided to give Script Frenzy a shot this year as well.

Script Frenzy is brought to us by those wacky folks at NaNoWriMo...which I tried to complete in 2004 and in 2005. I spent November 2006 in the Philippines, so I didn't even attempt it for a third year in a row. Maybe November is just a bad month for me. We'll see how I fare in November 2007.

NaNoWriMo requires participants to write a 50k-word novel in a month...Script Frenzy requires a 20k-word screenplay or stage play to be completed. Since I'm in musical mode...this year I'll give a stage play a try.

Perhaps June will be a better month for me...

Perhaps 20,000 words of dialogue will write itself more quickly...

Perhaps my head will just implode after all this writing...

Only time will tell...so check back and see how I'm doing!

Freedom!

Alright...so I'm one of those people living in a cave...and haven't actually seen Braveheart. But, when I envisioned yelling out "freedom!"...Mel Gibson in heavy makeup came to mind.

On Friday...after much scrambling (and two printings) to make sure that my book matched up with my composer's score...12 copies of our mini-musical were collated and delivered to our stage manager.

After nearly two months spent outlining, writing a rough draft and three revisions...I actually have a free Memorial Day weekend. I'm kind of beside myself. I haven't had free time in so long...I don't know what to do with it!

AAAAAARRRGH!

Well...the good news was...I got out of my latest mini-musical check-in meeting early. So...I rushed home in time to watch the Lost season finale. But all I can say is...aaaaaaaack!

The episode did what it was suppose to do. It kept me at the edge of my seat for two hours. It kept me wanting more. And...in grand Lost style it kept me asking more questions than I wanted to. I'll leave out the main spoilers...but stop reading if you want even minor things to be a surprise...

All I can say (without blowing anything for anyone) is...

• Hey Walt...you're still hanging around?


• Hurley - you rock!


• Who was in the casket?


• When is the next episode? I wanna see it now...

Alright...I need to keep my head from spinning somehow...

Hmmm...

It's official...I'm spreading myself a little thin nowadays. Especially when I pour some juice and think it's smiling back at me...

The good (or bad) news is...the final draft of my mini-musical is due on Friday. So whether or not I'm 100% satisfied with it...I'll at least be done with writing it.

Once the mini-musical performance is over in June...I'll just have to worry about writing a full musical. ;)