Using It All

One thing I've learned over the past few weeks is that everything I've studied and practised over the last decade (or 3) is still of use to me now in this new setting of television writer and potential showrunner. An actor/director came in to talk to us and when he was talking about understanding actors, I knew what he was talking about because of my experiences as a director. I could picture myself at a casting meeting or writing to a particular actor's Voice.

When we're hammering out story, I know what a beat sheet looks like because of making the equivalent for my novels. Collaborating together with my awesome co-writers, laughing and disagreeing reminds me of creative nights with my writing group in Winnipeg. One of the shows I'm developing takes place on a university campus, so I can use my experiences of working at the U of M for 4 years, and going to grad school for a year, and my 4 lovely years at a small liberal arts college in Ohio.

When I'm looking for a way to say something in fewer words, the practice of crafting poetry comes in handy.

So there you go - I don't need to put anything behind me or wish I'd known I wanted to be a tv writer 5 years ago (because how could I with the television Renaissance just beginning?) I've been on a path that's led me to now, and I get to throw the fruits of all my prior labour into this big screenwriting salad (hmm, metaphor may have gotten away from me there but I'm going to go with it...).

Working hard, and still trying to get Rave Review edited in time to submit to NSI FilmExchange. Upgraded the memory on my Macbook, which has turned frustration with my machine into awe, though I've had to use QuickTime and iMovie to make the rough cut so far as I'm having trouble installing FinalCut - annyoing.

More soon...