On Route

So, not ready to go to draft quite yet. HOWEVER, I made some really great breakthroughs story wise over the weekend. I'm still ironing out supporting characters and am trying to craft relationships so that they aren't just a function of strictly supporting my main character, but have goals, lives and agendas all their own.

As a side note: I had a very good meeting this week at a fantastic production company. We shared many of the same ideas about what's possible in TV, and how exciting it is to be in development right now because of where things are going, how the consciousness of the masses is changing and what that means for future programming. Delicious. What an exciting conversation. I wanted to tongue kiss EVERYONE.

For the last few years I have been trying really hard to FIT IN to this industry. I've written specs to demonstrate my ability to duplicate the voice of various shows, and I've collaborated on features I didn't really love or connect with in an effort to prove I could bring anything to life, whether I liked it or not. It wasn't until I was asked to write something ALL MY OWN, completely original that I found out, not only was it okay to write what I really love, other people liked it too! It was miraculous! I was amazed. And now to be able to sit at my computer WITHOUT FEAR THAT I'M WASTING MY TIME ON A PROJECT NO ONE WILL WANT, feels like I won the lottery. It's so much fun! It's like a dream come true. There was nothing worse than wanting to be able to write the things I know best and simultaneously feeling a sense of certainty that it wouldn't be accepted. It was terrible. Now I think, man what an ego! What, am I the ONLY one that loves a new age/spiritual comedy? Geez. What am I, so evolved that no one could possibly get my God jokes? Man, somebody build me a dirt mattress so I can safely jump down from my high horse...

I feel overwhelmed by the potential all around me...I feel high from the sheer possibilities of it all...and I feel in love with my own future in a way I didn't even know was possible. How on earth did I get so lucky?

Words I Wish I Had Written: ""Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid." (Basil King)