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20.5.09
Writing thru it!
I think it's necessary to start scratching a particular itch I have. I always have these random arse ideas of putting a show up on stage, but with so many projects on my plate, I rarely find time to hide and write. I also feel that sometimes I need to upkeep with friends and family. Haven't been very good with friends (which I always feel guilty for and hate knowing this) but family is always close to me (I'm just bad at uploading digital pics that I take). With certain projects winding down and me trying to get my writing routine back into a higher platform, I think it's time to start jiving on a sketch comedy show. Crazy, I know, I know! But no insanity in the world makes for a bunch of robots.
What will my show be about? I have no clue....I've been trying to think of a common theme amongst the sketches that I've written, but find nothing. I'm also having an interesting time with writing up new sketches. My mind hasn't thought of sketch since recently due to an inquiry from a student doing a short film. I wrote a sketch for him and wrote the basics of it within a day, then went through a rewrite and came up with an above average sketch. Can I continue that wave of sketch writing? I'd like to, but I'm in desperate need of a seed of an idea to grow upon.
I hate this! It's not writer's block it's more like internal perfection for what may or may not be great. Then I always think of "what do you want to say to the world?" Because in gist, these sketches/screenplays/essays/etc.etc. are really my voice in trying to get a message across. So - what the hell do I want to say??? I'm not sure actually....this wishy washy feeling is killing me.
A couple of weeks ago, I listened to a Creative Screenwriter's podcast of Charlie Kauffman (Eternal Sunshine, Being John Malkovich, etc.) and the dude asked him what he did in preparation of writing (or maybe it was a question of writer's block or rewriting) - anyhoo, Kauffman said that he did a lot of sitting around and thinking before writing. Maybe this is what I'm doing....or at least I'd like to believe....
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