Had a busy few days reorganising the office which now contains three desks. We now have a hidey hole desk in the bedroom at which I can hide away and write, which is what I am supposed to be doing now rather than actually updating blogs....but hey...a boy deserves a break occasionally. Family are all off to the Wimborne Food Festival for varying lengths of time over the next couple of weeks, and I have plenty to be getting on with. One project that I have been involved with for a while has gone a little sour lately, and is making demands upon my time that I feel are unnecessary and unwelcome. Perhaps a decision needs to be taken? I am well on the way to completing two more scripts, and the ongoing process of writing for specific groups, and allowing inspiration to happen during sessions is a really valuable one. Both scripts that I am working on at the moment are destined for festivals next year, and I am trying my hardest to write them for the sake of writing, rather than with a festival in mind. I hope that this is the right approach, but I cannot help but think about what an adjudicator might think about a particular scene or section of dialogue. Perhaps it would be an interesting exercise to actually write specifically with the intention of winning every award going. I did this to a degree last year, by writing a part for an excellent actress, who I felt deserved a part that would win her an award. It did! I have to keep reminding myself that writing for the sake of the play is far more important than cups and awards, but it's always there at the back of my mind. I just keep forcing myself to think of the characters as real people, and try to give their stories the reverence they deserve.
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