Looooong Day

I thought it was just going to be a quick meeting in the afternoon to talk about the mini-series, and that the rehearsals were cancelled for the evening. I am a complete idiot.

The meeting lasted for a few hours. The structure I wrote and the structure of the other writer still need to mesh, but at least something was there for the Producer and other Powers That Be to look at. It went pretty much as I expected, with things being hacked out or changed left, right and center, but then I wrote my end with the somewhat pessimistic “let’s pretend” point of view that I had to write the entire series with ONLY the characters I’d “picked” at my disposal, and none of the other writers. So, it was grossly inflated and quite a few things were thrown in just as filler, I knew it wouldn’t last, and I didn’t expect it to.

After that, it was down to the rehearsal space a couple of hours early, and then the rehearsal itself. It was NOT cancelled, because the Powers That Be, now that they had a semblance of structure provided for them, wanted to finally tell the actors what the plan was. And once they knew what the plan was for them, their characters, and their arcs, they wanted to dive right into it.

It was, I think, something of a success. They tried one character, one of the ones I’m writing, and the actor assigned to it more or less nailed it. He was my comedy element, and he understood what I was going for, so it was a kick to actually see the character come to life like that, and have it be not half bad.

It ran a bit longer than usual, and when I came home, the Fiance had surprised me to with two games I’d had my eye on; We (heart) Katamari, and Indigo Prophecy. Which sort of begs the question, WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING WRITING THIS AND NOT PLAYING MY NEW GAMES?!?!

Excuse me…