Finishing the first draft
June 22nd 2010 08:02
As I said, several days ago, I've been working on the script for a children's musical, along with a friend. She's been tied up with University exams for the last week, so things have come to a bit of a standstill in terms of the collaborative work. However, I've been moving forward, and officially, the first complete draft of the script is done.
When I say the first draft, I don't mean that nothing's been changed yet; in fact one scene early in the piece has been rewritten three times already. Another long scene in the first act didn't get off the ground at all the first time, and took another complete overhaul to get something worth working with. And there have been innumerable other changes made along the way with other scenes. So in a sense it's only a first draft in name. Perhaps a "collage draft" would be better, since it currently consists of so many versions pulled together[ Click here to read more ]
When I say the first draft, I don't mean that nothing's been changed yet; in fact one scene early in the piece has been rewritten three times already. Another long scene in the first act didn't get off the ground at all the first time, and took another complete overhaul to get something worth working with. And there have been innumerable other changes made along the way with other scenes. So in a sense it's only a first draft in name. Perhaps a "collage draft" would be better, since it currently consists of so many versions pulled together
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