So I finally finished the rewrite of the play and e-mailed it to the director early this morning. Let me tell you, there is no better feeling than getting to the point where it is all just touching up and light editing. It allows a deep cleansing breath.
Aaahhh….
The director has already gotten back to me with what I’ll call minor details. I call them minor because they should take no more than a few minutes to fix. No big deal. Our only concern is to make it a bit longer. At 48 pages, it will run less than an hour and ideally we’d like it to be over an hour somewhat so that the audience feels that they’ve gotten their money’s worth.
Pretty sure the screenwriter whose work this is based on isn’t going to like it at all. Not with the major changes I’ve done to it. And as much as I would like to keep as much of his stuff as I can (and did), this new version has a more complete story arc. This is good for the play, not good for the ego.
I’m also glad this is almost in the bag because I have reached out to a friend of mine to collaborate on a project. Can’t give any details yet, but judging from her response to my query, this could very well be a really cool thing.
I’m meeting with her on Wednesday so I might have details then.
