I am sorry to say that I haven't made any real progress on any of my goals, except for sort of bugging my mom about contact lenses and FINALLY driving on the highway. Twice. Two different highways. I still have to drive again, though...I can't let "freeway fear" take its hold!
Oh - but I did get into college. Five of them, in fact. (Although I've also gotten rejected to two and waitlisted to one, and I still need to hear back from four more.) Two of the ones I've already gotten accepted to I really like, so now I need to choose between them - unless my top choice accepts me, which they probably won't since my grades/scores/etc. aren't great, especially compared to the other people applying there from my high school. That, and the whole 8% acceptance rate thing...yeah, I'm not getting in.
But yeah. Other than that, no real progress on the goals.
That, and Script Frenzy starts on Wednesday (the day after Ivy Tuesday/The Day of Crushed Dreams), and I dunno what to do. Buuut I have an idea!
See, Fun-1 (the goal) just says to DRAFT the second book, right? Well, I haven't made much progress on it...I've basically just written a "prologue", of sorts. But what if I wrote it as a movie? I was thinking about adapting my Screnzy screenplay from last year into a novel, since I feel that I'm stronger as a novelist than a screenwriter, and it would be like...the perfect outline. Sort of.
And it just says draft, right? Nobody ever said the draft had to be a novel. ;] If I want it novelized, I can just "rewrite" it as a novel later, which would kill two birds with one stone - it would make it a real novel AND serve as a first bit of editing.
So if I draft Incalzando (probably as a lengthy movie, as I already know how to use Celtx for screenplays), that serves as a way to still participate in Screnzy without killing myself AND fulfill one of my goals AND, you know, actually make some progress with The Eleventh...
Plus, who knows? Maybe drafting things in script-format before putting them into novel-form will actually become a good (yet weird) way to tackle the writing process.
Either way, I'll have a jam-packed April even without Screnzy, what with Fiddler/pit orchestra going into "heavy rehearsal", dress rehearsal, and show; my other (stupid) writing projects, both for class and for useless fun; college decisions and my own "college decision" (AKA figuring out where I'll be going next year); and ramping up for AP tests/finals. I promised myself that I would do Screnzy again this year, though, and I intend on keeping that promise. Hey, if they allow novel-adaptations for Screnzy, I'm going to say that it's okay if I use this second foray into the world of screenwriting as a cheater-route to draft Incalzando. ;]
Sigh.
I hope this works out okay. :X
I WILL WIN SCRIPT FRENZY, THOUGH. I managed to write a quarter of what I needed in two days last year! I can win this. I just need to be disciplined, and maybe use a web-based program instead of/in addition to Celtx (which I have to re-download, anyway). Hey, I do have seventh period free periods...might as well see if I can't use them. ;]
(Wake me up when September April ends.)
