A New Project...

The Thrill of a New Project...

A couple of weeks ago I had one of those moments as a writer where you ask yourself, what's the point? I had a professor in grad school--a couple of them, actually--say that there are times when you feel like a total fraud as a professor. They said they always felt like someone might one day call them on their "knowledge" of English. There are times I catch myself feeling the same way about writing...

I got a call from a friend last week and he wondered if I could help add any ideas to a project they've been working on. We spoke and I thought their idea was brilliant, perfectly-timed, and I began thinking of some things to write.

At work today my computer died so I took out my laptop, opened the Celtx program (which is a free download, by the way--great script writing software...) and began. Since my friend has been working on this project for a while, I wasn't sure if I was overstepping my invitation to help. I thought I'd send him what I had so far to get his opinion. After the first scene, I e-mailed him with what I got. His response was very kind.

"So...I can't wipe the smile off my face.  Holy crap...good stuff.  This is going to rock!  I like how you have portrayed the characters...similar to how we have been thinking."

This uplifted me and so, on a break, I wrote a little bit more. When I got home from work, he had sent me this...

"I've decided I can't read this during work hours...people are starting to wonder why my face swells up, mouth wide open, no sound comes out...but there is a twinge of violent shaking.
I had to stop reading halfway through I was laughing so hard.  This is way too close to home my friend. Lol."

I mean, as a writer, you live for comments like this. Hopefully, we can build on this and create something truly wonderful. Time will, indeed, tell...