The friends thing, I'm thinking about making a post dated 2050 so that everyone will see it forever.
No one has trouble making friends.
If you have trouble making friends at CSSSA it's because you go out of your way to alienate people, either intentionally or not. Everyone makes friends there. Most people have a lot of friends, a handful have maybe a couple. But everyone has them. Everyone. You'll be no different. I know what you're thinking - "But I'm so shy, and quiet! And at my high school I'm not popular! I'm kind of a geek actually. I'll be too scared to talk to anyone." No, you're not some special, unique situation in this regard. It's an art school, full of art geeks, and they're all teenagers which means they're all awkward.
The joint-project:
Guh. That was an embarrassment for me. I was with another writer who decided what we were gonna do and how we'd do it and I didn't care enough/was too shy to contradict him. He later went back and rewrote everything I'd written so in the end we were left with a series of monologues about chlamydia which became an inside joke among the staff. DON'T DO WHAT I DID. Take control, don't procrastinate, and make sure you and your partner's styles complement one another.
Haha, sorry if my question was ridiculously redundant or something.I can see where that'd be annoying.
Thanks for sharing your experience as a "what-not-to-do" for the joint-project, it's helpful. Yeah, it makes sense that procrastination & loss of control would affect a project (no duh, I guess) so I'll really keep that in mind (I'm the like, worst procrastinator ever). Would you recommend working with another writer or someone from a different discipline or does it really just depend on your own style/personality?
Sorry, didn't mean to sound so wharrgarbl. I think I forgot what it's like to be a teenager and be afraid of not making friends. But seriously, you will be fine.
Project: Different discipline! It'll get you out of your comfort zone, you'll make even more friends, get to know a little something about other art forms, and your project will be more interesting. I wish I'd done that. But if you find a friend who's a writer and inspires you and you want to do something with them, forget everything I just said.
BTW, I'm sure someone has at some point collaborated with a dancer, but I didn't see it my year. If you want to a challenge, you could try that. Like, poetry and interpretive dance. I dunno. But yeah, you'll be fine. You got in, that means you're already off on the right foot.
No one has trouble making friends.
If you have trouble making friends at CSSSA it's because you go out of your way to alienate people, either intentionally or not. Everyone makes friends there. Most people have a lot of friends, a handful have maybe a couple. But everyone has them. Everyone. You'll be no different. I know what you're thinking - "But I'm so shy, and quiet! And at my high school I'm not popular! I'm kind of a geek actually. I'll be too scared to talk to anyone." No, you're not some special, unique situation in this regard. It's an art school, full of art geeks, and they're all teenagers which means they're all awkward.
The joint-project:
Guh. That was an embarrassment for me. I was with another writer who decided what we were gonna do and how we'd do it and I didn't care enough/was too shy to contradict him. He later went back and rewrote everything I'd written so in the end we were left with a series of monologues about chlamydia which became an inside joke among the staff. DON'T DO WHAT I DID. Take control, don't procrastinate, and make sure you and your partner's styles complement one another.
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Thanks for sharing your experience as a "what-not-to-do" for the joint-project, it's helpful. Yeah, it makes sense that procrastination & loss of control would affect a project (no duh, I guess) so I'll really keep that in mind (I'm the like, worst procrastinator ever). Would you recommend working with another writer or someone from a different discipline or does it really just depend on your own style/personality?
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Project: Different discipline! It'll get you out of your comfort zone, you'll make even more friends, get to know a little something about other art forms, and your project will be more interesting. I wish I'd done that. But if you find a friend who's a writer and inspires you and you want to do something with them, forget everything I just said.
BTW, I'm sure someone has at some point collaborated with a dancer, but I didn't see it my year. If you want to a challenge, you could try that. Like, poetry and interpretive dance. I dunno. But yeah, you'll be fine. You got in, that means you're already off on the right foot.
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