On writing...
I need to become better at harnessing the anger I feel when people question my abilities. Because those moments need to be turned into character bits in my writing. Instead my brain clams up into anger mode and I can't break out of the loop long enough to analyze the moment.
Also, I came to the conclusion over the weekend that set is an interesting place. Not just our set, or your set, or the set of your favorite tv show, but set in general. In the office, you hire someone and they come in, and it takes a good couple of weeks or a month or two to get a feel for them. Because they're in their office and you're in yours, and you deal with them in small chunks of time throughout the day. But when you're on set, and you work side by side with people for 14 or 15 hours a day, you get to know them pretty darn quickly. Their flaws and strengths become apparent to you immediately, and you learn to compensate for them. In the office you can avoid the people you dislike, on set you can't. Can you tell I prefer working the office more? :)
More on the weekend experience when I gain enough distance to write about it. Right now I'll just say I survived on very very little sleep in a high stress situation for three days, and I came out on top. Boo-yah!
Also, I came to the conclusion over the weekend that set is an interesting place. Not just our set, or your set, or the set of your favorite tv show, but set in general. In the office, you hire someone and they come in, and it takes a good couple of weeks or a month or two to get a feel for them. Because they're in their office and you're in yours, and you deal with them in small chunks of time throughout the day. But when you're on set, and you work side by side with people for 14 or 15 hours a day, you get to know them pretty darn quickly. Their flaws and strengths become apparent to you immediately, and you learn to compensate for them. In the office you can avoid the people you dislike, on set you can't. Can you tell I prefer working the office more? :)
More on the weekend experience when I gain enough distance to write about it. Right now I'll just say I survived on very very little sleep in a high stress situation for three days, and I came out on top. Boo-yah!