13-Apr-2007

I have capped off the end of what started as a horrible week with two very encouraging, giggly, happy things.  First, dinner with Successful Writer last night.  He is on pins and needles waiting to see if his film gets distribution, but he took time out of his busy schedule to drag me to Cheebo and prod me about a feature rewrite.  I sometimes forget features, since they're twice as long as drama specs, with a different structure and an Act II that could dampen the enthusiasm of... well, anyone who's enthusiastic.  But Successful Writer insisted my feature career is not, as I told him, dead, so we discussed its future as I devoured everything on the table.  I did let him have two bites of tiramisu, which was oh-so-kind of me.   

Then, today, the Staff Writer from Planet Talented who is now the Story Editor from Planet Talented treated me to lunch!  I wasn't expecting it, but she said she could think of no better way to spend her Friday the 13th.  While she was technically supposed to be teaching me how to script coordinate, we decided that there was too much gossip to catch up on, what with her being great friends with the Abuser, and my constantly guilt tripping New Boss (with whom she has worked on a show), so there was no shutting us up.  We decided to steal the Abuser's script coordinating binder and perhaps have the three of us dive into it over a night of drinking.  After all, there's no better way to learn a job that screws up an entire production if done incorrectly!