A. Lynn
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Virtual production meeting tonight for Project One to update them on how the rewrite is going and re-pitch everything using the original logline. The one that focuses on the show we initially set out to write before they, y'know, asked for something opposite of what they originally asked us to create... Again, welcome to writing in the industry friends! Where the answer is always yes if you want to make money and most executives have no idea what they actually want beyond a very base idea they think will make them more money than they're ever going to pay you!
But seriously, the roller coaster this project has been? Both a blessing and a curse. Blessing because I am learning from people who have walked this path before about how to pivot an idea to fit notes to make that "yes" work. Even if you want to gouge your eyes out when it comes because you know it's not going to work. Thus the curse part. Sometimes, you have to write things you don't want to, that don't feel realistic, don't fit the genre/demographic you were originally assigned because someone higher up than you was either told that's what they need to make sure is included or those higher ups are directly telling you it needs to be integrated in for whatever reason. And if you want to get paid, let alone see your work go on to the next stage of production, well, you do it. Is it fun? No. Is it like pulling teeth? It can be, but if you're lucky to be working with a team that meshes well and can help you maneuver through everything, it's a bit easier.
Aside from being a bundle of nerves even though I'm mostly going to just sit there and be a Madagascar Penguin ("Just smile and wave, boys; just smile and wave"), I did get to help aid in creating both the elevator pitch we'll open with and the 6 page treatment that maps everything for our series out. While I feel confident in what I assisted with, there's still the very loud singing of the Imposter Syndrome Siren in the back of my brain. Thus the nerves. Though, that could also be the water tricking down into the drains as I work to de-flood my basement...
It's fine. I'm fine. The meeting will go well, I start the next phase of the challenge I joined this Saturday and I am stoked that they decided to even have a part two. Project Two is almost done being written and the pilot feels solid, I'm proud of the work we've done on it but I'm also ready to set it aside for a bit and focus on something else for a bit before I pick it up again. I've been tearing apart a few older pilots and spec scripts, working on some books, doing a lot of jogging now that we're in track and field season... I've also been "chaperoning" walk-outs and protests at my eldest's school for safety. I may never be the cool mom, but I can still be a cool mom. Even if only in my head.
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