Well, to hell with it: I'll post.
Collaborating never ceases to be both hugely frustrating and incredibly serindipitous. My meeting on Sunday night went well, though one of the writer's didn't show up and hasn't yet called to say...anything, which is fine. Better to drop out now than later. I had a funny coincidence with Steve Arbuckle, the writer who had his secret spot: I'd been thinking of alternative places for him, when it struck me that the jail in the basement of the museum downtown would be ideal. The jail was used in the early 20th century, but now is tourist fodder. When I proposed this to him, he replied with, "How did you know?!" Maybe this speaks more for the town's size then a possible artist-telepathy. But still. As far a fifth writer goes, I've asked a woman named Erin Fristad, who is actually the program director for Goddard's creative writing extension site here in PT. I'm waiting for her reply. She's busy as hell but has been taking a playwrighting class, so I'm thinking maybe, just maybe...
I'm thinking a name for this project may be 'Five on the Town,' which is pretty self-explanatory but has a nice ring to it, yes? The writers are meeting every Sunday night for the next couple Sundays to workshop our scenes. I thought we'd meet at the coffee shop but everyone has opted for the pub. Fiesty group. Deadline for the scenes is December 7th, then the directing begins! I've got a lot of support from the community and a lot of interested actors, which is encouraging. Though I've had a tough time knowing how much to divulge to people with so many unknowns. A lot of this is relying on some sort of magic and alignment and inspiration. I just hope my cohorts stay as excited as I am.
I'm really looking forward to everyone else's projects. I love Richard's idea for the seed papers. It reminds me of Megan's project but, you know, the opposite. Megan: will you be rolling anything into your 'cigarettes'? I've been daydreaming about how you could roll a poem in a way to let it easily unroll, and what kind of goodies you could put into your poems. Confetti in one, wool in another? It'd make for some interesting metaphors, and if you use the right materials it might be easy to roll with one of those cheap cigarette-rolling gadgets. With everyone talking about the construction of their project, it's going to be great finally seeing the content, as well.
Hope your all staying warm and well-rested,
Madeline
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Hey Mad, and everyone!
To answer your question, I hadn't thought about rolling the poems, I had altogether forgotten about that idea, but it could be just what I needed! The abundance of cigarette packets coming my way, and the increase in creative writing in my packets is helping me out a lot with this project. It is really hilarious how excited I get when I see an empty pack of cigarettes lying unguarded.
I wonder how everyone is doing picking the work they are going to put into their projects. I am leaning towards all new work, and having a bit of a difficult time picking a name. Every time I get a name, I bounce it off my local writer friends who look at me with a "Hmmm.. Noo.. I don't think so dear" expression and I know it just wont work.
So, how is everyone else doing with this?
And Mad, our weather is very similar (Despite you being so far north) I have to say, I'm not doing too good at keeping warm.
-Megan.
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