We're Writing A Show!!!!!!

   For those of you out there who know us we might have told you that we are writing our own musical! We have been working on it for a little while now and I think its coming along well:) Here is a little bit of our process.

  

   A good chunk of the show is separated into five parts, so after we came up with the general concept and outline we split up and started writing alone. There are basically five stories within a story so we each picked our favorite theme? and went with it! All of our stories have their own kind of gimmick that we created so that nothing got monotonous or boring. For example, Taryn's is told entirely through dance. 

  

   As each of us was ready we presented our story to the rest of the group. The story was then critiqued and the person was given help if they were stuck or anything. I know, for my story, I was having a hard time just getting started because I was never fully satisfied with the original outline that we came up with; I couldn't help but feel like it was missing something. We tried to add things and change little aspects but it just wasn't right. In the end Jewel an Jorne helped me come up with a whole different storyline and then I was finally able to get somewhere with it. Sometimes that is the best option when someone is stuck on anything...just scratch the whole thing and start over. It seems hard and really just irritating to practically throw away all of the hard work you already put into it just because of one little problem but in all reality, alot of times it winds up being a whole lot better than the original! It also happens often that there are parts of each version that work really well and then one is able to pick and choose and get the best of both! 

   

   We are now up to the parts that we are writing together and that is what we were working on today; specifically, trying to develop the different characters with the lines that are said in between each story. It is kind of a long process because everything is pretty much trial and error. We sit around the table and brainstorm together on what has to be said and what is the best way to say it.

   

   One problem that we run into often is making sure what we think makes sense will make sense to an audience. In most ways it is really beneficial to have five different people with different minds, but on the other hand.... in many ways we all think alike. Also, we have a bit of trouble making things funny for everybody:/ As a whole our family laughs at...well....everything. So, we are never quite sure if what we think is hilarious people will laugh at at all. But, we try our best and as long as someone laughs I'm happy! haha! We also all have a bit of a focusing problem. We usually can't get more than 15 min without someone saying something off topic and every 2 out of 5 times the off topic comment turns into a discussion. But, actually, today it wasn't bad at all:)

  

   Well thats all for now. We will keep you all posted on our show. I can't wait till its finished!:)