Is That You In Your Avatar - Sweet Sixteen!- Page 36

[JailyardGuy]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:14pm

Wild Party opening weekend was good...hopefully this weekend will be even better, now that everyone has the jitters worked out.

I hope.

[Rosalind]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:26pm

I send you my Anti-Jitter vibes.

[JailyardGuy]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:27pm

I'll pass them on to those who need them.

[scott68]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:32pm

You should all just smoke up together before the show. That always gets rid of my jitters.

[nitsua]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:36pm

I can't say what I used to do to get rid of my jitters.

For all you Tom Welling fans:

[JailyardGuy]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:37pm

Actually, I generally have a drink before I go onstage; always have.

[D2]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:41pm

Stritch? Is that you?

[scott68]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:41pm

I wish I had my own wine cellar. It's such a hassle to go out and buy it one or two bottles at a time.

[nitsua]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:42pm

I could use a drink.

I have a slight case of writers block. I have three projects I need to work on, but I'm not able to work on any of them.

[JailyardGuy]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:44pm

I said a drink, Deeter, not a bottle. :)You won't find ME whittling down any champagne corks backstage!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:45pm

Just do what I do when I should be working on homework, Nitsy: Nothing.


It's fun.

[D2]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:48pm

Not backstage, Jaily, I'm sure.

And remember, she started with a drink. She ended with a bottle.

[nitsua]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:48pm

I wondered who made this!

[scott68]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:49pm

Meh. I feel like a glass of wine would definitely loosen up my creative side (I'm writing an essay on my ideal libel law, woo!), but sadly our fridge is completely devoid of alcoholic beverages, so I'm stuck with sugarfree Red Bull and tortilla chips.

[JailyardGuy]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:49pm

I love sugarfree Red Bull.

With champagne and vodka.

[scott68]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:50pm

Vodka and I haven't been friends in a very long time, but definitely on the champagne. Jager, too, trashily enough.

[nitsua]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:51pm

I feel that I get in touch with the impulse better when I'm drunk. My conscious loses focus, but my subconscious works wonders.

Sure, it may be long and messy, but at least it's there. I think it's better to overwrite and have too much than to underwrite and need more.

[mauriposa]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:53pm

I was a creative writing major as an undergrad. I rarely embarked on a new project without some kind of bottle in my hand. It just helped let the ideas flow.

[JailyardGuy]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 3:54pm

See, I drink to *stop* thinking. Otherwise, my brain won't shut up, and it makes me insane.

[nitsua]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 4:07pm

I've got the drink, the paper and the pen, but all I've got is:

"Bobby's apartment."

I want to write about the struggles of being a gay man in a small town.

Bobby, the protagonist, fears that his sister will abandon him if he comes out, but he hates lying to her about what he does and where he goes. He works as an assistant manager at the grocery store.

Cindy, the sister, wants to be a wife and a mom. Her boyfriend, Gene, is happy with the way things are. She's a waitress at the diner and Gene works as a mechanic.

There's another character there, a gay guy, but I'm not sure who he is or what to do with him. I know there needs to be a reason for Bobby wanting to come out. He needs to meet someone. But, what would make this new guy move to this city? Maybe he should already live there? Maybe he and Bobby could work together? Or they went to high school together and this other guy was a completely closet case?

I have all that and I can only get two words on paper.

[mauriposa]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 4:12pm

Do a character sketch or a dialogue exercise to get yourself rolling.

[nitsua]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 4:15pm

I'll try the second choice.

[scott68]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 4:22pm

And then... drink more!

[Rosalind]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 4:31pm

I have thrown up every opening night of every show I've ever done. I get the worssssttt nervous jitters.

[nitsua]

Posted: 2/4/08 at 4:33pm

I'm all out of wine.

I should probably delete my idea.