This past week my class spent hurriedly revising, editing and finishing our plays. Monday, the majority of us stayed after school until 6:30 to work on our plays together. We ordered subs for dinner as we worked on, acted out, met with the teacher about and talked about our plays. Everyone in the class met with our teacher at least twice throughout the whole week to revise over and over – I swear, working 24-7 on one thing can get really old, really fast! But I'm glad it's not over after we send our plays to the committee and the Play Evaluation Rubric. The break from the hard-core play writing will probably affect us all differently. For some, it might be looked forward to as a writing-project-free few weeks and the revival of play writing may be dreaded. For others, the break may be well deserved and the rewriting and changing of plays may be looked forward to. Personally, I do not quite look forward to play-less weeks, will most likely end up enjoying the time off and am positive that rewrites will be the hardest part of all; (worse than editing). Of course, the many types of writers vary and many mixed feelings for the plays will be felt during the absence and part two of the festival. While reading through some of my classmate's first draft finished plays, the thought that, "Maybe mine isn't all I thought it was" started running through my head. Since we first began the festival, the fact that this is a competition, no matter how friendly, never really sunk in. Sure, it was always there – but the true understanding that the majority, if not all, of my class's plays are going to "lose" didn't come until now. Perhaps I'm the only one who feels that way? But along with the competition comprehension, the realization that it really doesn't matter also came to mind. Maybe others feel differently, like if they don't win, nobody should. But for me, doing a school project that I actually truly enjoyed was good enough for me. Great writing doesn't need an award. |
Week 5 |