Paint With Words

I ended up not only sitting in on Saturday morning during the dress rehearsal, but I also got a second chance to do an interview with the Maestra. In fact, she offered to do that, which was REALLY astounding to me.

The second interview went a LOT better too. We were both more prepared, and more relaxed. I wasn’t freaking out about sounding like an idiot either. There were a few language barriers though, which, as a language student, was an interesting experience. She was even really cool and asked about my story I was interviewing her for, and gave me her email address so I could share it with her. I was flattered to say the least.

I think this was the biggest experience I’ve had, to date, with interviewing, and ’submerging’ myself in my ideas. I mean, I’ve written good stories, or at least I thought they were good, but enver have I thrown myself into something like this. I’m even planning on  sitting in on a conducting class my school offers, when time allows, and all that, just to better understand what my character will have to do. Sure, the ‘love story’ is a big deal, but so is how my character works. They end up clashing, and well, I want to go in knowing what I’m talking about. So understanding emotional turmoil, and understanding being a conductor are both crucial.

“Exposure” is a good word to describe this week.

I’m just really trying to get my feet wet in all of this. I’m trying to transition from a teeny bopper fanfic writer, into someone who can write a story with entirely original characters, and at least a mostly original plot (hey when you write about musicians, and media, some of the stuff is gonna be recycled sooner or later). So here’s to hoping I can get this right.

And I swear, it’ll be back to more informative stuff soon.

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