First Set of Notes

Poolside I received my first set of notes on The Project. Poolside always makes a notes session better. Just another little tip.

Actually, the notes were fantastic. I gave it to a friend who was in my target audience. Someone who I thought might identify with the character (and therefore be able to tell me when she ran afoul.) Someone who knew about the world where my script is set - so she qualified as a technical reader too.

The feedback was great. She found several areas where I could delve deeper. She even had suggestions as to what she wanted to know about the characters. She told me where she thought the characters might pause, open up as well as what was working.

Overall, she really enjoyed the script. As notes go, the fixes she suggested were needed are minimal in the grand scheme of things. There were some technical/logical problems that we found solutions for (again by the pool drinking wine - the best!).

But what was most exciting was that all of her notes wanted more of what I had started. A bad notes session is one where the person doesn't like your main character, was bored half way through, wasn't rooting for what your main character was trying to achieve. What I got was more along the lines of deepening subplots and drawing the finer points on motivation. Fantastic.

I am resisting the urge to call my managers with the ten ways my reader inspired me to make the draft better. I'm resisting the urge to qualify the draft they are reading with a "but I already know how to make it better." If they read my blog they'll know. (I seriously doubt they are reading my blog.) I'm going to instead trust that they know I wrote this extremely fast. I'm going to trust that the excitement I feel will still be with me when I hear their notes.

Then, I can get started on the rewrite. Until Monday peeps. I'm taking the weekend off. Happy Writing.