I've started rehearsals for Nine and singing the music is awesome! They've put me on 1st soprano and I'm singing really high basically the whole show. It reminds me some of what I did in college. Not quite as hard, of course, but more difficult than anything I've sung since then.
The blocking and the dancing rehearsals have not been as fun, but that's only because they make me nervous. Really, I guess I'm not the stereotypical theater person. I took too long a break, that's what it is. Our director is wonderful though, and I'm sure I'll relax as I get to know people.
I've also been trying to revise my manuscript. I even joined the March Marathon organized by OWW. It hasn't been going so well. I've just been so tired recently that I haven't felt like doing anything after work, except going to rehearsal. But that's a required thing, kinda like going to work. I wouldn't go to work if I didn't have to. Still, I'm almost through to the end of Part II (aprox. half-way). Which isn't as impressive as it sounds because I didn't really do anything to Part I. These are structural rewrites. BIG things. I'm hoping I can get through Part II by the end of the week (and the marathon) and then I'll feel like I've accomplished something.
I think I've been thinking about it the wrong way anyway. When I was finishing writing the damn book, I kept saying, "I can do it. I can do it." And I did. Right now I'm thinking, "It's too much. It's too much. I don't think I can do it." Not the right attitude at all. Positive thinking!
I keep meaning to review all those books that I've read (that are on the side of my blog under "Reading," but it's been so long since I read some of them that I don't think I could do them justice. Hopefully, I'll be able to start that in the future.
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