I was a little nervous, but we had a meeting already scheduled on another topic, so after we got through that agenda, I asked if I could talk to her about something.

I told her about my conversation with the executive earlier this week, and the meeting I have next week, and she was entirely supportive of it. She told me that, after over 6 years at the company, I should learn as much about what the company can do for me.

We wound up the discussion with her letting me know that she was behind me 100%, and that I could count on her to give me a good reference or whatever kind of support I needed.

Now I just have to do well in the interview. Let's hope that goes as well.

I spent most of tonight working on the long version of the short script.

I'm pretty sure this one's going to be a full-length play with no act breaks. Unlike most of the stuff I write, this one's very dark (anyone who saw the original short might agree). There are bits of humor, but it's not light at all.

Tragedy relies on inevitability, which is the biggest obstacle I'm facing. There's a difference between inevitable and predictable, and I don't want an audience sitting around for 90 minutes knowing exactly what will happen. At the end, the conclusion has to be the only thing that could happen, but it shouldn't be obvious.

I'm overanalyzing right now. I've been fiddling with the characters and the story, going about it in a really methodical way. It's starting to become emotional for me, but that takes time. Once I have the mechanics ironed out, I can have a lot more fun.

I do have the final scene in my head. It'll probably change before I'm done, but right now it's a powerful image to keep in mind.

Back to the script.