Work Room - Week 10
The results from last week are in:
and the new topic is up: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/894992.html
There is even a chance for folks to get back into the game: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/895399.html
and now I talk about the Lion King.
We went to see it last night. It was my Christmas present from Cynthia. They had never seen it before, I had seen it years ago, and had always wanted to take them. So, they decided to take me instead! :)
It was a lot of fun (and they enjoyed it), but one of the surprises was that "Morning Report" was no longer part of the show.
Apparently, it was cut (along with a total of 9 minutes) from the show back in 2010.
Which got me thinking about editing and the importance of being able to take a good, hard look at your own work and figure out how to streamline it.
In the case of "Morning Report", I loved that bit - but I know it didn't really do anything to drive the narrative forward. It was just sort of there as a funny bit. I definitely missed it, but I doubt anyone who has never seen the musical before knew there was anything missing.
What is YOUR editing process, what do you find yourself cutting out from your pieces - and how does that impact you when you are actually writing and notice something that fits the pattern of things that usually end up on your cutting room floor?
and the new topic is up: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/894992.html
There is even a chance for folks to get back into the game: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/895399.html
and now I talk about the Lion King.
We went to see it last night. It was my Christmas present from Cynthia. They had never seen it before, I had seen it years ago, and had always wanted to take them. So, they decided to take me instead! :)
It was a lot of fun (and they enjoyed it), but one of the surprises was that "Morning Report" was no longer part of the show.
Apparently, it was cut (along with a total of 9 minutes) from the show back in 2010.
Which got me thinking about editing and the importance of being able to take a good, hard look at your own work and figure out how to streamline it.
In the case of "Morning Report", I loved that bit - but I know it didn't really do anything to drive the narrative forward. It was just sort of there as a funny bit. I definitely missed it, but I doubt anyone who has never seen the musical before knew there was anything missing.
What is YOUR editing process, what do you find yourself cutting out from your pieces - and how does that impact you when you are actually writing and notice something that fits the pattern of things that usually end up on your cutting room floor?