Turkey, Rewrites, and a Donkey

What better way to climb out of a post-Thanksgiving turkey-coma than write a blog post? I hope all of you who celebrate Thanksgiving had a lovely one. I spent mine with about 40 of my closest relatives in Omaha. There were no Reubens present, but the food was still pretty fantastic, and I had a great time with the family. It's been a nice visit home.

In between waiting for pies to finish baking and turkeys to roast, I spent some time script-writing. Actually, if you want to get all technical about it, I was rewriting. And hoo boy... I guess one of the good things about taking so frickin' long to write the scripts for this show is that we were bound to improve as we went along. This is a good thing for the last half of the season, but it's almost embarrassing to read parts of the first couple of episodes. Part of it is that the story has shifted dramatically since we first started writing - in a good way, I think. But part of it was the fact that we didn't quite have the knack of this all-dialogue-all-the-time style yet.

I think we've managed to get the knack. Or at least borrow the knack from someone else who has it. Or maybe... never mind. I have no idea what I'm talking about. Suffice it to say that we get what we're doing now, and we're trying to get the first couple of scripts to reflect our new-found knowledge and experience.

Meanwhile, the search for recording equipment and sound effects continues. I think I have discovered the microphone brand I want to use, and I've been playing with sound editing a bit. Also, my nephew (who is four years old) told me today that he is excellent with sound effects. He demonstrated everything from a propeller plane to a donkey. The kid ain't bad. Makes me want to figure out how to include a donkey in Episode 6 just to be able to use him.

Enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend everyone!