Valid

The critique this morning of my Directing scene from Waiting for Godot (which I codirected) was really good. We needed to be slightly more beat-driven and less predictably rhythmic with the dialogue, but our characters were really good, the scene had a definite direction for the relationships, and it fit in the context within a larger world.

The critique this evening of my Writing scene also went really well. I need to drop one "internal thought" line at the beginning, and be slightly less Shakespearean with a few of the lines ("Why must you pester me?" is a little much, apparently). The characters are believable but not cliched and even a bit humorous, and the emotional beats are clear.

Needless to say, I feel pretty validated right about now. I can direct, and I can write, and apparently I have more understanding of real people than I thought.

Oh, I also switched from being very bored with nothing to do to being sleep-deprived with everything to do, as of last Wednesday.