Summer Sprints

I hope you're all enjoying your summer and I hate to intrude a bit of reality into the hazy lazy last month of the season, but that's just who I am, so here's a few things to keep in mind:

Everyone should be nearing completion on their first act.

After that, it's a sprint to the midpoint before the end of the term.

You must stay on schedule: if you have not completed the work, you will not continue on to the second half of workshop. As a long range deadline, you should be looking ahead to the second week of fall term (I'm not sure what the exact date is) when your first draft is due. There is no such thing as downtime in this class, you must keep up the writing pace.

As I was scanning though the blogs this morning, I see some of you have not provided links so that comments can be added to the blog. If I, or any of the other instructors (or your fellow workshoppers), have helpful stuff, it would be great to be able to give you feedback as we're reading the blog, not have to take it offline. So, add commenting links if you don't already have them. The blogs are what pass for community discussions for this class, so you should be reading them, and offering helpful insights. It's always easier to see the problems in someone else's scripts than it is in your own.

Finally, Professor Abrams has sent out a couple of e-mail recently about contests, etc. If you haven't gotten those, e-mail him to make sure he has your best e-mail address included.

Enjoy the rest of the summer.