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Dec. 10th, 2011 03:17 pmDear Ovation TV,
I am very excited that your annual Battle of the Nutcrackers is starting next week, with all-day marathons of each Nutcracker production beginning the following week. Now, I can spend the whole day staring at the TV and claim it's research. Even though, let's be honest with each other, I'm really procrastinating because I'm terrified to write this story because it's so strange...so out there, and I think (no, I know) that if I can't pull it off it's going to be a big mound of WTF?, and OMG I haven't even finished a manuscript in over 16 months and I'm freaking out because it's like I'm starting all over and learning the basics for crafting a story, and how do I write a plot and dialogue and characters that people are going to care about, and how the hell do I incorporate fairies when there weren't any fairies in the original fairy tale, which is odd because you'd think there would be some what with the word "fairy tale" using the word "fairy", and if I'm being completely honest, nothing happens in the second act of the ballet, or really, in the first part because that's all Stahlbaum Christmas Extravaganza '92--and by '92 I mean 1892--then the Mouse King comes, but when things start to go down and it looks like a plot is forming he's taken down by a ballet slipper (which is so embarrassing when you think about it), and then Act Two is like a giant game of Candyland-but-not-really-Candyland-because-that's-a-trademarked-brand where the plot gets convoluted with pirouettes and jetés, and how the hell do I end this sentence because I started off with a statement, then asked a question, went back to a statement, and am now finishing with another question, but now I'm rambling so it's like I should just finish up with a period, but if I ask for reassurance that's like asking a question, so does a question mark belong here or should I simply end with ellipses while I scream like a banshee like this...AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
So, in conclusion, five days of the Nutcracker Ballet: BRING IT!
Love,
Erin
I am very excited that your annual Battle of the Nutcrackers is starting next week, with all-day marathons of each Nutcracker production beginning the following week. Now, I can spend the whole day staring at the TV and claim it's research. Even though, let's be honest with each other, I'm really procrastinating because I'm terrified to write this story because it's so strange...so out there, and I think (no, I know) that if I can't pull it off it's going to be a big mound of WTF?, and OMG I haven't even finished a manuscript in over 16 months and I'm freaking out because it's like I'm starting all over and learning the basics for crafting a story, and how do I write a plot and dialogue and characters that people are going to care about, and how the hell do I incorporate fairies when there weren't any fairies in the original fairy tale, which is odd because you'd think there would be some what with the word "fairy tale" using the word "fairy", and if I'm being completely honest, nothing happens in the second act of the ballet, or really, in the first part because that's all Stahlbaum Christmas Extravaganza '92--and by '92 I mean 1892--then the Mouse King comes, but when things start to go down and it looks like a plot is forming he's taken down by a ballet slipper (which is so embarrassing when you think about it), and then Act Two is like a giant game of Candyland-but-not-really-Candyland-because-that's-a-trademarked-brand where the plot gets convoluted with pirouettes and jetés, and how the hell do I end this sentence because I started off with a statement, then asked a question, went back to a statement, and am now finishing with another question, but now I'm rambling so it's like I should just finish up with a period, but if I ask for reassurance that's like asking a question, so does a question mark belong here or should I simply end with ellipses while I scream like a banshee like this...AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
So, in conclusion, five days of the Nutcracker Ballet: BRING IT!
Love,
Erin
