Okay, look. So this was the year I got divorced. I was just in survival mode for a lot of this year, so I'm going to cut myself some slack.
As of September 9, 2017:
1 complete
2 incomplete
2 incomplete
1. Read 1 script per month
I want to write more scripts, and I'm a big believer that you should read the types of things you want to write. And I know there are thousands (TENS OF THOUSANDS) of amazing scripts out there that I just haven't gotten to yet. I want to have read 12 new scripts by the time I'm 32. They can be TV episodes, screenplays, plays, etc.
INCOMPLETE (10/12)
September
X-Files: Season 3, Episode 3 "D.P.O." by Howard Gordon
The Nerd by Larry Shue
October
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Simon Stephens (adapted from the book by Mark Haddon)
Trifles by Susan Glaspell
The Stronger by August Strindberg
November
Okay, so I didn't quite read one entire script this month. But it was because I was busy memorizing one, writing another, and workshopping a dozen more. So I'm gonna still count that, because I was surrounded by scripts all month.
December
Uhhhhh...
January
To Kill A Mockingbird by Christopher Sergel, based on the novel by Harper Lee
February
Uhhhhh...
March
Uhhhhh...
April
Punxsutawney by Larry West
The Heart of Robin Hood by David Farr
May
Uhhhhh...
June
A Bundle of Trouble by Ruth Hale
July
Uhhhhh...
August
The Red Bike by Caridad Svitch
September
Uhhhhh...
2. Write a spec script
I have zero intention of publishing or sending out said spec script. I consider it purely an exercise in writing. It's a good way to start--it's kind of like fan fiction. The characters, world, and format already exist...I'm just creating a different story. I'm bowling with the gutter bumpers up, so to speak. I'm thinking "The X-Files"? I'll keep you posted.
INCOMPLETE
DONE! A few times, actually. Painting of an anatomical heart, a big pink jellyfish, an abstract painting about wonder.
And as for my new goals...
Something a little different this time around! Because the next chapter of my life is fairly uncertain, I'm going to work on one big goal over the next two years. Here it is: by the time I turn 35, on September 8, 2020, the goal is to have read, watched, or participated in all 37 of Shakespeare's plays. (Note: I'm not starting from the beginning--I'm counting the ones I'm already familiar with
Progress:
12/37
as of June 18, 2018
All's Well That Ends Well
As You Like It
Comedy of Errors
DONE! Played a servant in a production at BYU-Idaho
Love's Labour's Lost
Measure for Measure
Merchant of Venice
DONE! Read during undergrad at BYU-Idaho
Merry Wives of Windsor
Midsummer Night's Dream
DONE! Played Mustardseed in a production at South Medford High School
Much Ado about Nothing
DONE! Watched the film in high school
Taming of the Shrew
DONE! Watched multiple productions and films
Tempest
DONE! Watched a production in high school, played Caliban and designed sound for a children's production at BYU-Idaho, played Gonzalo in a production at BYU-Idaho
Twelfth Night
DONE! Watched the film
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Winter's Tale
Henry IV, Part I
Henry IV, Part II
Henry V
Henry VI, Part I
Henry VI, Part II
Henry VI, Part III
Henry VIII
King John
Pericles
Richard II
Richard III
Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Cymbeline
Hamlet
DONE! Watched lots of films and productions, read lots of times
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Macbeth
DONE! Watched a handful of productions, played a Witch in a production at BYU-Idaho
Othello
DONE! Read in high school, played Bianca in a production in Salt Lake City
Romeo and Juliet
DONE! Read lots and lots, seen a few productions
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
DONE! Watched a film version
Troilus and Cressida
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