That next giant step

Hey there everyone! It's Kristin. I'm here just to rant and rave, as all playwrights should.

To begin, I'm leaving for college in two days. That's right. In two days, I will be a free woman. (free meaning away from my parents, lol). I'm excited, but nervous at the same time. Somehow, everyone at my school has already begun to refer to me as "The Playwright," which is nerve wracking knowing that my reputation (somehow) proceeds me.

So, I thought it would be a good topic for us to talk about or write about, get your feelings out there about. (Well, two topics, actually). The first is- How do major life events have an effect on your writing? For me, I tend to write MORE during big times than anything else. Even if it's something that's not really that important, like senior prom. Something about the special-ness of the moment and time makes me want to write. And second- How do you use reputations in your writing? Do reputations ever affect the way you write or what you're writing? Personally, my characters' reputations are always at stake or in mind when I write. Not as cliche as in Grease- AKA "I'm a cool kid who can't talk to you because my rep is on the line," but it's a big part of human nature. We're always thinking about ourselves, how we look to other people-reputation is a big part of the human nature, so why not include it in our characters?

College is going to be a brand new experience for me, which I'm very happy about. New things to write about, new things to learn, new experiences in general to be had. I think most of you are seniors this year, which is also a really big step, so I just wanted to say HAVE FUN WITH YOUR SENIOR YEAR! Don't let petty high school drama or anything ruin it. Don't stress about college- what's meant to happen will happen. And for god's sakes, GET EXCITED!!! YOU'RE A SENIOR! As for the rest of you, have fun with school. It goes by way too fast!

Anyway, happy writing,
love you all!

-Kristin.