Your Monday Diary
Oh, hi friends!
Here’s a new trick for the week, inspired by a recent conversation.
I have to-do lists in Google, on paper, in my brain, tattooed on my eyelids, etc.
But they usually don’t (/never) match up to what actually gets done.
So I’m going to keep a log in almost-real time.
Dear Monday Diary…from 8 to 9 a.m. I read a book and ate breakfast #1 (you all eat two breakfasts, right?). From 9 to 9:30 a.m. I wrote the newsletter…and so on.
Maybe it’ll hold me accountable. Maybe it’ll give me a better sense of how long it takes to do stuff. Or maybe I’ll spend a week logging and decide it's not for me.
It’s a game! Not exactly Chutes & Ladders, but I'm an adult now and this is the type of game I play. Join me.
“You can learn something from every gig you do, so don’t be above doing the crappy ones. If you do a great job, someone might let you do it again, and next time pay you twice as much. I got paid $500 for the first 10 songs I wrote for theatre, then the next one $2000. Matilda wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t written Penrith the Musical, or the 10 scores I wrote for free at uni. If the same opportunity presented itself earlier, I’d have been a less developed artist. Every experience is part of the palette you use to colour the art you make.”
Thank you, Tim Minchin.
Act One: Start
Want to write a screenplay but don’t feel like paying $200 for Final Draft—or you’re on the go and need the right format in a pinch? Here’s a handy Google Docs template called Screenplay Formatter. (h/t Alex)
Thank you for reading.
Love, Kara