We lost our Eleanor; not sure if she bailed for the reason she told us (mom is sick) or if it's something else. I've been fighting for months to find someone. We had rehearsal slated, were going to have almost all the cast here to do read-throughs, we started blocking and now...pfft. Back on hold. And by the time we're greenlit again, we may have lost our make-up artist. Very, very discouraging.
Started the new script today. I'm struggling. I can't do comedy. I've never tried, I have no clue how it works and I'm really self-conscious about it. I had to make the characters at least semi-intelligent because I don't think I can manage it any other way. Right now, my goal is to make them charming. Making them funny may have to come later in re-writes, and with help. Maybe they'll start talking to me now that I've given then names.
The Boys still isn't uploaded - we've had problem after problem. I'm frustrated. Making movies, I've come to realize, is like having constant iCurses. Things never go smoothly and only get completed because you slog through stuff and force it to work. All the elation from the premiere, all the people calling to say 'I had no idea it'd be that good' seems to've fizzled out. We're losing what enthusiasm we had from people because nothing's going up. The Boys should have been on YouTube last Saturday. It's costing more than I think people realize to keep delaying. I look at the NIZ site and realize I've nothing to say. That's not good.
Sometimes Muses need a Muse. That ain't happening, though. So, off I go to try and crank out one more page of a script.
