It's been two long weeks since I posted here...
And when I say long, I mean LONG. I have been very busy.
Not only has work kept me on my toes, but I landed a lead role in the first play of the local theater's 2010 season. I play Bethany, a woman torn between the ghost of her dead husband and her new fiance. While being onstage is nothing new to me, being torn between two relationships certainly is - but that's a whole other story for some day when you're all bored.
I'm the youngest person in the show as well as the newest resident of the town - in the cast, anyway. I'm excited to be back onstage performing (it's been two years!) since I grew up doing shows every summer in Seguin, but this is a bit different. Most of my stage experience has been limited to musical theatre - which I absolutely love - but this is the most mature show I've ever done. My character's emotions are all over the place - which requires serious acting skills that I hope I have - and I find myself pretty exhausted by the end.
Please pray or cross your fingers that I can pull this off without looking like a total idiot. The curtain goes up in just under three weeks.
In addition to the show, I've also started recapping Spurs games for ProjectSpurs.com recently. I've loved the Spurs for as long as I can remember, but I'm still learning to get the hang of the sportswriting thing. I didn't give it a shot at TCU because I didn't think anyone would take a sorority girl seriously, so I've fumbled my way through a few high school football and basketball stories up until I asked about writing for the PS website.
One of my favorite professors in college, both a sportswriter and the closest thing I have to a mentor, always said that you can only learn so much in journalism school - you have to just go out there and write. As soon as I heard that Project Spurs was looking for a new staff writer, I decided to try it out. After all, I can only get better with practice, right?
I haven't received any comments that say I suck or tell me to go back to the kitchen, so I'll chalk it up to a success thus far. Is there room for improvement? Absolutely. I'll develop a knack for it one of these days.
To be honest, I'm just hanging in there... waiting to see what happens next.
In the meantime - my recaps are usually up the morning after each game at www.projectspurs.com - check out the awesome posts and Spurscast podcasts!
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You're doing an awesome job. If anyone ever tells you to go back to the kitchen then they don't know good writing when they see it. Sportswriting is just like everything else and goes along with the inverted pyramid. Score/game-changing plays up top, quarterly breakdowns, highlight plays below. A few stats at the end and supporting quotes, when you can get them, in between. Practice makes better (not perfect).
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