I want to start off by thanking all my lovely Champlainers for the advice on how to tackle this Capstone monster. I've been thinking a lot about the three options that I threw out there, and I've narrowed it down to two fine candidates. More advices and comments are always welcomed, of course.
1) The Screenplay. I was wavering a little bit on this during my last look at Capstone, but since reading everyone's great words, I'm feeling a lot more confident. I could write a screenplay. I could be a screenwriter. No, that's not right. Let's try it with more force. I COULD BE A SCREENWRITER! There. That's much better. Now all I have to do is buy the full version of Final Draft (or marry a rich man who can afford to buy it for me), take Screenwriting II, and write, write, write. Easy. Right?
2) The publication. I was really confident about this one last time around, and now I'm wavering (funny how that works). I could do it, that's the problem. I'm just not sure I could make it like I would want to in a semester. If I'm going to do it, I want to do it in a big way, and I'm afraid I would have to hold myself back a little bit because I would also be taking four or five other classes in addition to making it. I know I would procrastinate. I know I would put it off. A project like this deserves tender love and care, and the most I could give it would be the occasional smile and pat on the back. So, it may go on the back-burner.
Basically, I have not come to a final decision. Help!
Well, if nothing else this has helped you decide you want to take Screenwriting II! But I wouldn't give up on the publishing idea. You could actually work on it as both your internship and then your capstone, so you'd have a whole year to pull it all together. Come to think of it, you could also take the Publishing course this fall, so that'd buy you even more time. Plus, who is more qualified than you to publish, now?
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