Musings

So, Ian and I are about to start a rewrite on our script after getting notes from my amazing manager. The fact we missed the mark is probably mostly my fault. I took what I thought Prevett was saying, and I pushed us too far in the direction of “making it real”. As Michael said we made it so real that by the middle of act two he forgot he was reading about a space station. That’s a problem. Michael gave us permission to really use the environment, and Ian came up with some great scenes and moments to remind the reader/viewer that we are “in space, stupid”, it’s really dangerous and you can _die_. We are getting to kill some characters and that’s always fun.

Writers are such a murderous lot. As my friend Vic Milan often says — “I just hope characters don’t get to form a union, and come back after you for pain and suffering.”

It’s also an explanation for why we create such unpleasant gods. It’s just so much fun to screw with people.

Melinda

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