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Tired and emotional so I can't trust myself to write. I'll write anyway because this is what I
do but will end up deleting it tomorrow. I will only write crap but I sometimes come up with
something amazing and it's best just to have a go.

My best ideas often come to me when I'm half asleep anyway. I was dozing when I thought
of this and I'm here thinking that if anything is strong enough to wake me up, then it's worth
having a go at. And this idea didn't wake me, it made me want to start writing immediately.

My characters are based loosely on myself and the people I knew in college. The story kind
of mimics the 'anywhere but here' thoughts and stuff like that.

Nothing I wrote was planned in detail. It was a case of 'this sounds interesting.' So I wrote
the interesting scenes and if they work I re-write them, and if they don't work I delete it and
try something else.

If I don't care about a story almost instantly, I don't even bother with it. So that's why this
may seem a bit screwed up. It's important for me to shock people - make them sit up and
take notice.

I know my play isn't going to be perfect or, maybe not even that good, but at least I'm trying
and enjoying telling stories in different ways. It might not be great, but I like it.

Had a few scenes read out today - didn't sound too bad actually. Got some feedback and
took it on board. Made a couple of little changes because a lot of them didn't get the
subtler parts but some points I chucked straight out of the pram, like deleting a character.
That was mostly because they don't know my plan but there's no way I'm changing my play
to satisfy a few people.

TUTOR NOTES -

DEMONSTRATION OF WRITING AS PROCESS - You write a lengthy analysis of your imagining
process. However, you don't mention any of the detail of the specific to do with Radio / TV
drama that we discussed in our sessions. Nor how you applied them to the development of
your radio script. It is this detail the assignment brief asks for.

MASTERY OF TECHNIQUES AND CONVENTIONS - You have a good use of the main

conventions - your script is clearly laid out.