Scripts

So for the tour group we had to write these scripts (A.K.A. podcasts). In theory, the scripts sounded like a cinch; however, as fate would have it, the podcasts were a major undertaking. See below the evolution of our scripts. 

It must have been the third or fourth meeting where the tour group sat down and planned who would write each script. We decided there should be a script for each room in the museum and that each script should feature one object of art and then include a discussion about the room itself. Easy right? 

Being the nice person that I am, I volunteered to write three podcasts rather than two. Another fatal mistake was to pick my rooms based on my level of enthusiasm toward the works of art. I chose the Ethnographic Gallery, North Gallery: Bay 1 (A.K.A. American art) and North Gallery: Bay 2 (A.K.A. a hodge podge of American and European with a bit of impressionism).

Skip ahead four weeks. 

After several conversations with Beth and Tania and several classmates I finally made it to my 4th draft. That's right. You heard me correctly. FOUR DRAFTS. It gets better. After four drafts I decided that my object for the American Gallery would not work and I changed objects! 

Overall, I completed roughtly 7 drafts. I lost count by the end. 

I could have pouted and cried and complained, but instead I decided to brush it off my shoulder and use this as a learning experience. 

Somewhere around draft 5 or so, I realized that there never really is a FINAL draft of anything. Think about the books and newspapers you've read. I'm sure on several occasions you had to reread something because the syntax was confusing or you found those too words that the editors did not catch in there Sunday edition of the newspaper.

In reality, no one is perfect. It's great to strive for perfection but we all need to remember that perfection truly is impossible. This is something I need to work on now and into the future. I have problems accepting less than perfect work from myself. Unfortunately, tt oftentimes gets in the way of creating even mediocre work. I get so focused on how bad my writing or my pictures or my designs could be that I neglect how great they will be. 

(O.K. you got me, I did complain about the drafts. But not as much as you would have!)