Well, the adjudicators were unanimous in their dislike of the script, and even though it's not supposed to make a difference in their evaluation of the production, it always does. They were polite but firm. "Clichéd," "tough," and "problematic" were the words they used.

Technically, we executed well, though I would have liked to tighten up the sound cue for the car crash about half a beat. I was surprised when I called my last cue (light cue 8) and stopped my watch at 29:00, because they had been running between 31 minutes and 31:45. So it's not too surprising that another note from the judges was to slow down, take time with the moments.

posted: 11:51:55 PM  

Plots to avoid if you're writing for Strange Horizons.

(Thanks to Harper's Magazine.)

posted: 8:10:45 AM