So, first off Happy Mother’s Day to all who identify as mothers in any way! Motherhood is complex and so are mothers, so if no one has wished you a happy Mother’s Day today, let me extend my wish to you.

I finished my rough draft of my script this morning and was able to get friends and family to read through it and catch my typos and errors. I am so grateful to everyone who helped me. It’s good to have a group of people looking through my work- everyone finds something that I and everyone else didn’t notice.

The main character in this script is a mother and her relationship to her daughter is a prominent part of my story. It feels very appropriate for a Mother’s Day submission. I enjoy entering into the NYCMidnight challenges and the screenwriting challenge is my favorite. The first year I participated, it was my first ever attempt at writing a screenplay. I really enjoy the process and the constraints of assigned genre, character and theme along with a deadline help keep me focused and help me to overcome my ADHD tendencies. If you like to write I recommend checking out their challenges. There are several short fiction competitions, rhyming stories and, of course, screenwriting. I really feel that my writing has improved considerably thanks to the feedback provided from the judges. The feedback I got on the round one script was excellent and I plan on applying the suggestions and perhaps submitting the revised version to other contests.

Do you write or participate in creative projects outside the realm of visual arts?