To be a...playwright?

The deadline for the First Light playwriting competition is fast approaching and I'm working out the kinks.

Its amazing. This play started as a tiny idea I've been longing to write about and slowly come to be. There are parts that I love, that are exactly how I'd like them to be...at least for now but now, it's all gone downhill. I'm struggling to write when I don't like the story I'm telling anymore. I've altered and tweaked so much. One character was once a hero, a love interest and a great guy. I had to destroy that to bring more life to the story, while I still think it is the right choice, it's totally changed where my story can be at the end.

There are very few stories I have finished in my life. I hope to finish this one. It has potential, I just have to find it again. I've lost it somewhere along the way. When you cant find the end, when you have lost sight of your goal what do you do? Delete a lot and go back to where its in sight again? Do you sit and try to rethink a reason?

I don't know what's going to happen. Its thrilling and terrifying. I took Heather's playwrighting class last semester and discovered I loved writing plays, its fascinating and really fun. I finished one 10 minute play, the first play, or really any story, I have ever finished in my life. On a whim, I figured why not try First Light? See what I can do and find out if it is really something I have an interest in outside of just the class. Also, I hoped that if I had someone to help me and real deadlines I'd be more motivated.

We'll see. 5 days until its due, will I finish my second play?