I was given the choice between the Shakespeare Workshop and the Playwriting Workshop. I chose Shakespeare, and while it was definitely interesting, I want to walk you through my reasoning because it might not have seemed reasonable.
When I was asked, I immediately weighed my options. With the Shakespeare workshop, I could learn more about acting and actors limits and how to talk to them to get a better performance. In basic terms, I wanted to see the stage from another point of view. Also, I had already picked out my sonnet, #CXXI (121).
I put that up against the playwriting and what I would get out of it. I feel like I might actually be the most versed in playwriting in STAC currently, and I even made a post awhile back on why other people should get into it. It might've looked bad to not take the workshop. Also, the head of the workshop is really good, and I could've learned a lot. I chose the Shakespeare, but that doesn't mean I don't wish I could've taken the playwriting and I've even gotten to points where I regret my decision because of how much I could've gained. I wish I could have taken both.
But I have to remind myself that it isn't worth it to regret. I can only enjoy what I do from here forward. And it is a fun workshop. So it's not like I've drawn a significantly shorter straw.
1 comment:
I think it's great that you would do the unexpected choice and take the Shakespeare workshop. Too often, people believe that activities are a means to an end. "I am _______, so I have to do _______." But such thinking is so limited. First of all, it cuts you off from trying new things. Secondly, it cuts you up from multiple ways of thinking, so everything you do is predictable.
Steve Jobs said,"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever." You had an instinct and you went with it. To make that decision in spite of what people expect from you was a brave thing to do. There will be a benefit, it's just not clear yet what it will be.
Don't regret your decision just because it didn't seem like the "writer" thing to do. Your life isn't defined by labels.
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