Accomplishment chart, 3/7 - 3/13

For the week of 3/7 - 3/13:

Writing

- wrote 2 blog entries for mrshawking.com

- finished first draft of scenes 1.4 and 1.5 of Puzzle House Blues

- started first draft of scenes 1.3 and 2.4 of Puzzle House Blues

- worked on Sundan

- wrote "Blond Adonis" in a free writing exercise

- worked on 2 character sheets for Brockhurst

- plotting for Brockhurst

- scribbled on a new script idea

- wrote 9 Livejournal entries

- wrote 7 daily Hipster Feminist tweets

Theater

- submitted Vivat Regina for consideration for performance or reading

- submitted Mrs. Hawking for consideration for performance or reading

- had 1 GHOSTSHOW rehearsal

- performed in GHOSTSHOW

- saw HTP's "Cyrano de Bergerac"

- heard Bare Bones "Other Halves" staged reading

Website

- posted 1 blog entry

Physical

- 1 ballet class

- 2 hour-long circuit workouts

Media

- read "On Becoming a Woman" poem by Qalonymos ben Qalonymos

- watched Elementary episode 2.19

Cooking

- made pot roast in the slow cooker with roast Brussels sprouts

- made balsamic couscous with green peas

- made beef sausage with peppers and onions

- made meatloaf and cooked carrots

New post on Mrshawking.com -- A female power fantasy

New blog entry on mrshawking.com!

In the interest of artistic honesty, I feel I have to cop to the fact that in some ways, the character of Mrs. Hawking is a power fantasy. Specifically, she is a personal one for me, embodying many of the qualities that I happen to find particularly empowering.

I'm not troubled by this. I think there should be characters that serve as power fantasies for women of the sort that men have in abundance. The trouble, however, is in not allowing such a character to fall into the category of Mary Sue. The problem with power fantasy characters is that if you make them TOO powerful, TOO aspirational and awesome and amazing in every way, then they stop being believable or real. So I need to make sure that when I write Mrs. Hawking, she has real flaws to her to make her a truly complex main character.

Read more of "A female power fantasy" on the website!