8:27 PM
"Let's do a few more takes and see how much pain you've got left in you."*

Actors started coming in to work today for recording sessions, performing the script I've spent the last few months hacking away at with the team (and 20 pages of single-spaced random dialogue that I hammered in during a 16-hour marathon yesterday.)

I love seeing my work in print, even when it's just a manuscript rolling out of the printer. But it's a whole 'nother thrill to hear it performed by professionals. The story might be compromised with flaws that will bother me for years, but at least every line is going to sound fantastic.

* Not one of my lines, just something amusing said during a session today.