Change of Mood

Writers are a temperamental breed. Give then an opportunity to feel sour, or feel hard done by; and they’ll take it.

The business of The Play’s The Thing shortlist gave all the entrants that are still using the forum the opportunity to be negative (including myself). Theories of how those on the shortlist would have been informed by now were rife – and there is still a month left. There were even rumours floating that one of the posters had been shortlisted and casual requests of him to confirm it – knowing that this would have breached any confidentiality agreement and thrown him out of the competition. There were even playful comments of pyrotechnic fun if he did turn out to be on the list.

In general the mood was somewhat negative and the forum was very much running out of steam.

I say ‘was’, as the Production Team had obviously been reading the comments. They made the point of posting a message, informing everyone where they were with the competition – and explained that they were still assessing who could end up on the shortlist, and that as there was a month to go, not to rule yourself out just yet.

The mood on the forum and in the chatrooms exploded. People started posting again, they started playing – they even started talking about writing!

Okay, the Production Team could have been lying… but having seen the improved temperament of the competitors (including myself)… who cares?

Now, if only I could find my Muse, I’d be flying!