Drafts

I don't know how normal this is. I know Lord of the Rings frequently had scenes being written when actors arrived on set, but surely that isn't normal. We are currently on draft 10 of this script. We've had to do this multiple times for a number of reasons.

Draft 1: there were actually three rewrites before we had an official Draft 1. The biggest change in those rewrites was we changed the lyrics in the final song probably four or five times. Then we made it not the actual final song.

Draft 2-4: These were just various inconsequential but necessary rewrites.

Draft 5: An entire new scene and a song was added.

Draft 6: Two new scenes were added, the song in draft 5 was removed, and the show was split into two acts.

Draft 7: This was the first script the actors saw. It was done right after casting. A new character was added and one of the songs was severely shortened.

Draft 8: Characters were removed due to a loss of cast members.

Draft 9: James started censoring me.

Draft 10: The show was further edited to send to someone for approval.

That brings us to now. I've actually made several revisions to 10 now, but I'm trying not make another actual draft before the show's over. Of course, that was my plan at 7.

-T.J. Mercer