So, when I write, sometimes I improvise a song. The lyrics are perfect, they're amazing. And then I make a mental note to remember them. And then I forget them. So, it's always great when I improvise them at the computer, and immediately write them down.
That's what happened with "Avatar," a song for Joe and Kim in Act 1. It happens during their first fight. The song points out the points of the argument when, online, they would have been able to tap out and sign off, and avoid the conflict. However, now, they're together in real life, and they can't. They HAVE to resolve it. It's the beginning of the end. I wrote some lyrics. They were awesome. Even if they get rewritten and adjusted as the show goes on, the lyrics can be placeholders for an eventual melody.
I saved THIS revision on my little purple jump drive. I kept the little purple jump drive on my end table so that I wouldn't lose it. And then I lost it.
When I started writing the show again this year, I searched for the jump drive but couldn't find it anywhere! I went nuts. I was so angry! Fortunately, my wife had backed up the file and I was able to recover the script up to date. BUT... the version that was backed up was saved BEFORE I wrote "Avatar." So, while I kept the great scene with Emily and her father, I lost that song. And what's worse, I had absolutely NO memory of what I wrote.
Or, so I thought.
Today, as with all things that are lost, when I was not even looking for it, I found the little purple jump drive! And I immediately transferred the Avatar lyrics into the scene. AT LAST... the scene is complete again!
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