User blog:Geoff&Courtneyfan/Update and self reflection

Hey everyone. It's me Geoff again. I just wanted to write this blog to let you all know what's going on, and some of my thoughts/feelings. First, as you all know, school has started back up, and for me that means back to college. It's been hard trying to balance that and writing my episodes. Also, this is exciting times for me, as I FINALLY have enough confidence to start to work on a project I've been wanting to do for a long time, and I owe that to you guys for giving me that confidence, but I thought my season would be over by now, and it's not, and I'm sorry for that. Now that being said, I am working on episode 21. I've kinda been taking this time off so that I could craft the the rest of this season in my head, and now let's just say that I now have every vote, key scenes, and I know who's going to be in my final two. I just need to get it all down in writing. Now, I just wanted to take a moment for a brief reflection on my season. First, if there was one challenge I could have back, it would be the Scotland challenge, that was was one of those ideas that sounded cool in my head, but lame in practice. Also, I probably would've changed up the Amish episode, to make it more fun and charming than it came out to be. If there was one episode that I would consider my least favorite to write, it would have to be episode 12 hands down. I HATED how I eliminated Blake and kinda ruined one of my own characters in the process. The only redeeming quality that I can remember of that episode was Jessica. Also, one other thing I HATED was how I wrote Flannery. I'll be completely honest with you, originally, she was supposed to get eliminated in episode 7 (more on that episode in a minute), but after that moment, I just...didn't really do anything with her, and I regret that. That was probably one of my biggest mistakes of this season. Now, as I alluded to, if there was one elimination I could have back, it'd definantely be When Snakes Cry. I have very mixed feelings about that episode as a whole. I mean, it was a great blindside, but I just...I was going to give Luna a lot of development through Adrianna, okay, and I just screwed that up. Now, I've done enough raging, so let's focus on the positives. My favorite to write was probably the New Orleans episode. The challenge in that one was so fun to write for, and the funny thing about that challenge is that it was basically just a game of tag! LOL My favorite character to write for has been Micah. I mean, what a genius character type! well, I'm not going to say, because there's so many options to pick from, I mean you guys all gave me your best shot. My favorite elimination I would have to say is episode 11. In that episode I wanted to see just how mush mayhem I could cause. Although I do wish Lucas would've gone a little further than he did, that whole thing started with how I thought Fred would react to Diego's idol. In fact, that's how most of these eliminations start off in my head: How would {character} react this, or if {character} did this, what would happen? Lastly, I just wanted to say that I may write your characters differently than what you, the creators have in mind, and some of my challenge ideas may have been...out there, but just know that I am trying the hardest that I can. It's hard to come up with challenges for 24 different episodes in a matter of a couple of weeks, which is what I did, and it's just that it's harder to write for characters when they're not your own, and the truth is...I have Aspergers. I see the World in a different way than you do, like waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay different. Also, I just like to test the limits of what is possible. Are there some things that I wish I would've done differently this season? You bet there are.But over all do I think this was a waste of time? No, definantely not, because I can say I've grown as a writer, and like I said, I've gotten more confident in my storytelling ability. Any ways, hope you have a nice day and the rest of my episodes will be out when I get done with them. :)