Full Circle
Yesterday I decided to bake chocolate chip cookies for the cast and crew of “Disillusioned.” I made the dough and let it sit overnight. This morning, I baked them. (That’s one of the secrets… letting it sit in the fridge for 24 hours.)
I tried putting them in fancy star shaped molds and baking them. DISASTER… the chips stuck to the bottom. Luckily, I had plenty of dough left.
So I just made good old fashioned round ones… and, in my writer’s mind, I had the memory of the night I brought chocolate chip cookies to my short story class my first semester in grad school.
To be diplomatic, I was not happy in that class… The instructor actually made fun of my work, telling me it was too intellectual, and told me I would have a limited audience for it. And, as happened many times in academic situations, I intimidated the other students. Not purposely, I’m not that kind of person… but my drive, ambition, and opinions do scare some folks. (I’ve learned at this point in my life to take it with a grain of salt and consider the source.)
Anyway, there was one guy in the class, to be diplomatic, a real tool. The night I brought in cookies, he had to admit they were good. His friend next to him elbowed him to say it aloud to my face.
And a small voice in the back of my head said, “Well, if this writing thing doesn’t work out, you can go into baking.”
Well, the writing thing worked out. We premiere “Disillusioned” tonight.
This road has had a lot of twists and turns… but I made it. I’m here — still writing, and now producing too. And I have the cookies to prove it.
–Sue
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