Though I worked at the same place (ABC/One Life to Live) in the same job
(Associate Director) for a very long time, I can honestly say that each
day was different. It wasn't just that I rotated between days "in the
booth" (coordinating cameras and taking edit notes while the show was
being shot), "in the online" (doing show fixes and assorted show
paperwork), and "in the edit" (editing full shows and screening them
with the EP). I also worked on a production team that included directors
and producers so different in their approaches that the same production
day in two different directors' hands could turn out as different as, well,
night and day (right down to the time of night or day when we wrapped).
When I went out into the big wide world, I referred often to "the lovely
combination of production and editing" that I'd had there, a
combination that I was fairly sure I would never find again. I haven't
found it. But what I have found is that just as I did and learned
something new there every day, you really can do and learn something new
every day in just about any place you are. Some days, for me, it is a
new editing shortcut. Other days it is a snippet of literature from my
kids' homework. Still others, it is a revelation about how to work with a
new person or a new team. And on all of these days, learning something new
lets you finish the day feeling as though you accomplished something.
My ABC/One Life to Live days are long gone. But one of the best things
about them--the days varied enough to keep it fresh--can still inform my
life. As long as I keep my mind open, and I keep asking, "What's new today?"
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