This weekend, I was apart of an event for ASA, and as a special part of it we decided to invite some alumni back to try increase some hype around the event. Because of this completely random meeting, I happened to meet an ex-student of Beth McCoy named Alpha (I’ll leave out his last name for privacy’s sake) through random conversation. He initially came into school as a business major and he said that he took an English class at Geneseo which completely changed the path of his life and you wouldn’t believe who he said taught it. Currently, he is in graduate school pursing his path to become a filmmaker which is literally the exact same path that I hope my life will take.
Alpha said that the biggest regret he had from his time at Geneseo is that he wishes that he created more screenplays during his time at college. He said that trying to generate this skill outside of college made it hundreds of times harder because he had to juggle his job and an even larger workload; plus people who would pay for you to continue pursuing art want to see at 4 final products that can be produced at the drop of a hat if need be. Even if the screenplay isn’t good, it will not get easier to write all because you have a sliver of a tree that has the word diploma on it. The conversation only lasted 5 minutes sadly because he had to catch a train back to the city the same day but, as a result of it I already started writing my screenplay and I will continue to tweak it and I hope that you all see it on it’s release date.
P.S- Dr. McCoy he said he loves you, stay in touch!
English Majors Practising Criticism