It's almost 1am. I spent most of the day working on my mini opera, which is based on a short written piece by Neil Gaiman, called "The Sweeper Of Dreams". I've written before, but never an opera; I didn't even know what a libretto was until a month ago. There is a temptation with "The Sweeper Of Dreams", to keep the words themselves dreamlike. However, I wanted to tell an actual story, rather than just come up with a couple of hundred words for dreams, nightmares, phantoms, whispers & sleep etc. I've done this, and there are a hundred and one plot holes there. The opera itself has to be 4-7 minutes long. The competition is being held nt English National Opera. If I'm honest, the fact that Neil Gaiman might read my entry was motivation enough to enter.