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Part 7 of pour myself a cup of ambition
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Published:
2020-10-23
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2021-09-03
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AMBITION ( Season 3 )

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Senior year promises to be an experience like no other at Adams Academy for the Arts. For the A class, it’s a hard-earned final victory lap. There’s excitement, over carnivals and elections and epic showdowns. There’s more opportunities than ever. And at last there’s unity, the seniors finally sharing camaraderie just in time for their last year in the walls of AAA.

But it’s not without challenges. Old wounds are still healing, none more prominent than the gap left by a conflicted transfer. Many are recovering from past choices, while others struggle to accept the impending change of the future. Questions permeate everything: How do you define yourself? Are those definitions outdated, can they be something else -- something more? Is it okay to feel confident in who you are, in your purpose -- or is it naive and begging to be shattered? What does it take to define that sense of self, before everything inevitably shifts? What sacrifices do you have to make to let other people in, to commit… knowing that it might be futile when the future comes?

Without a doubt, the A class’ final run is guaranteed to be worth watching. As the Adams curtain rises one last time...

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Chapter 1: Author's Note -- Welcome Back to AAA!

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Greetings, dear readers!

Okay, but how crazy is it that it’s season 3. Season 3. When Esther and I first started working on AMBITION in 2019, oh we sure thought about the third season, but did we actually believe we would make it that far? Debatable. We’re both big idea people, endless story machines, but we also have habits of fizzling out quick. Changing tracks, jumping onto new projects, finding other story worlds to play around in for a while. So yes, we loved AAA from the get-go, but there was no guarantee it was going to last. We went into it trying our best, having fun with it, and if we made it that far, well, we’d cross that bridge when we got there.

Now, we’re here. Three seasons, 42 episodes, sizable bonus content, and over 2000 combined reads on both seasons and counting. We have an actual source blog for a fake show, that people actually follow, and we’ve had so much fun interacting with y’all and goofing off there. But more than anything, we’ve had the chance to share this world with you, the awesome readers who treat this story as so much more than just a loosely-inspired-fic-turned-wannabe-TV-show. You’ve rolled with our storytelling punches, endured the lowest lows of the second season with us, and fallen in love with these characters and relationships enough to keep coming back for more. We would’ve written it for ourselves regardless, but it’s that much more fun, more alive, because you all put your hearts into consuming it just as much as we put into writing it.

With that in mind, we’re very excited to bring you AMBITION Season 3. It feels bigger in so many ways, as every season seems to, but this time around even more so. We’re expanding the world, introducing new settings to explore beyond the walls of AAA. We’re populating our cast with even more new and interesting supporting characters, as well as giving more time and attention to the ones who have been with us since the start. And the music is as wide-ranging as ever, from Broadway to the 70s to pop greats to a song from the 1700s (yes, really!). And, of course, we’re digging into our main ensemble like never before, continuing to take them on their personal journeys that hopefully will lead them right to the places they’re meant to be.

So if you’re still riding this train with us, buckle up, because we’re in for a wild ride. Not as bumpy as last season, though not without its moments. We’ll be taking off every Friday @ 5PM EST, and as always, you can find any relevant updates (as well as reactions, edits, previews and more) at ambitionsource. Don’t forget to follow the playlist, and let’s groove our way right into AMBITION Season 3.

Welcome back to Adams!

 

Maggie ♥