Alright. It’s been some time. I was working on something else. Which isn’t the best thing. I do that a lot. Work on multiple things at any one time. It’s fine if I have a real strong idea of the shape and structure of the piece, but, if I don’t, when I come back, it’s […]
Alright. A treat. For you? Or for me? I don’t know. But. We continue on. I wrote what I would consider the opening scene of the play. I’ve decided the “main” character probably won’t appear in the play. Let’s see how that works for awhile. Anyway. I wrote an opening scene. It came out quickly. […]
I’ve been thinking about the play. I agree, maybe it shouldn’t have Jimmy (or whatever his name will be) the writer in it. One of the reasons I’m writing it, sometimes, when things are hard as a writer, you complain, and your friends say “Just stick to it! Don’t quit!” like your success is important […]
More pages. Experiment Pages 3 The thing is… I don’t know if I like this direction. It’s VERY talky. Which of course, I recognize, it’s a play. Of course it’s going to be a little talky. But, the problem… and it’s because I’m still at the beginning, it feels very flat. It feels… like patter. […]
Alright. Moving forward. I’ve decided that I want to have a first draft by the end of August. YIKES. Which means, really, I need to start working. Putting words to the page. I don’t have an idea yet of the shape of the play. I haven’t even really decided yet if the “writer” character is […]
