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Staying the Course First, thanks to those who left advice on my last post. Considering that both plays are at the same inchoate stage I think it's best to try and finish the MTC commission play as soon as possible and t…
Playwriting Derby Roll Here's an analogy that needs explaining (and usually those aren't very good as I'm told, if you have to explain). Growing up my extended family only got together for one ocassion: The Strawberry…
Writing Long Scenes: The Bane of My Writing Existence Well, maybe not quite. But seriously, I tend to write short scenes. Of the 35 pages I have for the Marin Theatre Commission (still no working title) most scenes on a…
Book Club Next Read I need to go to Cody's (before it closes, yes, the Stockton Cody's Books is closing, very sad day for independent book stores everywhere) and purchase Cry The Beloved Country which is the next book o…
Sneak Peak By the way, found my spiral! It was at work. You can't believe my relief. Especially since last night I relized there was a monologue in my spiral that I hadn't typed into my comptuer. To celebrate the fact…
Just Read Simply Maria or The American Dream by Josefina Lopez Yesterday the Drama Teacher at San Rafael HS gave me a copy of the next play her students are going to produce. She's very keen on the idea of producing a…
Writing, Writing, Writing About one month ago I was a bit nervous about the Marin Theatre commission, I didn't have a clear idea about the play, the narrative itself and I was very aware of the July first draft deadline…
Hodgepodge: All Sorts of News Earlier this week I recieved an email from somone at the Young at Art Festival, a San Francisco youth arts festival. According to the email Octavio Solis recommended them to me (he told m…
Hello I'm Your Character Redux Last night I was working on a monologue for Soraya, the social worker in my Marin Theatre commission play (I don't have a title yet). I'm trying to learn a little bit more about who she is…
Act 2 The play I'm writing for my Marin Theatre commission doesn't have a title right now. Not even a working title. I'll figure it out later. But what I do have is an idea for the second act. I usually don't think line…