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Scribbling On Scratch Paper Or How I Injected Much Needed Drama Into My Play Yes, that's a long title. When you see those on the blog it's usually a sign I'm in a chipper mood and it's also a sign of my fondness for Roc…
2012 Bay Area Playwrights Festival: Opening Weekend This past Friday, Saturday and Sunday I attended four (of the six) play readings presented at the Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Four plays in three days is a lot of t…
Tiger Balm, John Cusack and Some Wine: Me Last Night Yesterday I was in need of a pep talk. I had to give it to myself, which isn't always easy, but some times necessary. I found myself searching for this quote by Calvi…
Change of Title (I Think) For The Play I'm Not Writing I'm supposed to be finishing the first draft of Wolf at the Door. I'm supposed to be working on Alcira. But I know better than to completely ignore my muse and to a…
To Do List Submit Heart Shaped Nebula to GAPSubmit Heart Shaped Nebula to Yale Drama SeriesWork on New Dramatist application Get Wolf at the Door ready for a table reading.Hammer down said table reading date.Work on Alc…
My Latest TheatreFace.com Blog Post Originally I was going to write mainly about my aversion to outlines. But then the blog post evolved more into focusing on articulating my own metaphor for how I go about writing a pl…
Alcira: What It's All About I've been mentioning the new play I've begun working on. I've been talking about it, but not really explaining what it's all about. That's because it's still in the process of forming. I have…
A Game of Chess, A Potential Metaphor and Getting To Know My Character Better The game of chess reminds me a lot of my childhood. My father taught me how to play and I used to play him. My proudest chess moment: I w…
Returning to Writing Mode: It's Good To Be Back I spent Sunday morning sitting at my desk working on the prologue for Alcira. I was reminded what a great feeling it is to write. Writing something new as opposed to rewri…
Alcira Breakthroughs Alcira is the third play in my grimm Latino fairy tale cycle. I've been thinking about it for some time, trying to figure out the narrative--not an outline, but rather major plot points that d…