The Play is the Thing: Day Seven
It's done. Mission accomplished. I did it!
The first draft of my play is complete.
That hardly means it's ready to be produced. But boy is it close.
I'm going to be ready for Hollywood Fringe next year.
Cesca mention a table read.
That sounds like something I might be able to do with Julie.
I have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm doing it.
Cheers to me! Woo Hoo!
The Play is the Thing: Day Five
Today was not a great day for the play. Or writing in general. Think I needed a break. However, the end is in sight and I've got two more days before going back to the pens. It will be finished on Mother's Day. Something very poetic about that.
Have also made an important decision to not be the guest star in someone else's life.
I'm going to accomplish the things I want.
Keep sight of my goals.
Find my way back to the surface.
The Play is the Thing: Day Four
My ambition may be getting the better of me. I can see it all coming together and it's real and there is a vision of it on the stage that is astounding me. But I have not formal guide, no theatre training or geekyness to fall back upon. So I'm looking at plays that I've read. Some I've seen produced, some not. Who do I find speaking to me? Tony Kushner. I'm reading his Playwrite's Notes for Angels in America and they are making sense to me. Not that I see That's Why I Hold On as anywhere near in the same league. I mean, let's just get a grip. I'm playing t-ball while watching game tapes of the World Series.
But if you're going to find heroes
you might as well pick the best:
Tony Kushner, Eugene O'Neill, David Mamet.