Tag: play-writing

• Play Submissions Much Easier after a Few Years of Writing

  I am consistently sending my plays out to festivals and theaters with the hope of getting produced. Sometimes I’m successful. Many times not. The competition is fierce, to say the least. But now that I’ve been writing consistently for the past 7 or 8 years, I have a volume of plays (especially short plays) at…

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  October 5, 2019

  drama, What’s Happening

  play production, play promotion, play submissions, play-writing

• Writing Collaborations: What’s the Goal?

  This weekend, I’ve been collaborating on a short play writing project with one of my students. We have a finished draft on a fun and meaningful script which I plan on using in my new show coming up in April. It’s been a while since I’ve collaborated with students on a creative writing piece. I…

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  January 13, 2019

  10-minute play, Indie Author, Writing Process

  play-writing, short play writing, student creative writing, writing collaboration, writing process

• Writing for Pleasure

  Last night I decided to write for pleasure. My pleasure. Sadly, a lot of writing time can be consumed with the less desirable parts of the trade: marketing, editing, blurb-writing, social media, writing-to-get-the-blasted-thing-done. We’ve all been there. But when’s the last time you wrote for pleasure, not for purpose. Much of what I have written…

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  October 26, 2018

  Writing Process

  play-writing, writer’s trade, writing for pleasure, writing for the fun of it

• Checking in from Ireland

  I’ve been in Killeagh, Ireland at Greywood Arts for a little more than two days now so I wanted to check in with everyone concerning how’s everything going. Well, in a word, great! Greywood is a terrific venue for the arts. A renovated (and still being renovated) 18th century Georgian house specifically for promoting the…

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  April 2, 2018

  Indie Author, Places & Tourism, What’s Happening

  Greywood Arts, ireland, Killeagh, play-writing, writing residency

• Spring Break in Ireland

  

  I’m officially three-quarters finished with my first year of teaching drama in Saudi Arabia. Spring break has arrived. It couldn’t have come at a better time. It’s been a challenging year in many respects – a good year – complete with unique challenges I had not expected. The show that I’m currently producing and directing…

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  March 29, 2018

  drama, Indie Author, Uncategorized

  author reading, Greywood Arts, ireland, play-writing, playwright, writing residency

• Gearing Up for Greywood Arts Residency in Ireland

  I’ve found myself virtually walking main street of Killeagh, Ireland using Google Maps Street View, trying to imagine what it will be like to stroll down it in person. I won’t have to wait too long. That makes me so excited! Through a submission of my play “The Last Bastion,” Greywood Arts – an arts…

  sassevn

  March 11, 2018

  drama, Indie Author, Uncategorized, Writing Process

  Greywood Arts, ireland, play-writing, writing residency

• Where will the ideas come from?

  Writing is such a mind game. The creative process toys with the writer to such an extent that I sometimes wonder who’s in control – do I control the creative process or does the creative process control me? Ok, I’m already confused. But this I know: I have 10 dramatic sketches to write in the…

  sassevn

  June 6, 2016

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  brainstorming ideas, creative writing, creativity, play-writing, writing, writing process, writing tips

• What’s next on the Writing Agenda?

  This weekend kind of became one of those dividing lines in what a writer is working on. That happens every time a novel is sent off to the editor, and that’s what I did. Novel number 5 entitled “Which Half David” is now out of my sights. It was a sixteen month journey to get…

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  April 18, 2016

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  novel writing, play-writing, writing plan, writing projects

• “The Secrets of the Magic Pool”

  A new, full-length play. I’m already waste deep in the production of this show. I’m working with the actors on character development right now, and I must say that I’m very pleased with how the characters need to be formed. There’s a lot of substance here for interpretation and a lot of underlying themes and…

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  February 11, 2016

  drama

  new play, play-writing, plays, plays for high school, theatre

• Insight into Writing my New Show (2 of 3)

  Here’s part two which highlights the writing behind a few of the dramatic sketches which go live for the first time ever next week at the opening of “For All Generations.” “The Last Princess” is one of those comedy sketches which suddenly turn dramatic. I like those. I purposefully started it light, with a spoiled…

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  November 12, 2014

  10-minute play, drama, Indie Author

  10 minute plays, drama, live theatre, play-writing, playwright, short plays, stage plays, theatre