Tag: writing

• Last Night of Short & Sweet Theatre Penang

      Here I am backstage with the cast of “‘No’ in Spite of Itself” written by yours truly and directed by Jackie (on my left). This awesome cast are all part of THE RLT PLAYERS who will be performing in the same venue in November. And here I am with the cast of “Noticed”…

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  September 14, 2013

  Current Events

  10-minute play, directing, short & sweet Penang, writing

• Come to think of it, I was always a writer – Part III

  In a couple previous posts (PART I HERE!PART II HERE!), I did a little reminiscing over my life, acknowledging the fact that I’ve always enjoyed writing, even if I often doubted my skills. But in each segment of my life, writing played a meaningful role in one way or another. As I now look over my…

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  September 1, 2013

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  language learning, learning Vietnamese, Sasse novel, writing, writing process

• Is starting the hardest part?

  I’ve heard other authors say that starting is often the hardest part in the writing process. I hope that’s true because if it is then I’m well on my way to novel #4. I took advantage of a free afternoon to just lay down the framework of what’s to come for me. Recently, I realized…

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  August 31, 2013

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  RLT Players, Sasse novel, starting to write, Sulu, The Recluse Storyteller, writing

• An excellent 3000 words …

  I’m just saying … It feels totally great when words flow effortlessly off the keyboard. That has been the reality of this afternoon. Three thousand words and counting (I’m on a short break) on novel three which is now weighing in at about 47,000 words. It’s been SO much fun to see what is happening.…

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  July 2, 2013

  What’s Happening

  indie writing., new novel, sasse, third novel, writing

• Impacting Readers: Every Writer Wants to be Validated

  Writing for the love of it or writing to be loved. Which is it? Writers seem to have this persona of being these isolated islands unto themselves, hiding  away in their thoughts and not really caring what the world thinks about them. After all, it’s the art that they create with words that’s important, isn’t…

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  June 29, 2013

  Writing Process

  creative writing, indie writers, purpose of humanities, purpose of writing, writing, writing goals

• Can we identify a real person’s ‘superobjective’ by how they actually behave in real life?

  As I think about writing and character development and human behavior and a ton of other things, I keep going back to the fascinating world of the superobjective. A superobjective is what acting coach Larry Moss calls the overarching goal or desire of a character’s existence.  Whether acting or writing, keeping the superobjective in mind…

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  June 4, 2013

  Writing Process

  character development, indie author, spine, superobjective, writing, writing brainstorming, writing process

• Discipline + Imagination + Bravery = ?

  Here’s another connection between acting and writing. I found this equation in one of my drama books: Discipline + Imagination + Bravery = Success! I couldn’t have said it better for either acting or writing. Let’s break this down a little bit: DISCIPLINE An actor has to be disciplined in putting in the homework to…

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  May 14, 2013

  drama, Writing Process

  acting, bravery, drama writing, imagination, successful writing, writing, writing process

• Storyteller or Writer

  I enjoyed THIS POST from a blogger who was recounting a teacher who was teaching a class of young writers concerning the difference between being a storyteller and being a writer. The blogger states how everyone in the class had been working on a story and they were revising like crazy to make sure the very best…

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  April 20, 2013

  Writing Process

  creative writing, storyteller vs. writer, writing

• Villains: An exercise in drama & writing

  In my Intro to Theater Arts class, we did an exercise on villains. Everyone had to choose an especially wicked villain from a movie or book. I told them to chose someone who would be particularly unpleasant to be with in real life. Then, they had to pretend that they had to act the part…

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  April 10, 2013

  Writing Process

  character development, drama, drama exercise, theater arts, villain characters, writing

• I’m not a genre writer

  Genres are popular. I get it. Genres categorize novels so readers can browse through the books they are more likely to be interested in.  (Yes, that’s a preposition at the end of a sentence. It’s late, and I don’t feel like re-writing it. Plus, that’s what blogs are for.)  Back to genres. Many authors are…

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  April 5, 2013

  Writing Process

  beauty rising, fiction, general fiction, genre writing, indie author, literary fiction, writing, writing categories