Dan O'Brien: 'Write in terror. Your characters should fear for their lives'
Playwrights should be alive to the world, and that means being awake to the constant possibility of death Writers are fond of advising: "Write as if you are dying." The threat of death is meant to clarify. This approach sounds well and good, but I'm here to tell you that it's difficult to do; I mean, writing this way isn't exactly fun. It's joyful, it's sorrowful. What did Rilke say? "Every angel is terrifying." Nobo…
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