The Writing Process for The Bird House
After a word enters the page, the words keep growing, much like the mud that grew on the surface of the water in an old Cherokee creation story. Then the play stands on a little clump of mud in the uncertainty of what it's going to be. As the first draft takes shape, I saw this particular play was about three characters struggling for their survival" Reverend Hawk, his sister, Clovis, and half-sister…