250 stories from Variations On A Theme
No Time For Love, Dr. JonesYep. That pretty much sums up how hectic this week has been already. And yes, I know it's only Tuesday. Last night I was so wound up from the day's events that it …
Loving This SongI think I may have found my favorite love song. It's the lyrics. Using astronomy-laden language when talking about love is exactly how I would have it.This song totally makes…
Fight! Fight! Fight!I had a productive morning writing on the commute to work. And while the scene fragment is short it was exciting to write. You see at workshop last Sunday I asked my peer…
Productive Despite Any Effort To The ContraryLately I keep hearing this song in my head that I remember from Sesame Street. I hear the refrain, but instead of "cooperation" I hear "procrasti…
Beleaguered By DeadlinesI am beleaguered. I am beset. I am surrounded.I am using a thesaurus.Yowzers. Deadlines are fast fast fast approaching and thankfully my back is feeling in better sha…
The Rewrites Are Done, Man!I'm sorry. I'm a child of the 80's and I can't help it when lines from cheesy 80's movies pop into my head. Usually it's because they epitomize the feeling I'm hav…
Things I Did This WeekRemembered a writing project from my childhood and now have something to hunt for when I go home during the holidays.Found a Neruda portal that has audio of him reading…
Continuing the Conversation on Local Theatre and Supporting Local PlaywrightsBackstoryFirst, you need to know that this blog post is part of an on-going online conversation. My friend Gwydio…
A Writer's Worst Enemy Is Not Writer's BlockIt's lower back pain.Allow me to explain. When you have writer's block the agony is psychological. Yes, it does impact you in the physical world a…
AlterLab Retreat: One Fantastic WeekendThis past weekend was fantastic. It was great to hear the new plays my AlterLab peers are all working on and it was great to hear The River Bride read …
HodgepodgeryThis post is a bit of a hodgepodge of what's going on and there's kinda of a lot. Not tons, but I feel busy. So here we go:Check out the latest 2AMTheatre blog I wrote entitled, …
Are You A Coward?: The River Bride Character InterviewCharacter interviews are one of my favorite ways to get a character to reveal who they are to me, get them to tell me what makes them ti…
My 2011 Playwriting Work Plan: Third Quarter Check InThe end of the third quarter is fast approaching, and even though it's technicaly at the end of September, I'm going to go ahead and do m…
A First Draft of The River Bridephoto by Toni FrissellI was determined that despite my busy social schedule this weekend--and boy was my dance card filled--I was going to finish a first draf…
Best. Neruda Poem. Ever.I think what I've been needing in my life is more Neruda. An inoculation, if you will. And today's dose opened my heart in a wonderful, wonderful way. The way you hop…
Bay Area Playwrights Pub Night RecapAt this past Saturday's Bay Area Playwrights Pub Night I was asked, "How long have you been doing these?" And I had to think. It was a few years ago that …
My Characters, They Had Other Plans This morning I was reflecting, quite contently, on how The River Bride is coming along. Finally, I'm writing, even though it's a lot of scene fragments. F…
Getting To Know You: Character DevelopmentThis morning while I was writing fragments of dialogue for The River Bride in my journal, I try to use my morning commute to write new bits and piec…
Only One Good Synonym For HeartacheWhen I'm at the beginning stages of writing a play I'm usually write bits and pieces of scenes. All this almost always takes place while I'm on the bus to …
Finding An Entry PointJust in the nick of time. I finally feel like I'm cracking into the world of this play. I'm referring to The River Bride. I have to have first draft by late September b…
Done...And Then SomeI did everything on my To Do list from yesterday. Hooray!It was a long evening. I spent the majority of it fine tuning my 2AMt blog post where I respond to a recent HowlR…
Major To Do ListThe fates have conspired that I finally decided to address the replacement of the bottom of my MacBook right around the same time that I need to send in my submission for Mar…
A Love Letter To Sleepwalkers Theatre Charisse Loriaux plays Aya in JC Lee's The Nature LineLast night I went to see The Nature Line by JC Lee at Sleepwalkers Theatre. I've looking forward …
Awesomely Bawdy PuppetsHenson Alternative's Stuffed and Unstrung was...awesome. Even from the nose bleed seats at the very back of the balcony, the show was a laugh riot. It most definitel…
Tonight: Henson Alternative's Stuffed and UnstrungTonight I'm going to The Curran Theater (a first for me) to see Henson Alternative's Stuffed and Unstrung. I'm kinda excited because: a) I l…
