I picked up the play last night - after putting it down however many months ago. I cut a lot. I cut a WHOLE lot and added some.
There are sections that need to be reworked and the whole thing needs to be polished. But, I am actually liking it more now. It took me a while to figure it out, but I have realized that things that I saw as nice, but not necessary would be seen in very much the same way by an audience. So, as much as it pained me to cut some of my favorite songs...
It had to be done.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
I'm BACK!
After leaving the Susan Werner work on the back burner for a while (where it will stay until I figure out the next steps) I have started work on a NEW project!
That's right! I am writing another one! This one is not a musical and has nothing to do with Susan Werner - not a thing! The idea - small as it was at the time - occurred to me a few months ago while I was still reeling from the death of my director from AMDA. I kept seeing her, hearing her, remembering her. And after a while, I started learning more about who she was, how she was, her passions. One of them was equal treatment for homosexuals. This was obvious - but to hear how people described how she fought... wow. So I'm writing a new piece - trying not to copy her life as I do not want to make anyone uncomfortable.
Up until yesterday night... okay, this morning, I only had an inkling - no real idea of how anything would progress - just that stuff would happen and there would be people. Great. Who wouldn't want to see that?
Person 1: Hi. Did you know stuff is happening?
Person 2: No. I was completely unaware.
Person 1: Well, now you know.
Person 2: Yes. Yes, I do. Thank you, citizen.
Person 1: You are most assuredly welcome, friend.
Person 3: (Entering) Whoa! Look at all that stuff happening over there!
Person 2: Yes, we were just discussing all the stuff.
Person 1: It is truly remarkable.
Actually, I might be on to something, there. It's almost Godot-esque... in a not-at0all-close kind of way.
So, I write. Outlining has begun and snippets of scenes are slowly getting scribbled down. I am excited.
That's right! I am writing another one! This one is not a musical and has nothing to do with Susan Werner - not a thing! The idea - small as it was at the time - occurred to me a few months ago while I was still reeling from the death of my director from AMDA. I kept seeing her, hearing her, remembering her. And after a while, I started learning more about who she was, how she was, her passions. One of them was equal treatment for homosexuals. This was obvious - but to hear how people described how she fought... wow. So I'm writing a new piece - trying not to copy her life as I do not want to make anyone uncomfortable.
Up until yesterday night... okay, this morning, I only had an inkling - no real idea of how anything would progress - just that stuff would happen and there would be people. Great. Who wouldn't want to see that?
Person 1: Hi. Did you know stuff is happening?
Person 2: No. I was completely unaware.
Person 1: Well, now you know.
Person 2: Yes. Yes, I do. Thank you, citizen.
Person 1: You are most assuredly welcome, friend.
Person 3: (Entering) Whoa! Look at all that stuff happening over there!
Person 2: Yes, we were just discussing all the stuff.
Person 1: It is truly remarkable.
Actually, I might be on to something, there. It's almost Godot-esque... in a not-at0all-close kind of way.
So, I write. Outlining has begun and snippets of scenes are slowly getting scribbled down. I am excited.
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