starting to find answers

"Have you been so inspired you couldn't get to sleepin'?"
- Susan Werner
"Attend the Sky"

Yes. Yes, I have.

Last night, while I TRIED to sleep at 1:30 am... a scene started to write itself. No matter how hard I tried... the characters keep going in my head. The songs kept playing over and over.

I've been playing with this piece for about a month now. The plot has grown, moved, changed, been expanded, streamlined... I'm digging it. A lot.

Act One gave me trouble.

How do I do this?
CAN I do this?
What is the right way to do this?
Should I just do it my way? (Stop the Frank Sinatra in your head)

After several hours with Kelly, texts and phone calls to Laura, and some discussions that didn't really have anything to do with the play... Act One is outlined.

Of course, I expect it to change a bit more. But I actually like what I've got. I have thrown in some of the most seemingly ridiculous conflicts... I mean, these people are kind of screwed up. But I love them.

I've got a few scenes written, long-hand, in a notebook. If it weren't such a royal pain in the ass to get the formatting done properly, they would already be typed up. But that will happen.

This will all happen.