Process: My Procrastinating Creative Beast
It may be an understatement to say that my process is a frustrating thing. I can honestly admit, I do not envy anyone who is handed the task of working with this process… Continue reading
Category Archive: Personal Blog
Sketching Character
At some point during my writing workshops, I ask my students to sketch either their characters or a scene from their play or screenplay in order to put their creative writing energy into… Continue reading
I Edit
I’m a revisionist. I write and edit and read and edit and think and edit and listen to music and actors and walk and collage and sketch and stare at paintings and watch… Continue reading
Process and Crisis.
I’m not very experienced with writing plays. Usually when I’m new to something I look for the example of others who know better than I do and follow suit as if my life… Continue reading
The Process
The word “process” is a fickle term. It makes it seem like there’s a certain path or standard way of writing (or being creative in any way, for that matter). The truth is,… Continue reading
A Process That Works For Me
My “Process” started within my first few hours in Ireland – Joan, Kimberley, and I got lost…somewhere. I was fixated on that material from the word “Go”. I tried outlining my ideas…but I’m… Continue reading
“The Process”
Not everything I write is true, but a lot of it is. But with a twist. A fiction, not a lie. I kind of hit the ground running once I got here, reading… Continue reading
Staunch Lady Betty
From the Marian Broderick’s fabulous book Wild Irish Women: Betty was born in 1750 to a tenant farmer in County Kerry. Her husband Sugrue died. On her walk to Roscommon, looking for… Continue reading
Grace Hardy monologue analysis
Grace Hardy, as she’s describing the birth of her stillborn son, is sticking the truth of the matter to Frank. According to Teddy, Frank wasn’t even present at the birth, but Grace places… Continue reading
Teddy the Showman
Teddy to me is intriguing as he displays a severe amount of dramatic irony. His untouchable showman persona has a leak of vulnerability. He’s boastful on having control, yet he seems the pitiful… Continue reading