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Diary of a Play #4: Please Critique Me, Let Me Know
Having been an actor, and a wearer of acid wash jeans for far too long after their heyday, I am not unaccustomed to public humiliation in the name of artistic expression. For those coming in late: Diary of a Play … Continue reading
Posted in Community Theatre, Editing, First Draft, Independent Theatre, Perth Theatre, Plays, playwright, Theatre, Writing, Writing Tips
Tagged alpha readers, australian theatre, beta readers, Community Theatre, creativity, critique, editing, Independent Theatre, Perth Writers, playwright, review, Theatre, Western Australian Writing, writing, Writing productivity, writing tips
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Diary of a Play #3: I’m Gonna First Draft Forever
For those coming in late: Diary of a Play #2: Five Go On An Adventure Diary of a Play #1: Script’s Just Got Real “The first draft of anything is shit” Ernest Hemingway And who can argue with the Ern-dawg? Barrel-chested bear … Continue reading
Posted in Community Theatre, First Draft, Independent Theatre, Perth Theatre, Plays, playwright, Theatre, Writing, Writing Productivity, Writing Tips
Tagged Alan Ayckbourn, Community Theatre, creativity, editing, First drafts, Hemingway, Independent Theatre, kittens, Perth Writers, playwright, productivity, Research, scrivener, Story Plotting, Story Structure, Theatre, Western Australian Writing, writing, Writing productivity, writing tips, writing tools
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Diary of a Play #2: Five Go On An Adventure
For those coming in late: Diary of a Play #1: Script’s Just Got Real So, this play thing. It won’t write itself. I’ve tried, it doesn’t. The muse visits infrequently, fleetingly, in a hurry to get somewhere else. By the … Continue reading
Posted in Community Theatre, Independent Theatre, Perth Theatre, Plays, playwright, Story Plotting, Story Structure, Theatre, Writing, Writing Productivity
Tagged Community Theatre, creativity, editing, Independent Theatre, pantsers, Perth Writers, playwright, plotters, snowflake method, Story Plotting, Story Structure, Theatre, Western Australian Writing, writing, Writing productivity
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Legends in our own Lunchtimes
I’ve recently rediscovered the joy of lunchtime writing, and wonder why I’ve let the habit slip for so long. Okay, unbearable summer heat for one. And scootling about on frenetic lunchtime errands so as to free myself for quality lazing … Continue reading
The Tyranny of Boxsets
I finally caught up on some tv series recently, allowing entry into that blissful state where the merest risk of spoilers no longer requires running out of the room with ears covered. It lasted all of a week or two … Continue reading
Posted in Story Plotting, Story Structure, Writing, Writing Productivity
Tagged A Touch of Cloth, ABC iView, Breaking Bad, Charlie Brooker, Game of Thrones, House of Cards, Occupational Health and Safety, OHS, Risk Management, Spoilers, Story Plotting, Story Structure, Walking Dead, writing, Writing productivity
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Dictation tools
There’s something about writing by hand that works better for me than ploinking away at a keyboard. You can take a pen and pad anywhere, without looking like a hipster sporting a laptop in coffee shops. My mind thinks just … Continue reading
Posted in Dictation tools, Editing, Writing, Writing Productivity, Writing Tips
Tagged dictation tools, editing, review, writing, Writing productivity, writing tips
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