Venal Scene

Friday, June 04, 2004

Help Me

I woke up this morning, to Foreigner's "I Want To Know What Love Is" playing in my head.

It's been going on for three hours now.

Help me.

posted by Dan 11:42 AM
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Tuesday, June 01, 2004

Look At This Mess

I finished a rough draft of a new one-act, and I must say it's the biggest piece of boobyhatch garbage ever to twiddle in my word processor. And I've written some crap.

At least I've learned not to stage it at this point.

RESOLVED: I will write nothing but four-character comedies, from here on out.

The terrifying thing about having a complete rough draft is that playtime is really over. No more soft-shoes across the difficult passages for me. Now it's time to go back and figure out what the hell is going on. And oh yeah, get rid of all the stuff that I love, but that doesn't belong in the play.

And for a one-act, too. Is it worth it, for a one-act? I mean, with EST canceling the friggin marathon, what great venues are there for the one-act in NYC? Especially a non-linear non-realistic metamaphorical one-act?

REVISED RESOLVED: I will write nothing but full length four-character comedies, from here on out.

That is, after I fix the emotional core of the last full length, which is in pieces. I got to the end of the play, realized which relationship is the heart of the show, and...I patted myself on the back for figuring that out. Of course, now I have to go back and implement that. Did I mention this will be the fifth draft in five years?

RE-REVISED RESOLVED: I will write nothing but full length four-character romantic comedies, because any idiot knows that the heart of a romantic comedy is with the romantic couple, thus eliminating all confusion to empty-headed dramatists from here on out.

Of course, to write a comedy, you have to be funny. Grumble...

posted by Dan 11:09 AM
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