Get Your Play On

So, like I said, I'm writing a play this month. That means that there will be little left-over psychic energy to post to my blog. My plan is this: I'm going to post pictures and quotes that inspire me or give me some perspective (ie. make me laugh) as I write. I may post source materials/photos/music playlists that are fueling me. I'll try to open up my process as I'm in it and maybe post here at Ghostlight or here at NAPLWRIMO.

My goal for the play today is to write a step outline (a major revelation to me and worth the time I've spent in grad school). It's essentially a beat sheet or a map of the conflict in every scene. Duh? Seems like an obvious place to start, but that's never been my approach to playwrighting. I start with images or something that's deeply disturbed me. In the case of this play it was the death of my daughter and dealing with the anger and loss that accompanied it.

Anyway, that's where we are today. I'm also going to see Gate Theatre's Waiting For Godot in Berkeley. I managed to get one of the last ten tickets, my friends ended up with the very last two. Lucky.