The first draft Process - Five

The last post on this for now….
Monday – Two hours – working on outline
I don’t always do an outline. It depends on how the material is flowing. For this play I have a lot of bits and pieces to sew together and an outline is a good way to do that. I believe I [...]

The first Draft Process - Four

Friday - a crack in the system.
All right I did it! I cracked! I worked on a different play today. No matter what I say about needing to push through problems, sometimes I’m just stuck staring at the walls. I decided to put the play to the side today and at least get some [...]

The First Draft Process - Three

Tuesday – 4 hours – 15 pages handwritten, which turned into 8 pages typed
A very civilized day. Worked on one scene focusing on Franklin’s view of the brain. He admires the brain but now hates it with every fibre of his being. The polaroid idea that I mentioned yesterday worked really well. At this point [...]

The First Draft Process - Two

Wednesday – 0 hours
A shot day. Most of the day was filled with company business and then when done with that I was preparing (fretting) about the 24 hour playwriting competition. And because of the competition, tomorrow is shot too.
I did decide that I wanted Franklin to emulate Lavater in the beginning – [...]

The First Draft Process - One

The First draft process for my new play Faceblind – here we go! So I’m going to keep track of how long I work, what I do, what I didn’t do and so on. Hope it’s interesting!
Saturday – 4 hours – 9 pages of notes
I have a lot of fragments for this play. I know [...]