What’s your play about? What questions is it trying to answer? What provocations does it make? After a period of intense focus on the big ideas of the play, it can be helpful to switch focus and 'stay with the story'.
I speak about:
Writing from your authentic voice. The place where you are the most honest, most lyrical, most creative.
The difference between what your play is about, and what it’s really about. - Developing the story versus developing the ideas.
The dance between complex ideas in a simple story, and simple ideas within a complex story.
Looking at feedback through a story lens.
Looking at your outline through a story lens.
Using note cards to physicalise your story spine.
Why I always print out the material I’m working on.
I reference:
Episode 22 'Writing a Draft Zero’
‘36 Assumptions About Writing Plays’ by José Rivera
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