A few things simple things need to be in place before I can write a thing. I need a cup of coffee on my desk. Sometimes I don’t even drink it. I just need to know it’s there. The promise of caffeine. Then I turn on the Self Control app. How it works: You select the … Continue reading Before I Write…
Tag: Playwriting
QOTD
"When you’re a writer, you’re never quite like other people — you’re doing a job that other people don’t know you’re doing and you can’t talk about it, really, and you’re just always finding your way in the secret world and then you’re doing something else in the “normal” world." … Continue reading QOTD
Share The Space
One of our memberships was created with people like me in mind - the struggling writer, recent grad, nervous to check balance in bank account type. But this membership isn’t taken advantage of nearly as much as some of the others. Possibly, I thought, people just don't know that it's an option. We offer the … Continue reading Share The Space
QOTD
"Hurt is the human condition. Fortunately, hurt is not the only human condition. Humans also feel hope and love and fear and confusion and power and glory. They experience frustration and defeat and triumph. They long for the wrong person, they make bargains with the devil, they take things that don’t belong to them, they … Continue reading QOTD
A Night Out
Safehouse, the writer/actor workshop that meets here at theOffice every Monday night is hosting another fundraiser for our space. It's a night of original one-act plays from some very funny writers. Last year they sold out, so if you're in LA and looking for a night of witty and ridiculous theatre, check it … Continue reading A Night Out
QOTD
Feydeau’s one rule of playwriting: Character A: My life is perfect as long as I don’t see Character B. Knock Knock. Enter Character B. John Guare
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