Month: June 2012

Five Reasons to Find the Novel in Your Full Length Play

In the first post I declared that there certainly is a novel to be found within your full length play.  But it won’t be an easy job pulling it out. The effectiveness of the story told in a play depends so much on the director, the cast, the set, lighting, and sound — all of […]

Can a novel be hiding out in your full length play?

The answer is yes, of course. But do you really want to go there? The proposition raises issues all over the place.  What issues?  A story is a story, play shmay, right?  Well, if you’ve written a full length play, you’ve spilled your blood all over the pages. You’ve chosen the stage as the place where your […]

About My Blog

This a  place to talk about the process of  ‘getting there’ in the worlds of playwriting and thrillers.