Intermission
a creative coffee break from writing the play

Act one resculpted. Now, to see how it all tranforms Act two.

There is a complex conversation, or rather, argument, that takes place in my head, filled with a multitude of opposing voices. One voice freaks, “Oh no, you did WHAT? You cut that whole subplot? I’ll never be able to recover from that.” Another one, says, “Don’t worry. Don’t pay attention. Just keep moving.” Others leap up for attention, “Over here, over here! This way!” The first voice is me. The second voice is the story. The rest of the voices are all the characters living in the play.

Thank God I’m a writer and there’s some place for all those voices to go.

All of us, at one point or another, has met The Writer’s Editor. This is the ‘me’ voice, I’m sure. It’s the part of the Writer that tries to retain control over the material. The Writer’s Editor never finishes a play, a novel, a poem, a story. The Writer’s Editor is death to creativity.

In reality, The Writer’s Editor is good for tweaking dialogue, correcting spelling, following format. Remember that.

Tossing ‘me’ arguments aside, and diving back in. Today we finish the re-write of Act two.