Posts Tagged playwrighting
At What Price, Truth?
Posted by LadyLadder in Linda, Truth in Writing on March 30, 2015
by Linda Escalera Price When I was 16, I read a book that shone light on the unspoken truth of what it was like to live in the home of a Marine fighter pilot. Words we had dared not utter outside of our homes – even to our best friends – pages and pages of […]
Structurelessness
Posted by LadyLadder in Linda, Structure on April 25, 2013
I started this post several times. I kept trying to get my hands around structure – to find a context in which to explain it. Then I thought I would write about structure in terms of Aristotle’s Poetics. But he’s already done that. Then I thought, “I’m a playwright. I should write about the changes in […]
Grammar Blessings. And Curses.
Posted by LadyLadder in Grammar, Linda on March 22, 2013
I hate grammar. I have been putting off this post, because I hate grammar. I used to be good at it. Now I’ve forgotten everything except the occasional comma rule. And capitalization, I’m pretty good at that. And incomplete sentences. (I’m really good at those.) And run-on sentences. And subjective vs objective pronouns. Okay, so […]
When You Don’t Meet Your Goals, Rationalize
Posted by LadyLadder in Goals 2012/2013, Linda on December 13, 2012
At 16, I set a goal. I wanted to be an All State Swimmer. I was the South Carolina state champion in the 100 and 200 yd breaststroke. You’d think that would be enough to qualify, right? No! To be an All State Swimmer you had to post a time within 10% of the state […]
Talk To Me
Posted by LadyLadder in Dialogue, Linda on November 26, 2012
Dialogue. At last, my forte. As a playwright, all I write is dialogue. We all know dialogue needs to sound natural. And my blogmates have made great comments and suggestions about how to do this. So let’s move on from the actual words to the flow of conversation. How many times do your real life […]
Developing Characters Takes Good Jeans
Posted by LadyLadder in Character, Linda on September 26, 2012
Remember those Calvin Klein jeans we wore in the early 80s? (A pox on your house to anyone who wants to remind me they weren’t alive in the early 80s.) The jeans were tight enough to be interesting but loose enough to put on – even if we had to lie down on the bed […]
Who We Are
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Five Writers 