Posts Tagged playwriting
Big Happenings in Spartanburg, SC: The 2015 Hub City Writing in Place Conference
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Special Editions on July 19, 2015
By Darlene Cah I’ve been going to The Hub City Writing in Place workshop, held at Wofford College every July, for a good ten years. Honestly, I lost count after year five! But every year, I can guarantee, whether the instructor is well-known, like Wiley Cash, George Singleton or Tommy Hays, is a rising star, […]
Neil Simon Taught Me How To Write A Play
Posted by LadyLadder in Guest Bloggers, Influences, Linda on May 23, 2015
by Linda Escalera Price As a child my favorite author was Madeleine L’Engle, Beverly Cleary, Judy Blume, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Ian Fleming, C.S. Lewis, L. Frank Baum, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Alfred Hitchcock and whoever wrote the book I was currently reading. I was very non-discriminatory – basically if it had words that told a […]
Die Laughing
Posted by LadyLadder in Contributors, Linda, Writing about Death on October 19, 2014
by Linda Escalera Price When my Grandfather was 89, he sat down on the back deck of his Napa Valley home, watched the setting sun cast shadows across the vineyards, sipped a glass of 18 year-old Glenlivet and breathed his last breath. You could almost see the credits roll at the end of a long, […]
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Posted by LadyLadder in Linda, Supporting Yourself As A Writer on August 30, 2014
by Linda Escalera Price “I make my living now as a screenwriter! Which I’m surprised and horrified to hear myself saying, butI don’t think I can support myself as a playwright at this point. I don’t think anybody does.” – Tony Kushner in Time Out When you hear things like this, the idea of making […]
Reading the Signature
Posted by LadyLadder in Linda, Writer's Signature on June 9, 2013
It was the final exam for a graduate level philosophy course. My friend Robert had read and studied the work of major philosophers all semester. He had a solid A going into the final. The paper slid in front of him, and he started to read. It was a list of statements, and he was […]
Rejecting Rejection
Posted by LadyLadder in Linda, Rejection on February 27, 2013
I am the daughter of a Marine aviator. I have two older brothers who were mean to me in the way older brothers are to younger sisters who want to tag along and do everything they do. I began my career as a competitive athlete at age five. I have a tough skin. I spent […]
When It Comes To Submitting, Fugetaboutit.
Posted by LadyLadder in Linda, Submissions on January 1, 2013
For some writers, submitting is an obsession. Not the act of submitting – which might be a good thing to be obsessed about. I’m talking about the aftermath of submitting. The waiting game. I know writers who check email and snail mail constantly like a teenage girl awaiting a call following a first date. If […]
The Next Big Thing! (Darlene)
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Special Editions on December 30, 2012
Last week Linda was tagged as part of a chain of authors called THE NEXT BIG THING. Now, all of us at 5Writers are joining the chain, providing some insight into our current projects—in my case a project I’d set aside and intend to restart. Once we’re done, we are passing on some info about […]
Goooooooooooal!
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Goals 2012/2013 on December 6, 2012
Let’s assume the Mayans got it wrong and we will see the dawn of a new year. That’s right, no excuses for not looking ahead. It’s time to assess the past year, see what we’ve accomplished and set some goals for the coming year. I feel you cringing already. Maybe because I’m cringing—and writhing! Yes, […]
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