Most playwright blogs lean heavily on the business — calls for entries, submission deadlines, directories, and other practicalities. All important, but well covered elsewhere. I want to go a different way.
This blog is about everything else that goes on in a playwright’s life and mind. The interesting stuff.
I call it Loitering With Intent for a reason. This isn’t a place to grab the latest industry gossip and dash off. It won’t be festooned with links to articles found elsewhere. This is a place for dialogue — for sharing and sparking thoughts. A comfy spot to plop yourself down, exhale, and join the conversation.
The intent is to talk about writing. And thinking. And thinking about writing. And the creative process in general.
Sometimes it’ll just be me. Sometimes I’ll chat with a colleague or bring in an unexpected guest. Sometimes I’ll follow a stray thought down a hallway just to see where it leads.
The rules here are few and loosely enforced. There’s no cover charge, and you can always run a tab. But blatant self-promotion is discouraged — save that for your own blog. And under no circumstances may you behave boorishly or dismiss a fellow patron’s ideas.
So come on in. Say hi. The conversation’s already in progress.
I. Thinking About Writing / Writing About Thinking
Reflections on craft, creativity, purpose, and the odd corners of the writing mind.
II. Underlying Material
Legal, ethical, and artistic approaches to adapting older sources; subtext; emotional undercurrents.
III. The Rewrites
Tales from the trenches: what gets cut, what gets saved, what haunts draft three.
IV. Feedback Loop
Notes: giving them, getting them, surviving them. When to take feedback — when to ignore it.
V. Field Notes
Observations, curiosities, real-life moments that spark creative work.
VI. Behind the Curtain
Inside the process: rehearsals, collaborations, unexpected detours.
VII. The Odd Shelf
A home for stray notions, tangents, and unclassifiable delights.
– Peter Brook [ writerswrite ]