Author Archive: tyunglebower
How Much Writing Do You Save?
On a top shelve in my closest is a set of boxes full of paper. The thickest of these contained the original first draft of my debut novel, Flowers of Dionysus. Four hundred-fifty odd printed pages. (I think the word count was around 120,000.) Those boxed pages of my proto-novel have scribblings in red ink all …
Forget Number of Words.
There are times, when you work for someone else or if you are entering a contest when you need to pay strict attention to how many words are in your story. And I’m aware that,at least for now, the traditional market has its own standards for length of work it is willing to try to …
24 Hour TheatreFest: Conclusion
I rarely spend 14 hours in a row away from home, unless I am on vacation or something. But yesterday I did, arriving at the theater at 8:00AM, and leaving at about 9:30PM. I won’t leave you suspense; my play, based on the laughs from the audience, was a success. The writers weren’t required to …
24 Hour TheaterFest Vol. 2
Last night, (and to an extent, just a few hours ago) I finished the script for the 24 hour play festival I talked about in my last post. To begin with, turnout was lower and much younger than expected, so the talent pool was smaller than organizers had thought it might be. I too thought …
24 Hour TheaterFest.
Tomorrow evening I’ll be taking my writing skills over to the Black Box Arts Center. (Where I do most of my acting these days.) I’ll be writing a one-act play. In one night. I won’t be the only one pressed for time. The auditions, writing of the script, all rehearsals and the one and only …
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