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EPISODE 15: FINDING NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, A Play In Process

  Usual plea; please subscribe to the right. 🙂 It occurred to me this week as I do the hard work of getting through to the end of this play that what protects writers in the drafting phase is knowing that nobody has seen the work yet. We have a way of taking bigger chances […]

EPISODE 14: FINDING NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, A Play In Process

  Welcome back and please forgive my usual plea to take a moment to subscribe at the upper right! Or, if you’re on NPX, you can leave a recommendation so that others might start tuning in. This has been a TOUGH week for writing.  It was my anniversary and my husband’s birthday and I had […]

EPISODE 13: FINDING NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, A Play In Process

  Welcome back! If you’re still here and haven’t subscribed, please take a second to do so at the right.  Thank you!   Short and sweet this week as I finish the utility scene I started last week. This week, I have to put the girls on the road, though I realize that since they […]

EPISODE 12: FINDING NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, A Play In Process

    Welcome back! If you have not yet subscribed at the right, please do! It helps to know that I’m not writing into a void. Thank you!     After last week’s revelations, we move into something of a utility phase. I need to get these girls out, but also get cement some more […]

EPISODE 11: FINDING NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, A Play In Process

  Lots of changes here! If you haven’t subscribed yet, please take a moment to do so at right. And if you need to catch up, start here. Thank you!     This point was bound to come. Playwright readers know it well: the messy middle. As if first drafts aren’t messy enough—too much dialogue, […]

EPISODE 10: FINDING NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, A Play In Process

    Hello! Thanks for coming back! I do know that there are people reading, if not commenting, so if you’re one of them, please take a moment to subscribe at the right. Thank you! We left Cha and Katie in a pretty specific place last time, so there’s not much to do here except […]

EPISODE 9: FINDING NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, A Play In Process

    Is anybody still with me? This was a hard week; even to get three pages out is hard. It’s hard to find quiet space, hard to find creative space… You know, right? It’s not like playwrights don’t always have doubts but this situation is creating them on so many different levels that make […]

EPISODE 8: FINDING NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, A Play In Process

  Welcome back! If you haven’t yet, please take a few seconds to subscribe at the upper right. Thank you 🙂   It’s hard to believe that I’ve been in the house now since March 10. And while the news continues to be grim and scary, playwriting keeps happening, playwright rejections and acceptances keep happening, […]

EPISODE 7: FINDING NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, A Play In Process

    Welcome back! If you haven’t yet, please take a few seconds to subscribe at the upper right. Thank you 🙂   I don’t know where the time is going. I’m reading plays for a few contests and trying to keep up with people Zoom socially, and I did have a project with Women’s […]

EPISODE 6: FINDING NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, A Play In Process

    Welcome back! If you haven’t yet, please take a few seconds to subscribe at the upper right. Thank you 🙂   I’ve gotten to the point in this play where it’s on my mind a lot and, when that happens, you know how it goes: whenever your mind wanders, it’s there. You see […]