(As always, I ask that you please take a moment to subscribe at the upper right so you don’t miss an episode. Thank you!)   Since Episode 4, I’ve been digging around for information about Road Movies, like what makes a good one and what elements they should include. What I mostly found […]

  You’re back! Thank you, Josie and Melissa, for the continued comments! Keep them coming everyone; they help me know that someone is out there, and the engagement is helpful. If you’re here for Episode 4, please take a minute to subscribe at upper right so you don’t miss a post and fall behind. Thank […]

      You’re back for the third installment! If you’re enjoying this, please take a minute to subscribe at the right so you’ll be alerted whenever I post a new episode. (I’m so proud of myself for figuring out how to add that subscription form so please use it lol!)     And if […]

    Thank you everyone who showed up for Day 1. I edited there to say, and I’ll also say here, that I’m in the process of trying to get my daughter or somebody to figure out how I can add a subscribe button to this blog (if you’re MailChimp and WordPress savvy, hit me […]

  PLEASE NOTE: This play has undergone substantial revision since this rough draft process. If you’d like to read the current draft, please contact me or, for NPX members, click here. I seemingly have to say this because a reviewer saw fit to read this blog entry and use its information to help him supplement […]

. Much mythology surrounds the vagaries of this business and the paths to success. Some myths we’re told by others; just as many we tell ourselves. Overwhelmingly, they seem to be protective devices to explain away slow years—or even slow careers. Often they become ways to deny how much constant effort it can take—particularly for […]

. Coming up on October 1, I have made a full 100 submissions fewer than last year and even of those I’ve made, a whole slew of them were isolated cold queries about specific plays for specific reasons, i.e. not responses to general calls for plays. Without those targeted queries, I’m guessing I’m at about […]

  “How do you make so many submissions?” I hear that constantly from fellow playwrights who say they comb all the sites and don’t find anything, or anything appropriate, and feel like they must be missing something. They are: the idea that you have to create your own submission opportunities and there’s no other way to […]

  Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. This is my actress daughter’s favorite quote, one that’s been adopted by her twin sister—a computer coder/YouTuber—who has it as her computer wallpaper. It’s my favorite now, too.   Never let up […]

  In my blog post, How To Submit So Your Plays Get Produced (recently recorded as a Dramatists Guild webinar!), I talk a lot about getting your work out here. And why it is so important because you’re not only showing people that you’re consistently in the game, not a hobbyist but a serious contender, […]