The Play is Done

When I started in 2004 writing "Genius of Want," I had originally envisioned it as a play, but was unfamiliar with the play form. Well, for this year's Desert Nights, Rising Stars conference, I decided to commit myself to taking the playwriting small group intensive. This meant that I had to actually write the play.

It took me two months, but I finished the play last week. If you'd care to, you can even read it by clicking the link in the title of this post. I just ask one thing: if you do read it, I'd appreciate you leaving your feedback in comments, as this is the first draft and it's likely to change significantly.

Another Year, Another Post

Back in August, I threatened to turn my novel "Genius of Want" into a play. I begged for people to read for me, because that's really the only way to get a sense of where it needs fixing. I thought that I could have it done by September, and everyone was keenly on board.

And then...it languished. I've been an accomplishing fool, don't get me wrong. Slacking is not at all why it didn't get done in September. But now, at last, five months after I said I'd do it, it's done. Genius of Want is now a play that has gone back to the original title "Leif the Buddhist Viking and His Epic Search for Love."

I'm thinking as I translate this particular work into a play that I really, really like the play form. I am now seeing a great many of my earlier works in terms of how they might translate into plays. I've promised myself, though, that I'm not writing much new stuff this year. This year, I've promised myself that I'm going to concentrate hard on submissions.

And once Leif the Buddhist Viking is ready, it'll go into the submission bucket.