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Never Be Boring.

6/10/2020

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I'll admit, this seems obvious. And yet, if this can be used as your mantra as you're rewriting, it can be a handy bit of advice. I've seen enough plays to know "don't be boring" is harder than it sounds. We all fall in love with bits of our writing for all kinds of reasons, and forget about the audience. There's all kinds of writing that taken in isolation might be good, but not dramatic, or compelling, or meaningful to a story. Another way to think of this is self-indulgent. 
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10 Ideas to consider as you’re pounding out that epic play.

6/7/2020

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1. Don’t be boring.
2. Make it hurt.
3. Have virtue but don’t signal it.
4. Don’t tell us what we already know.
5. All stories are political, so make it a good story.
6. Ignore what you want.
7. The end is like a knife in the back.
8. Nobody owes you anything, even when they do.
9. Make them pay attention.
10. Go for the KO or it isn’t worth the audience’s time.

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    I write plays, TV, film and other stuff.

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