Writing from The Heart

"Writing from The Heart" is a workshop on creative writing, creative drawing, and creative drama. There are three available versions of this workshop: one for beginners on the secondary, tertiary, and graduate levels, and another for practitioners. A third version of this workshop is designed as an outreach program to disadvantaged and underserved audiences such as the disabled, the poor and the marginalized, victims of human trafficking, battered women and abused children, drug rehabilitation center residents, child combatants, children in conflict with the law, prisoners, and gang leaders. This third version incorporates creativity and problem awareness, conflict resolution, crisis intervention, trauma therapy, and peacemaking.

Monday, August 25, 2014

When writing a play, use the tiles of a mahjongg set to create a miniature set of the play. That way your characters' entrances and exits and scene changes will be more fluid, and you will be able to see the dramatic movement from the point of view of your director.

Remember, as a playwright YOU ARE BOUND TO YOUR STAGE OR PERFORMANCE AREAS.

Never write a play with the secret intention of breaking into television or film. The closest medium for that is the novel, not the play. The stage and the screen are worlds apart, and your work will only lead you to frustration.