November 9th
This week I finally had the surge of inspiration that I needed to begin my writing process. I heard a line in my head and decided to run with it. After I began writing, I could not tear myself away from the computer. I wrote pages upon pages of work and then sent it to several friends so they could read it and tell me their opinions. Everybody told me that my writing fit my personality and that my voice really shined through in it. They could tell I wrote it. I think that is such a huge compliment as a persons voice is their biggest asset. I ended up completing a rough draft of one of my five scenes. I chose to do the climactic scene first as it was the one I felt most inclined to do and I felt that doing it first might inspire some other scenes. Additionally I felt that the most character reveal happened in the climactic scene and so I should know my characters at their worst before writing them at their best.
The push I needed to really get the ball rolling was my interview with Erin Ryan Burdette. She told me I needed to set times to work but also to work when my creativity was peaking. I decided to follow her advice and give myself deadlines. Now that I have both the foundation of my work and a good starting point, I think I am on the right path to writing my play.