A very respected Spokane actor and director, Michael Weaver (no relation), retweeted about the opportunity on Twitter and I entered later that day. He’s been an online cheerleader as I’ve gone through the process. The feedback would have been helpful even if the play wasn’t selected for the festival. In particular, WILDsound recommended I take another look at the character of Sloth and stretch him beyond my initial concept as just a really sleepy guy. Overall, it was supportive feedback that showed someone else thinks there’s something here worth pursuing. Which is invaluable as a beginning playwright.
Category: writing festival
DRACONUM – Transcript of the Novel by Sebastian Halford
Write – even when you’re tired from your day job. Put something down, you can always go back and tweak and peak it later, in fact you might find something really good in there. Also – YOU are your most important audience. The story you write should be important to YOU, not some demographic to which you are trying to appeal. Last – be patient and stay positive. Do NOT get discouraged – have faith it’ll come.
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