too long since i’ve been here. both a good and bad thing. good because it meant that i was writing ESPERANZA MEANS HOPE and bad because there were a lot of lessons I learned from writing the play. I think it was really beneficial for me to sign up for that full-length play writing class…
Author: Conrad
Conrad's a San Francisco Bay Area Playwright. He loves long walks upon the concrete and rainy days. Aside from writing words for actors to regurgitate into an audience's ears and eyes, he loves sports, 90's R&B, and learning.
Bad feeling
Having that feeling that you forgot something, but what… – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Floating memories
I saw a story on the news this morning about debris from the earthquake in Japan will make it to US shores soon. Now this got me thinking about what kind of object would land on Ocean Beach, who picks it up, who lost it, and how are they connected? Fascinated. – Posted using BlogPress…
Aurora Theatre Company GAP Competition
Aurora Theatre Company. Not sure if I’ll have time to enter this, but it is intriguing to know that Aurora is looking for “plays that directly respond to our complicated present and our possible futures.” I would write about the globalization of Filipino-Americans into the worlds economies. It’d be a reflection of the Outsourcing trade…
Finding my voice
So I spent the better part of the morning reading a couple of plays which was very badly needed because I’ve been stressing over the play that I have to write. It also taught me a couple of valuable lessons: If you’re play is a period piece, try to learn the language of that time…
Energized
I’m here at lunch and wanted to check in. I can’t wait to start again to my story. It’s actually starting to consume my thoughts and imagination. The characters are finally starting to take shape and I finally have a grasp on the major things I want the story to have. It’s pretty refreshing after…
Best of Playground Festival
Yeee! I won a book! Must be a sign… Review: You wanna refill – dive into action at restaurant – figure out what’s happening – good use of one location and switching of the scenes right after the previous one has ended. – background singing of “the hills are alive” was funny Repunzel: – good…
Mystery pooper
From a FB status: Patrick Ramsdell Dear mystery pooper, It is common courtesy to leave the exhaust fan running in a bathroom after you crap. Courtesy flushes, air freshner, perfume, body spray etc are ok, but the fan sucks your stench out. Not only is the restroom right near my cubicle, I don’t like getting…
Loglines
I like to call the Logline, the first line of an Elevator Pitch. I picked this up from a concept from a class with Philip Kan Gotanda when he asks, What is the play about?. It was easier for me to find examples of this by Googling Logline, a screenwriting/Hollywood term. The next step is…
Thinking like a reporter
Right now, I’m at the Coffee Garden Cafe in Sacramento, STILL working on my play. A big lesson has occurred to me as I’m still on my process of how to write a play: ask questions! To get me out of this funk I’m having, I started to ask myself questions about the play as…