Evolutionary Psychology
I was introduced to Evolutionary Psychology by Jordan Peterson who clearly got some of his best ideas from this branch of psychology. I was watching his videos because he is one of the few public…
The True Purpose of Your Imagination
I’ve been giving a lot of deep thought on the true purpose of the imagination. I don’t think human beings have an imagination just to amuse ourselves or others. I don’t think your imagination is…
Enemies Of The Arts
There are many things that discourage artists; lack of arts funding, competition, favoritism, nepotism, social status seeking, poverty, jealousy, critics, gate keepers etc. But the most discouraging thing is prissy, self-righteous moralists who attack the…
Information Technology and Playwrights
I make my living as a computer programmer and freelance web developer. It is simply impossible to make a living writing plays. Without a single exception, all professional playwrights are making the bulk of their…
Active Imagination
In my previous blog post on inner conflict I neglected to describe how to explore an inner conflict. For the sake of dramatic writing, an inner conflict requires you to split various sides of your…
Inner Conflict
You can’t have drama without conflict but there are various kinds of conflict. I prefer inner conflict because one of my goals is to sort myself out. If I can figure something out about what…
On Being A Serious Artist
What makes one a serious artist? This is a topic I explored in my full length play Charcoal Sketches. I would argue that you cannot aspire to become a serious artist. You are either destined…
Ten Minute Plays
I have written many ten minute plays because it is a popular format for playwriting competitions. Ten minute plays are usually given a reading, not a full production. This makes playwriting comparable to writing poetry,…
Medea
I have been reading several translations of Euripides’ play The Bacchae (or The Bacchantes) because I am fascinated by its connections with shamanism. Recently I have become interested in another one of his plays, Medea….
My Playwriting Web Site
This is the first blog post for my new playwriting web site. It was always my intention to create a web site devoted to my playwriting but first I needed to write enough plays to…