{"id":413,"date":"2006-09-22T01:01:35","date_gmt":"2006-09-22T01:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=413"},"modified":"2006-09-22T01:01:35","modified_gmt":"2006-09-22T01:01:35","slug":"straight-to-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=413","title":{"rendered":"Straight To Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, that was nerve-wracking. I just spent an evening in the company of some fine fellas and fellesses, listening to them do a read-through of my play ‘Straight to Video’. It’s almost the first time it’s been exposed to humans; a few chosen people have seen copies of it but this was really the first time it got under major scrutiny.
\nI was anxious. As I was at pains to point out to the gathered bodies, it was the first time I’d written anything for performance longer than about five minutes. (It occurs to me now that this is with the exception of Cold Night<\/a>, but that was Just Playing Around and not actually expected to be performed. ) (Oh, and except for a script for a film adaptation of in move<\/i>, as well. But this is a minor point.)
\nEveryone was very kind in their willingness to indulge me nonetheless and the readthrough began. And may I say, it was a revelation. As I’d hoped, hearing my dialogue brought to life by a bunch of wonderful people taught me huge amounts very very quickly. I already knew there was big work to be done, but this made very clear the specific kinds of work to be done, and what other options I have to change and develop the piece.
\n(One particular revelation stands out – one character, who’s meant to be key to everything pretty much, kind of doesn’t exist nearly as much as she should. If you have an uneasy feeling in your gut that you’ve given one of your readers a dud character, listen to that feeling!)
\nIt also convinced me that the thematic idea at the core of the piece is sound, and the idea of its execution is also sound. The base is good, I just need to make the expression of it extremely awesome.
\nAnyway, after the reading, which clocked in at just under an hour, people spent a while longer pitching in loads of ideas and insights and it was just marvellous. There literally was no better way for me to spend 90 minutes on this project than doing the readthrough. And no-one said it sucked, either. Result!
\nThanks to the man with the organiser skillz, Leon, and to the awesome reader-folk Glenn, Dayle, Svend, Fraser and the lovely Laura.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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