for some reason there’s an embarrassment around starting from scratch + opening oneself up to learning the basics esp if you feel “behind”. trying to release from that in playwriting and the result has been great. taste and gut are still paramount but growing the toolbox is so fruitful
for the longest time i was not reading recreationally as much as i used to and i felt really bad about it so to get back into it i started reading more plays. it's also nice to own copies of plays. maybe it's the theater kid in me but i think it's just the best.
im no pro, but what’s helped me is reading as often as i can (fiction or no-fiction, any form) and then comparing my writing to the things i like reading but making sure not to do it in a self-hating way but a constructive way
Love a book but sometimes I just want the good stuff. It’s like talking or arguing with yourself but productive because it’s reading
I recently read & saw (and I recommend doing so in that order) How to Defend Yourself and it has stuck with me!! Maybe I will write something good one day.
you cross the river and take a funicular up a hill and stumble upon 2 massive roman amphitheaters.. then jutting out the side of a hill is this bond-like brutalist semi-subterranean fortress housing the most thoughtful roman museum on an authentic, underrated roman city…worth your time…a magical experience