Week 13 - Ain't We Got Fun

This week is the first week I really hit the wall.  I could not for the life of me think about what to write about.  So, I ended up putting off my writing until Sunday evening when I realized I had to write something.  Even if it was pure, unadulterated crap.  So, here is the first play I've written for this project that I'm a bit 'meh' about.  Week 13's play is Ain't We Got Fun.  The title is, of course, from a song written in the 1920s and the play takes place in the 1920s.  I've been reading a lot of F. Scott Fitzgerald recently and I think this week's play reflects that reading.  All I have to say is thank goodness for reading Fitzgerald.  Otherwise, I would have had literally nothing to write about this week.

So, for next week, if any of you have any play ideas or even just want to give me a word to riff off of, I would be most appreciative.

Week 7 - Blocked

This week's play was probably the most challenging one for me to write so far.  I've been dealing with some personal issues that have made me very angry.  When I sat down to start writing this week's play, I could not get started.  The anger was clouding the creative part of my mind.  I had the dreaded Writer's Block.  I started feeling a little panicky that I might not make my deadline.  What if this was the end of 52 plays?  So, I stopped.  I stopped staring at my laptop, went downstairs, watched the news, ate some dinner, and then came back to my computer.  And I started to write out the anger.  And it felt good.

This week's play is called Blocked.  It is about a writer struggling with writer's block and the disapproving voices in her head that are all too real to her.  But this time, instead of simply listening to the voices, she talks back.

Well, they say "write what you know."  I was angry and struggling this week, so I wrote about it. :)