Q: have I been away from New York just long enough that walking its streets makes me wax poetic like a little old baby Joan Didion in athleisure pants? A: OBVIOUSLY. My favorite thing to …
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we are here
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the only way out is through (a cake)
I begin pretty much every first draft and rewrite with Despair, with this will never get done and it will never be good enough. After x amount of minutes or days of these feelings, I …
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actions > words
It truly doesn’t matter how long I’ve been a working writer, I still have days where I feel like I need to go back to How to Write Good school and learn my colors and …
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Writing from Home
TV writing is actually only like, 30 percent writing. It’s a lot of sitting in a room Breaking story with other writers. Please note that ‘Breaking’ is just a term, and when Breaking story, nothing …
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froworker
Noun: a co-worker who becomes a friend; WHAT I FORCE MOST EVERYONE THAT I WORK WITH TO BECOME. 13 days into this Notebook musical workshop and I’m feeling very very grateful for Ingrid, who bakes …
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THIS CAT, THO
You’re not a Cat person, you say. You’re not an Animal Person even, you say. BUT THEN I ASK YOU: ARE YOU IN FACT A PERSON AT ALL? AND I ALSO ASK YOU: HAVE YOU …
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I talk, he listens, I don’t
I think I don’t even listen to myself when I talk. I’m just sort of whirring around the house, doing 900 things, thinking some things, saying some of them out loud, and Morrison takes the …
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BOWELS OF THE DARK WEB
Last night, deep in the trashcan of the Internet, I stumbled across this heinous, vile (BEAUTIFUL) thing called Couples Acroyoga, in which COUPLES DO YOGA CRAZY YOGA POSES ON EACH OTHER AND ALSO KISS: Do …
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CAREFULLY LAID PLANS ARE HILARIOUS
Came back to NYC to see Cake one last time before press week, catch up with some friends, have some meetings, workshop my next play which is in THE MOST DIRE NEED OF WORK before …
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dressues
-Me: I need a dress for that thing next week, at which I must look like an effortless adult person who is Polished and Poised without trying too Hard. spends (wastes) hours online looking at …