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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Writing from Home
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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 …
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BRING YOUR IDEAS TO THE TABLE
AND PLZ BE QUITE LITERAL ABOUT IT
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CORRECTION
Every theater company doing The Cake, in all of their marketing materials: WE ARE SO PROUD TO PRESENT THIS PLAY, WRITTEN BY THE HEAD WRITER AND CREATOR AND SOLE BRAIN BEHIND THIS IS US! Me, frantically: …
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this or that or that or that
(NOTE: I am never quite sure exactly how to give cred, but this incredible image that perfectly captures my at once haunting and comical indecision is by Luke Chueh. PEEP HIM NOW.) I love to …