January 2012 – bethdeitchman

That Certain Slant of Light

The rain started late last week. Finally. The rain is late this year and despite the pleasure of the past few weeks’ unusually beautiful weather, the lack of rain was starting to get worrisome. So I’m glad that it finally started raining. Sort of. Because the rain brought the grey, which is, for me, evenContinue reading “That Certain Slant of Light”

All Writing is Re-writing

Every written project I have ever completed started with a leap of faith that I would be able to do it because I had done it before. But that faith often (maybe always) wavered after I jumped into the project–sometimes as soon as my metaphorical feet left the metaphorical ground. When this happened I turnedContinue reading “All Writing is Re-writing”

Writing Sex

Last year I played Mary Bennett and Charlotte Lucas in Pride and Prejudice adapted by Jon Jory (I liked playing Charlotte but I LOVED playing Mary). Jory’s adaptation really moves the story along, which means characters like Mary and Charlotte get short shrift. His cursory treatment, however, gave me lots of room to create aContinue reading “Writing Sex”