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    March 28, 2022

    What's Beyond: Writing as an Actor, Part 2

    One of the important exercises we do in theatre is called “What’s Beyond.” It’s a Viola Spolin exercise to help actors understand the full, inner life of their characters. Viola Spolin is credited ...

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    Writing What You Don't Know
    March 11, 2022

    Writing What You Don't Know

    Write what you know. It’s an adage you are always told as a beginning writer.My first book was definitely written because of what I knew. I had been teaching a studio course on the development of Western ...

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