Put to Rest
I’ve been batting around the ending of “Disillusioned” lately… I wrote the play a few years ago, and was happy with it, but it wasn’t completely there, and I didn’t know how to take it any further on my own.
A generous director (Noel Neeb) I know, and some wonderful actors (Eric Powers, Matthew Waterson, Rachel McKinney, and Pauline Miller) I got to know one night two months ago, volunteered their time and talents for a reading.
They told me what I already knew, that I was pretty close, and then they pointed out where it seemed I had missed the mark.
So I went back and tweeked, and tweeked… I didn’t change the scope of the story, all the same characters, much of the same action… I just raised the stakes a bit.
But that was the easy part… The hard part, as anyone who’s ever told a story will tell you, is always the end.
Happily, after a few tries, I think I got it!
I thought it would feel like I just ran the marathon and won, it actually feels more like I can finally sleep after a restless night… and know I’ll wake up to the embrace of warm sheets and sunlight.
–Sue
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