The Art of the Rewrite
October 1st, 2010
One of the things I love about writing plays, as opposed to TV, is that I get to go back and rewrite until it’s right. Because my time is open ended, I get to craft something over and over again so I know what finally makes it to the page and other creatives is what I had envisioned.
Early this morning, I wrote the end of the scene I started two days ago. I felt like the scene was just dangling, and early this morning I realized why.
One of the characters was saying one thing, but feeling something else. She couldn’t share with her daughter what she was feeling, but the audience needed to know what she was feeling.
In a memory, she was able to get in touch with the best part of her, and the kind of mother she wanted to be for her daughter. This memory was one that she had shared in previous drafts in other incarnations, but it always felt forced… This time, it was organic.
Writing is all about re-writing… and patience.
–Sue
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