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Julia Croft and Chicken puppet, and Goretti Chadwick mid-workshop, early May 2017. Puppet by Katie Parker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Earlier this month I had the pleasure of a workshop on the latest play<\/a> (its presentation<\/a> was warmly received, thank you), and since then I’ve had a debrief with the principals, I’ve made a couple of pages of notes on what I could do next, and \u2026 done nothing else.<\/p>\n

It’s partly planned and partly laziness. The laziness needs no explanation.<\/p>\n

The planned part is the result of a workshop I had once upon a time. At that workshop, the script was scrutinised by all involved, and opportunities for improvement were sighted and noted. In the month that followed, I made sweeping changes that rode the post-workshop wave of excitement and possibilities.<\/p>\n

Some time later when that draft was presented, I was stunned at how easily and quickly I had sold out. At the time of the workshop and in the discussions afterward it had all made so much sense: this <\/em>and that <\/em>were all that were wanting \u2014 once I had addressed<\/em> those concerns, the adulation would naturally follow.<\/p>\n

It was a harsh lesson: I had drunk the workshop kool-aid \u2014 I had believed what had felt really good in the moment of that workshop, believed that where I’d been heading up to that point was a fool’s errand, and endless exciting possibilities and opportunities beckoned if only I could relax a little. I had ignored my instincts to tell the story in a way that felt right to me<\/em>.<\/p>\n

So this month I’ve been cutting wood, pulling weeds, visiting friends, and writing other things. Whatever is still hanging around in my head come June, that<\/em> will be worth holding onto for the next draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier this month I had the pleasure of a workshop on the latest play (its presentation was warmly received, thank you), and since then I’ve had a debrief with the principals, I’ve made a couple of pages of notes on what I could do next, and \u2026 done nothing else. It’s partly planned and partly … <\/p>\n

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