At the end of 2009, I posted a writing roundup looking back on the projects I worked on that year. It was a big transition period for me: from balancing a not-so-demanding gig and freelancing as a journalist/screenwriter on the side, to jumping into marketing headfirst and limiting the breadth of personal writing projects.
2010 deepened my involvement in the work-a-day world as a copywriter, creating an effect has been helpful in narrowing down what I’m most drawn to writing in my off-hours — surprisingly, it’s plays. There’s something really appealing in knowing that, while I’m developing a project for the stage, I’m creating something that will (ideally) be performed and read by a wide variety of people — not just a producer or competition judge, as it typically goes with screenwriting ’round these parts. It could be the ego talking, but I like the idea of a well-tuned script living on past its initial production. That’s at least what I’m aiming for in the work I’m churning out now.
2011 saw the professional production of Prodigals at SFU Woodward’s, which drew these great reviews and capped off three years of fruitful collaboration. There is still a screen adaptation in development that I hope to pull off the back burner in the coming months. I also wrote a number of wayward drafts of a new play. Having now nailed down its direction, I’m confident our staged public reading coming up in May of 2012 will be a blast.
In case I don’t say it enough, thanks for checking out my blog. Have a safe and happy New Year!
