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Carol S. Mann
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Bits and Pieces
“He knew everyone had flaws. People fell from grace all the time. But some people fell further than others.” From “Ferrelli’s Fall” (Creek Songs).
Tag Archives: plays
Books, Shakespeare, Cats, and Lithia Water
The small city of Ashland, Oregon, located just north of the California/Oregon border near Interstate 5, is known for its Shakespeare Festival. I haven’t been there for a few years but have great memories of the place. My parents lived … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Finding Ideas: The Creative Process, Inspiration, Looking for Inspiration, Reading
Tagged Allen Elizabethan Theatre, Angus Bowmer Theatre, Ashland, Ashland Shakespearean Festival, Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Book Store, Bloomsbury Books, books, Hamlet, John Ford, lithia water, Oregon, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, plays, Shakespeare, Shakespeare Festival, Southern Oregon University, Theatre, Thomas Theatre, Virginia Woolf
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Make it Tense!
Tension in a story is a writer’s best friend. It makes readers and audiences tighten their muscles, feel twists in their stomachs, alter their breathing. It definitely keeps readers attentive and audiences in their seats. What does “tension” mean to a … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, fiction writing, novel, Reading, short story, Writing
Tagged Audrey Hepburn, characters, Das Boot, film, Frederick Knott, Lothar-Gunther Buchheim, plays, playwright, screenwriter, storytelling, suspense, tension, The Boat, Theatre, Wait Until Dark, writer
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The One-Act Play
Like a short story, a one-act play takes you into the intricacies of the human condition quickly. Trifles by Susan Glaspell is one of these plays and is based on an event she covered while working as a reporter. * The … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Creativity, Inspiration, Reading, Writing
Tagged "Trifles", acting, crucial moment, feminism, plays, playwright, pulitzer prize, reading the one-act play, stage directions, stage layout, Susan Glaspell, symbolism, the one-act play, The One-Act play "Trifles", Theatre, theme
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Written Beneath the Palms 