Category: Playcraft and Analysis

  • The 3 Golden Rules of Playwriting

    Whenever you get lost or stuck writing a play, there are three fundamental rules that will most always get you back on track. I like to call them the Three Golden Rules of Playwriting. Let’s go over them, shall we? 1 – Keep things as simple as possible, but no simpler. The first rule reminds…

  • 5 Tips for Overcoming Writer’s Block

    What if I told you that there’s really no such thing as “writer’s block”? Well there isn’t. It’s a term dreamed up by people who aren’t writers. The truth is any act of creative writing is just extremely difficult, and rarely flows without interruption. Writing is an act of serious alchemy, like spinning wool into…

  • On Writing Outdoors and the Muse

    There is something quite satisfying about writing outdoors. If you haven’t tried writing an entire piece outside in nature, you should at least once. Being outdoors with the sounds, smells, and visuals of nature taps into something known as the biophilia effect. It’s a fancy book-learned word we made up to describe our indescribable bond with…

  • Playwriting and the Scientific Method

    “After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in aesthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well.” — Albert Einstein Albert Einstein claimed that his famous theory of relativity came to him intuitively, and that music was his driving force. His parents started…