WALKING TO WRITE These Sunday walks are actually much more helpful to my writing than almost anything else. This is where the ideas come together for what will eventually be books, especially if I’m writing a New York book. I wander these streets — my mind attuned to the idea, “Must feed ... must feed ... must feed” — but the wandering is really an excuse to look at the city and to reacquaint myself, consider how things are changing. What do people look like? It’s fun to see spring turn into summer, and people getting to shed their clothes. This is where I pick up new vocabulary — I remember a few years ago when I heard somebody say “OMG!” I was so excited. Back then, I didn’t have an iPhone. I had to write it on my hand.
-Gary Shteyngart "A Day Spent Foraging Food and Ideas"
The creative process is an active and dynamic process. I've also been reading loads of acting theory and that keen powers of observation is a necessity.
The title of this post? The company is about to embark on Little Shop of Horrors rehearsals, so I thought that was fitting.
In other news, I've gleaned three monologues (a piece) from the following plays:
Leonce and Lena
Julius Caesar
There are plenty more, but I don't want half of my portfolio to be Buchner monologues.
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