Learning and Growing in Writing and Performing

Read again at the coffeehouse tonight--the scene where Audric finds out that Nora is supposedly in love with him. Not so happy with this read-through. I think the last one worked because it was more of a personal narrative, but this one had dialogue, narrative, and so on, so I had trouble distinguishing those forms for the audience.

As a side note, I'm supposed to do this research paper on performance theory, which is a criticism that asserts no literature can really be understood until it is performed. To be honest, I felt that last time with Nora's monologue. I felt like I knew her, like I was her. This time, however, I didn't use many ways to separate dialogue from narration, nor did I inflect or express the right tones. I was not Audric.

I did get one compliment, though, on my dialogue from a fellow writer who is rather brilliant. Looking back, I chuckled a bit because the dialogue is mostly Nora being a total jerk.

Anyways, here's to next time. Supposedly our theme is horror, so I might write a new piece featuring other characters--characters that I love simply because they're diabolical and psychotic.