Forbidden Phoenix
I'm going to pretend that all the time I didn't work on the play was a gestation period for fertile ideas. Today, I blasted through the revisions to the first act, and I'm pretty happy with the work. The dots connect much better and there's more opportunity to reveal Malau's character. I see his cunning throughout as well as his integrity. I also dialed back the Dowager so she has room to grow into an evil entity. Horne might be missing a character beat, so I'll have to look for an opportunity to deepen him. I might have the chance to do that in the second act, but I'd like to build something more to him in the first act if i could.
I'm so happy to finally get traction on this play again. I'm going to be taking tomorrow away from the play to do some other work but come Friday, I'm back on the Phoenix and I will have the play revised by the end of the weekend. I can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. Phew.