Forbidden Phoenix - Serial Story
What a difference a genre makes. Writing kids fiction is like slipping into a comfortable pair of slippers. I'm so at ease and relaxed working on the serial story for the Edmonton Journal. Just two weeks ago, I was pounding my head against the wall as I tried to piece together the revisions to the play, but now that I'm adapting the same play into a five-part serial story, everything seems effortless. I'm already working on the third part.
Part of the ease comes from the fact that the story is already there, but I also think that I'm way more satisfied with fiction than I am with theatre. I know that at the end of the day, the serial story will be my vision and my words that go in front of the readers. With the play, I always know that no matter what I write I have to accommodate other creative visions in the project. That's the collaborative nature of theatre. But as I get older and more reclusive, I'm thinking I'm just not a team player any more.
Ah well, that's how I feel today. Let's see how I feel in the thick of rehearsals.