The Forbidden Phoenix - Serial Story
I'm signing off for Canada, but I wanted to report that I'm finished the first draft of the serial version of The Forbidden Phoenix. I strapped myself to a chair and bashed out the last two chapters. Phew! It was pretty hard work considering that I had to boil the action of the play into a narrative of 1,500 words per chapter. Very cool exercise in summary and it forced me to think what were the most important story elements. The wonderful thing about this exercise is that it helped me clarify what I'm thinking about with the play. In fact, I may change the climax of the play based on a scene I wrote in the final chapter. While I wouldn't recommend this exercise for all my plays, I did think the adaptation was a pretty cool thing to try out.
Happy Canada Day to all. Good night!