The Forbidden Phoenix - Stage Play
Phew! Sometimes that play never seems to want to stay down. It's like a bad cowlick that you can't comb out. I cycled through the script and polished the dialogue. Mainly, I just looked for places where I thought I was overstating the obvious and getting repetitious. I think the voices are pretty distinct, but I won't know for sure until the actors start handling the material. Anyway, I'm pretty happy with where the script is at. The major beats are there and the structure is intact.
As a fellow playwright and friend once pointed out, the draft he is most proud of is the one just before he goes into rehearsal. That draft he controlled. After that, the changes to the script are to accommodate the realities of production and the various actors and creative people involved. But no matter what happens in the rehearsal, he will always have the draft just before the madness began.
I have a few more weeks before rehearsals start, so I'm going to take the time to get ahead on my Edmonton Journal articles and finish off the Bigfoot novel. Now, if only my finger would stop hurting. Sigh.