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Claire's Corner -- On My Mind...: September 2012
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Claire's Corner - On My Mind. Thoughts and musings - whatever is driving me to write at a given time. Monday, September 17, 2012. Book is About Half Written. Some might ask why I'm writing a murder mystery. There are thousands of them out there. The simple answer is that I enjoy reading them. The more complex answer is that is gives my brain some exercise in creating a puzzle to solve. Much of what I've read about writing tells writers not to edit while they write. They caution new writers against mi...
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Towards a Holy Theatre: June 2011
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Towards a Holy Theatre. One Unitarian Universalist Playwright's Quest to Find a Sacred Theatrical Space. Saturday, June 11, 2011. Yesterday, I was on a panel discussion about blogs and the internet for playwrights at the Dramatists Guild Conference. It was a really great informal discussion led by Robert Ross Parker, and the panel included myself, Tim Bauer. If you're blogging to sell yourself or your script, it shows. If you're blogging because you're excited about an idea, it also shows. And th...But t...
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Towards a Holy Theatre: Criticism: How We Miss Each Other
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Towards a Holy Theatre. One Unitarian Universalist Playwright's Quest to Find a Sacred Theatrical Space. Sunday, July 18, 2010. Criticism: How We Miss Each Other. Today on twitter Rev. Naomi. Posted some interesting questions about criticism. As often happens with her broad, open ended questions, a discussion ensued. It wasn't until we were far into the discussion that it hit home that her definition of criticism and my definition of criticism were two very different things. I would like to think my opin...
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Towards a Holy Theatre: Floundering for a Sense of Calling
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Towards a Holy Theatre. One Unitarian Universalist Playwright's Quest to Find a Sacred Theatrical Space. Sunday, April 18, 2010. Floundering for a Sense of Calling. A member of my former congregation announced that she's going off to seminary next year. I'm excited for her. For all sorts of reasons, not the least that she gets to experience Chicago, which I still feel is "my city.". And not just because I miss Chicago.). Because I miss that feeling of calling. I've had a few flashes of that sense of call...
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Towards a Holy Theatre: Theatre of Joy; or why I am insanely excited about the House Theatre coming to Miami
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Towards a Holy Theatre. One Unitarian Universalist Playwright's Quest to Find a Sacred Theatrical Space. Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Theatre of Joy; or why I am insanely excited about the House Theatre coming to Miami. I've been debating writing this post. The blog, which I haven't updated in six months, could have languished longer. Forever, possibly, while I continued on as an arts advocate/admin blogger at 2amtheatre. Except my inner child isn't allowing it. Because The House Theatre of Chicago. At this p...
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Towards a Holy Theatre: Finding the Magic
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Towards a Holy Theatre. One Unitarian Universalist Playwright's Quest to Find a Sacred Theatrical Space. Monday, August 23, 2010. Elsewhere on the internet, Lorna. And I were talking about musicals. Somewhere along the discussion, I went from joking that I can't admit I like musical theatre in my social circle of professional actors and employees past and present of Florida Stage, to developing a manifesto on what I want from musical theatre. I want to be transformed. Where can we find an audience? If I ...
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Towards a Holy Theatre: August 2010
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Towards a Holy Theatre. One Unitarian Universalist Playwright's Quest to Find a Sacred Theatrical Space. Monday, August 23, 2010. Elsewhere on the internet, Lorna. And I were talking about musicals. Somewhere along the discussion, I went from joking that I can't admit I like musical theatre in my social circle of professional actors and employees past and present of Florida Stage, to developing a manifesto on what I want from musical theatre. I want to be transformed. Where can we find an audience? If I ...
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Towards a Holy Theatre: Writing Advice: Winning the Arguement
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Towards a Holy Theatre. One Unitarian Universalist Playwright's Quest to Find a Sacred Theatrical Space. Tuesday, June 29, 2010. Writing Advice: Winning the Arguement. No You're listening to me, but you're not understanding me.". No, I'm disagreeing with you. That doesn't mean I'm not listening to you or understanding what you're saying - I'm doing all three at the same time.". Aaron Sorkin, The West Wing. These are GREAT fodder for writing, particularly generating raw material. I generated a great deal ...
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Towards a Holy Theatre: May 2010
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Towards a Holy Theatre. One Unitarian Universalist Playwright's Quest to Find a Sacred Theatrical Space. Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Making Them Ours: An Approach to Arts Advocacy. Today I received an email from Richard Simon, artistic director of the Mosaic Theatre, passing on an article about the soon to come drastic budget cuts. In Broward County. Richard didn't say anything in his email, just passed on the bad news. And as artists and as arts leaders, we need to think about how do we "make them ours....
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Claire's Corner -- On My Mind...: Job Changes for Me & I'm Eager to Get Started
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Claire's Corner - On My Mind. Thoughts and musings - whatever is driving me to write at a given time. Monday, September 12, 2011. Job Changes for Me and I'm Eager to Get Started. I haven't posted lately because I've been holding onto some information that changes quite a bit of how my time will be spent at work. Now that it's closer to the transition, I can speak a bit about it. Develop their financial competence (financial literacy education) and put money into savings;. You can see how this could be di...
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