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Solo Writing: Some free advice on gettng started
I encourage you to be in the creative process as you go thru your day; while you
wash the dishes or sort laundry or day dream. I encourage you to honor your gifts by writing on a consistent basis. I encourage
you to write through your fear, your confusion, your uncertainty and your busy schedule. And to always, always listen
for the story.
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Getting Started:
- Start writing down small, individual stories. Write on a schedule if you
can.
- Keep a notebook handy to jot down ideas/stories as they occur-(as you're driving,
watching TV, chatting, dreaming or listening to a song. These points of departure can help you formulate/remember ideas.
But you gotta write them down!
- Start telling your stories to friends- unrehearsed at the martini bar, around
the dinner table and over your cell phone.
- Keep writing! Keep writing even if it's bad writing.
- See solo shows that are out there or get John Leguzamo, Spalding Grey or
Lilly Tomlins' solo shows on tape/DVD.
- Organize a writing group to support you.
- Keep writing, even if the dog ate your homework, the laundry is piled up and
you have no clean undies. Just keep writing.
- Create a contract with yourself complete with long & short term goals .
- Set up a reading for your work in progress-even if it's in your parlor.
- Trust in yourself and your creativity and keep writing!
Click here to see Malinowski's Solo Plays
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At the most basic level, despite
their limitless backgrounds and performance styles, all solo performers are storytellers.
The key in Solo Work is to “… bring the audience up onto the stage and into the scene
with you. It is they who must give you even more than you give them in the way
of creative power and imagination”. There is often a phenomenal quality to the live shows, seemingly infused with the
infectious, raw qualities of spontaneous storytelling. But usually, the semblance
of spontaneity is carefully fostered by the skillful writer/performer.
From Extreme Exposures : An Anthology of Performance texts from the Twentieth Century,
References & Cool things to inspire you
National Storytelling Assoc.- 800 525-4514
Your Life as Story- Trister Rainer
Tell Me a Story- Roger Schank
Bird By Bird- Anne Lamont
The Artists Way- Julia Cameron
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