Your run-of-the-mill introductory post

This is all more or less (okay, completely) on a whim.

It started last year. I was a junior in college, taking a playwrighting class. One of our assignments: Write a one minute monologue. I was in no hurry to stress over something like that--I probably had a few exams to study for, or some research paper. So I whipped out a monologue in five minutes tops. Come class day, I had my friend read out loud the monologue for the class. Professor loved it. General class reaction: It was funny. Well, cool! 

Other assignments came and went--some I put a lot more time and effort into, but the results were never as satisfying. When it came time to start our final project--to write a short play--I figured "Well, that monologue seemed to be a success, let's write something off of that." It became the launching pad for a longer, slightly developed piece. Turned it in. A in the class. 

Flash forward to this year: My senior year. I submitted that piece to the New Works Festival at my school--where the selected student playwrights would get to develop their respective piece into a staged reading. In other words, I--and potentially lots of other people--would get to see it performed. It seemed worthwhile enough. 

I got the call yesterday that my play was selected (!!!). And that, my friend, is why this blog exists. Admittedly, I am more-or-less bandwagon hopping. My film major and animation major friends have blogs about their developing senior thesis--that's what inspired me. So here you will find the lovely records about the development of my short play...and whatever else might come my way. More soon.