by Colin Thomas | Apr 11, 2012 | Review
Want to give two-dimensional characters an instant third dimension? Try this. Make a list of characteristics, likes and dislikes for your character. Opposite that list, write opposing characteristics, likes and dislikes. Choose one of the items from the list of...
by Colin Thomas | Apr 6, 2012 | Review
Some authors build bridges and some authors dig tunnels. In other words, some writers like to get a structure in place, an outline, before they launch into a story: these are the bridge builders. And other writers just burrow right into the tale. Local writer Lois...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 30, 2012 | Review
In my review of director David Mackay’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest, I said that his take is vulgar. Because it is. There’s a fart joke, a cunt joke (yep using the word), and a penis joke (see the above photo). Rather than concentrating...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 29, 2012 | Review
If you’re a writer, you might want to know what I actually do when I’m editing your work. Basically, I read your manuscript three times. THE FIRST READ The first read-through is all about my visceral responses to your story. On this reading, I take very...
by Colin Thomas | Mar 19, 2012 | Review
If you can get in, the show to see this week is Bob Frazer’s production of Hedda Gabler at Roedde House in the West End. Anna Cummer (above) plays Hedda and, in Cummer’s interpretation, Hedda feels almost sociopathic; it’s clear that she just...
