What's the best way to describe yesterday given I did no work worthy of the name? Well, in a way, quite good. Not because of the lack of work, but rather the vestige of a return to something like sleep. I started to feel a little better during the afternoon and by evening the hacking … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 22nd April
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I know people are inclined to say nice things in Chat windows during on-line open mics, but here's what was said about "Giro-scopic" when I read it at Kim Moore's open mic on Wednesday: I love that ending, Ian. Whew, what a gut punch, Ian. Devastating poem. Well said. Really moving poem Ian, very moving … Continue reading Positive feedback
Yesterday & Today: 21st April
Yesterday was pretty terrible; a day of coughing and sneezing bookended by two nights with virtually no sleep. (It was bad enough for me to take a Covid test this morning...which confirmed 'man flu'.) The only thing of any note was spending about and hour typing-up the already drafted follow-on to Crash into play format. … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 21st April
“The Art of Falling”
Having read Kim Moore's All the Men I never Married, how could I not read The Art of Falling? And it was undoubtedly worthwhile. For me, the real stars of the collection come right towards the end: "A Room of One's Own", "John Lennon", "Wallace Hartley" to name just three. If I have a minor … Continue reading “The Art of Falling”
Yesterday & Today: 20th April
In the end it was a decent day yesterday, even if it didn't get off to the best of starts. I decided on another Crash read-through, my assumption being that the more I read it, the more of it I'll learn off-pat. But it was a session interrupted by multiple phone calls, and I wasn't … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 20th April
Yesterday & Today: 19th April
Lots of time spent doing things yesterday as is usually the case on a Tuesday with my Library session and 'Write-on Ripon' - but only half of it was pre-planned. The things I did expect to get done were some more drafting of "C" (which continues to move on at pace), and 'Write-on Ripon'. The … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 19th April
Yesterday & Today: 18th April
After a day or two when production has been below average, it usually takes a short while to ramp the effort back up, and yesterday was no exception. I started the day with a Crash read-through. It's interesting how my rehearsals with Andy take about 5 minutes less than when I read it in my … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 18th April
Yesterday & Today: 17th April
By the time I get to the end of a writers' retreat at which I'm mentoring I'm usually pretty exhausted mentally. No surprise then that creatively yesterday was at a minimum. At the request of the Ripon Theatre Festival organiser I pulled together a few paragraphs about me and my inspiration for Crash which I … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 17th April
My writing journey to the performance of “Crash”…
Ever since I wrote my first story aged five - an illustrated tale about a boy’s adventures in space - I wanted to do nothing other than write. In my early years this was an ambition fulfilled merely in fits and starts, and even then only in a minor way. This changed at the turn … Continue reading My writing journey to the performance of “Crash”…
Yesterday & Today: 16th April
Often a fantastic thing happens on the last evening of our writers' retreats - and yesterday was no exception. We always finish with a 'read-around', where delegates share some of their work by reading it to the rest of the group. This can be something they've been working on during the retreat or something else … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 16th April
Ian Gouge - Writer 