Angels and Demons

"I need to wander hell, to find the angels lost in it."
-Me
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I wrote plot points out on small pieces of paper and arranged them on my cork board tonight. I put certain stories under character's names, and slowly discovered the progression of the story. I also found an ending! All this time I was waiting for some brilliant idea to slap me upside the face, but as it turns out, it has been part of my concept all along. Phew!

So, now that I have a scene breakdown, it shouldnt be too long before I have a text to email out.

I have never needed an outline to write before... but then again, I have never written from the perspective of seven different people (telling stories that add another five characters). Now that I have figured that much out, I am feeling a little more in control.

As it turns out, I have more stories from my personal life than I do made up stories. I guess thats what I wanted, but its not really what I was expecting going into this process. It actually took a few friends telling me that particular memories were fascinating and needed to be in it, before I realized just how much they did need to be in my play.

I don't like all of my characters. But they are all real parts of myself. I have been fighting them... and will continue to fight them all the way to the stage.

Margaret is bitter, Gabe is in pain and wont tell anyone, Ariel is too flamboyant for his own good, Asher is a horndog, Malachi is obsessed with a word, and Jude... Jude just had to grow up too quickly and doesnt realize it.
But at the same time.... Margaret speaks with a lifetime of experience, Gabe is smart and calculated, Ariel is fancy-free, Asher is intimate and truly feels others, Malachi is elequent, and Jude is finding freedom in his games.

This post doesnt have much of a point, but it does mark the time I finally nailed down a story arch. Home stretch now...