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Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor.  He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “How do you include important back story in dialogue without it sounding unnatural? I’ve gotten feedback for one of my …

Pursued By A Bear: “How do I give exposition without getting bogged down?” Read More »

Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor.  He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “I’m working towards a rehearsed reading of my play but after the initial reading, the actors and director made …

Pursued By A Bear: “Should I be offended the actors are suggesting edits to my rehearsed reading?” Read More »

Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor.  He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “I hope this question isn’t too depressing for you but I feel like I don’t know where else to go …

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Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor.  He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “I’ve written a first draft of a play, where do I start with re-drafting?” It can often feel like …

Pursued By A Bear: “How do I redraft a play?” Read More »

Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor.  He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “Do you have any suggestions on how to write a character that you have nothing in common with and/or no …

Pursued By A Bear: “Can I write characters from a background/culture I don’t share?” Read More »

Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor.  He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “I’m bored by naturalism.  What’s your opinion on this?  Do you think there’s room for truly experimental theatre in …

Pursued By A Bear: “How do I escape the tyranny of boring British naturalism?” Read More »

Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor.  He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences. “I write all the time, but it seems like I never finish anything somehow.  I try to focus, but …

Pursued By A Bear: “I never finish anything, how do I keep my focus?” Read More »

Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor.  He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences.    I’ve finished my first ‘full length’ play but it’s only 40 pages long. I know many theatres only …

Pursued By A Bear: “My full length play is too short, what should I do?” Read More »

Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor.  He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences.    “I would like advice on how to approach agents with only partial work and no published/performed plays (if that’s …

Pursued By A Bear: “How can I get an agent without having produced plays?” Read More »

Pursued By A Bear is our weekly advice column with playwright Adam Taylor.  He’ll tackle your playwriting questions – from practical issues to existential dilemmas – relying on nothing but his bare wits, brute strength, and questionable personal experiences.    “I’m friends with some really interesting people. Should I base my characters on them?” First of all, we …

Pursued By A Bear: “Is it a bad idea to write about my awesome friends?” Read More »