Writing Advice

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 …

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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’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 »

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 heard playwrights earn hardly anything. Should I write screenplays or novels instead?” It’s easy to say we …

Pursued By A Bear: “Playwrights make no money, should I do something else?” 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 read the roundup every week and it’s really useful to hear about the opportunities out there.  But I …

Pursued By A Bear: “How do I know which competitions are worth my time?” 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 feel really silly even writing in with this question, because I know it’s a lucky problem to …

Pursued By A Bear: “Should I trust a semi-reliable director with my first production?” 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 haven’t actually been writing that long – I actually only had my first short play produced last …

Pursued By A Bear: “How can I experiment with style while staying true to my voice?” Read More »