mamet: surprising and inevitable


drama: comedy metaphor


the example he keeps going back to
why did the chicken cross the road
and
somehow
this clicks
it's not funny except by virtue
of conventional expectation
we expect something funny
but
we're given something true
and it's funny
because
of course
ya know


and
he was talking about
needing to cut your favorite scene
and having the movie be better for it
because it's too precious
and I get that


margaret atwood
she was talking about
being 200 pages into a book
having 8 characters
their whole back stories
and
having the story not work
having to put it in a drawer
too many variables
nothing happening


now
I am not certain that nothing happening
is that big a problem
but
it's gotta write itself in a way
if it's too difficult
it's maybe not the story to write now


mamet: drama is a gathering of the tribe


this
is maybe
a place to start thinking
differently
what is the journey
who are the tribe
who is their hero


good morning sweetheart
happy new year