http://nastyconjugation.com is an inside job Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:14:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sixty-four pages. Over 14,000 words. Six scenes to go. Here is the third scene. SCENE THREE (Lighting change. CASEY removes the YWCA banner and exits. SNCC WORKERS enter with chairs. They move the table and chair to center stage. We are in the Atlanta SNCC headquarters. The SNCC Workers bustle in ... http://nastyconjugation.com/2008/10/10/freedom-summer-scene-three/ Here we are again. I've written thirty-two pages and thirteen scenes in Freedom Summer since I posted that first scene. Less than three days remain to complete it! Here's the second scene. SCENE TWO (Lighting change. PANELISTS carry off the lecterns. We are on campus at the University of Minnesota. ... http://nastyconjugation.com/2008/10/08/freedom-summer-scene-two/ Hey kids. I'm writing a historical adapation for my Playwriting class. It's based on the experiences of Casey Hayden, a Civil Rights activist and early feminist. I have to finish a rough draft by Friday - here's the first scene. ACT I SCENE ONE (The curtain is closed. In front, stage ... http://nastyconjugation.com/2008/10/05/freedom-summer-scene-one/ There are curtains of bright, green corrugated ooze piled up above the surface of the pool. Rising from the center is the exposed tap root of an old live oak; there's ooze hanging from it, too. Ten feet above there is a stream falling through the bottom of the tree. The ... http://nastyconjugation.com/2008/09/22/notes-from-weeping-ridge-92008/ Edit: I added a fence! Today I made a diorama! It's an assignment for my playwriting class - to visually represent the thesis of my play. Here it is! It was lots of fun to make. More on the play...in the future! [caption id="attachment_127" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Clockwise from right: Casey Hayden, Ella ... http://nastyconjugation.com/2008/09/18/diorama/