The Last Game: Revising. A mention of Carl Sagan has made its way in. I didn’t really plan to put it there, but it seems another good indicator of the time period, like the air traffic controllers’ strike. Reading more of Collision Course.
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A one-act drama about a high-school field hockey team.
suppose your favorite doomsday scenario
The Last Game: Did some reading in Collision Course. Started revising. There is definitely a mental threshold between planning to start revising and actually revising, and it takes me some energy to get over it. Then, once I’m over that threshold, I don’t want to leave writing-land. The blog post title is, as of today,...
big names
The Last Game: Reading Collision Course. Evidently the formation of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization advanced quite rapidly after a controller at La Guardia recognized that the private jet he was handling was piloted by F. Lee Bailey. He got in touch with him later. Mother Antonia: Finished taking notes on Liberating Sanctuary. An...
some irony
The Last Game: Reading Collision Course. Learned that Wisconsin was (in 1959) the first state to pass legislation allowing collective bargaining by public sector employees.
learning what we lived through
The Last Game: Started reading Joseph McCartin’s Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America. Dramaturg Heather H. suggested that I foreground the play’s 1980s time period; so this is by way of background.
overtime
The Last Game: Asked Heather if we could move the deadline for the rewrite out a little. She said yes.
not nothin’
The Last Game: Trying to sketch out Dori’s side of the story – her Hamlet to 23 & 24’s Rosencrantz & Guildenstern. Reading up a little on deregulation in the early 80s. Everything Looks Like A Face: Email exchange with Elizabeth. Mother Antonia: Reading scheduled for Friday.
reprieve
It’s All Good: Had a thought about a way to connect Lord of the Flies, the character’s personal situation, and current events. We’ll see if it works. The Last Game: The grant I thought was due Thursday is actually due Monday, making it much more realistic that I can have a new draft of this...
the next last game
The Last Game: Heather Helinsky, who has been dramaturging this script, sent an email to check in. I agreed to have a new draft by April 7. Infrastructure: Because Heather asked me to send her a synopsis, I now have a synopsis for “The Last Game,” and added it to the portfolio.
local maximum
The Last Game: Email from Emily to let me know that her theatre students have been reading the script and will be giving me feedback. Way cool. Erika: Did problems on Khan Academy. Got the first 5 problems right, which is rare for me in the Calculus section. So no Persistence badge today, but I’m...