The primary goal of the play development process, as it is called, is to figure out which story we want to tell and whether we’re telling it clearly. There’s the sequence of events (the plot), the nature of the relationships (the characters), and the escalating conflict and the…
read moreProdigal God has been in development since August 2002. At that time, Brian Doerksen and Christopher Greco drafted a story outline for what they hoped would become a full-length musical theatre piece. Their starting point was a man looking back on his life with regret and with an opportunity…
read moreTuesday, November 8th, 2011
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS, Part Three of Three
The story version of Prodigal God is a fusion of three different types of writing. It’s a series…
Monday, October 31st, 2011
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS, Part Two of Three
Now about playwriting. Last summer, I was finishing up a rewrite of a play I had written twelve…
Monday, October 24th, 2011
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS, Part One of Three
In the past year, I’ve done more writing than I have since the first time I was in grad…