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Drama is a "living" art. When you finish the script, you don't yet have drama; you have literature. It takes actors on a stage to bring that drama to life.

It's always interesting to me how things can look one way on paper and be totally different on stage. Sometimes you write something just amazingly great. It's the best thing you ever put to paper. Then two actors pick it up... and you start to smell something funky in the room. Suddenly your pride and joy has everyone laughing - not with you, AT you.

It works in reverse too. A few years back I wrote a two-part skit called "The Warrior." I thought it was fair at best. It's central premise was clearly derived (make that stolen) from Empire Strikes Back. I put it in the catalog, but never thought much of it.

Then yesterday, thanks to some friends in Tennessee, I saw it. And honestly... I think it works rather well.

Whatever it is you're writing, always, ALWAYS make sure you do a reading of it before you produce it - or throw it away. You might be surprised at what results... and the surprises won't all be bad.