Venal Scene

Thursday, October 04, 2007

A letter from Dorothy Lemoult aka Dorothy FreedomSpice aka P�tit Boo:

Are you familiar with National Novel Writing Month?
Are you wishing you could write a play instead of a novel ?
Are you wishing you could write a novel *and* a play ?

Come join NaPlWriMo!!!

I started it last year as an alternative to Nanowrimo. It began as a joke but so many people took it seriously that I had to follow through!!!

We had about 20 playwrights last year ( ranging from professional published playwrights to high school students) and it looks like we will have at least twice that amount this year.

Naplwrimo's mission is to nurture playwrights of all levels while fostering community and the creation of new theatrical works on a global level.

We run in November at the same time as NaNoWriMo and our speciality is plays. A lot of our rules are the same, though we are a much smaller operation and we are run a bit differently.

Note: no screenplays. Plays only. You'll have to wait for June so you can do Script Frenzy !!!

If you want to sign up for NaPlWriMo, visit us on the site or on myspace or facebook and sign yourself up !

NaPlWriMo Website
NaPlWriMo myspace group
NaPlWriMo facebook group

Thank you for reading and I hope you'll join us or pass this on to others who might!

See you in November!

Dorothy Lemoult
NaPlWriMo Conspiratrice
Labels: plugs, theatre

posted by Dan 11:45 AM
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Okay Here Are My Questions:

Did the child actually say the words, �This Halloween I want to be a mummy?�

Did s/he specify a mummy that looks like it has been laundered in pure Flourescent Whitening Agent?

Did the parents send the child out trick-or-treating barefoot as well, for accuracy, because s/he should know that mummies did not get to wear nice sneakers like we have nowadays?

And if accuracy was their concern, where can I find the Egyptian wall painting that depicts the dressing of the dead in a happy little hula skirt?

Not to mention the cowl which appears to conceal a young Conehead?

Most importantly: Did the parents consider that dressing up their child as an animated corpse that crawled out of its tomb so that by the light of the full moon it might seek victims to strangle with its moldering claws, while certainly in the spirit of the season, is tempting fate a bit?

Finally:

Isn�t s/he precious?

UPDATE: Upon further examination, I can see that this costume might be that of a ghost, but the dangling strips of white material and bound legs, combined with the lack of any reference to the traditional sheet-with-two-eyeholes, makes it a pretty confusing design concept. And like dressing junior up as a wayward soul doomed for eternity to haunt a raven-infested wilderness is any better.
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posted by Dan 11:58 AM
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