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NPH 6_Donna Hoke

I’ve gotten to the point in this play where it’s on my mind a lot and, when that happens, you know how it goes: whenever your mind wanders, it’s there.

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Clark Griswold

The takeaway is that this is definitely a road play of some kind. I will try to avoid the diner scene trope 😊.

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Road Trip_Hoke Blog_Ep 4

In most cases from here on, I’m going to start with the new material, because I’m discovering things as I write so it’s easier to talk about after. It also makes it easier for people who are only interested in that; just look for the NPH photo!

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Neil Patrick 3

So… in going back over what I’d written so far… I sort of committed to that sitcom thing, which I realize can not only be the thing Katie needs to prove—maybe it’s her ex-husband who never thought she was funny; that’s the kind of thing that can stick in her mind—but also a reason to find Neil Patrick Harris. 

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Neil Patrick Harris

Business aside, even after three pages in, I like to go back before I start new pages each day and see what I’ve already written. I do this not just to see what sparks, but also to mine what I’ve put down. I have two ten-minute plays that I turned into full-length comedies and, in both cases, I found that everything I needed to build out the entire play was contained in those ten minutes. 

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