Radio drama
Sunday, 5. June 2005, 14:04:16
It's early to talk about it much, but I've been working on some radio drama scripts. It's been a bit exhilarating, bouncing between adaptations of some of my own stories and adaptations of classic horror and mystery tales.
It forces me into literary analysis I haven't tackled in a while. Deciphering meaning and nuance in classics is both compelling and challenging.
Some of it's required a bit of pop culture archaeology. It's what anyone working on an English thesis could tell you. But who knew? When Le Fanu was writing "Green Tea," reports were out that a group of Canadian nuns were o.d.ing on the stuff and it was producing anxiety and frayed nerves.
Perhaps most exciting and challenging is crafting exposition into dialog-driven scenes. I've sporadically listened to radio drama, OTR these days, for ages. Never knew I was studying for something I would actually get to work on.
My biggest hope is that the excitement is waking the muses. I work best when I'm driven.
It forces me into literary analysis I haven't tackled in a while. Deciphering meaning and nuance in classics is both compelling and challenging.
Some of it's required a bit of pop culture archaeology. It's what anyone working on an English thesis could tell you. But who knew? When Le Fanu was writing "Green Tea," reports were out that a group of Canadian nuns were o.d.ing on the stuff and it was producing anxiety and frayed nerves.
Perhaps most exciting and challenging is crafting exposition into dialog-driven scenes. I've sporadically listened to radio drama, OTR these days, for ages. Never knew I was studying for something I would actually get to work on.
My biggest hope is that the excitement is waking the muses. I work best when I'm driven.
WIDGETIZE