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Owen’s Monologue (from The Bella Vista Motel)

on March 5, 2024March 5, 2024 By CharlieLyonsWrites

All actors feel free to use for auditions and workshops, but please tell me so I can have a smile. monologue-the-bella-vista-motel-030524Download

The Intensity of the Want

on November 30, 2019November 30, 2019 By CharlieLyonsWrites

“The thing the character wants need not be violent or spectacular; it is the intensity of the wanting that counts.” Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, by Janet Burroway. What a great, simple observation about story telling that gets right to the core of things. And this intensity of the wanting applies to both [...]