Lately, I keep starting blog posts and then going "naw" and starting over and then deleting them. I apologize.
Someday, I will have my groove back, like Stella.
In the meantime, read this post I wrote in 2007: Rules for the Writing of Plays. It should placate you. It's also absolutely true, all of it.
I think you mean "comedy or tragedy" in Rule #5. Drama covers both.
ReplyDeleteFrom Wikipedia: "The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. They are symbols of the ancient Greek Muses, Thalia and Melpomene. Thalia was the Muse of comedy (the laughing face), while Melpomene was the Muse of tragedy (the weeping face)."
I guess you could call me a usage freak.
ReplyDeleteI think I was trying to be funny!
ReplyDelete"A 59 year old housewife with a mournful eye on her past as an alcoholic."
ReplyDeleteI know you were being funny, but I think that's a beautiful character description. I'd write that play.