I received lovely emails today. The first was the appraisal that my publisher undertook on my second play. It contained much praise, and some useful constructive criticism. The second was an email saying "Yes, we would like to publish it".
Now as I have already had one published, you might think that this was a little less exciting for me, but I have to say that it is even better this time. The first play was, let's say a little less confident than it could have been. Perhaps I didn't believe that anyone would really like it? When, to my surprise, it got accepted, I found that I was able to remove some of the shackles, and just write with a little more freedom. Whilst I am not sure that the writing was any better for it, I certainly enjoyed the process more, and it actually felt like I was writing something worthwhile. Both of the plays have been one-act, experimental plays for large, youth casts, and I am embarking on a couple of other plays now which are both already pencilled in for performance. This sounds a little more impressive than it actually is, but I am then going to try my hand at writing something for the adult market, and something that we could call a little more edgy. Whatever happens, I now have two emails saying, yes, we liked it, we would like to publish it, and that can never be taken away from me :-)
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