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I have a question for Louis. What do I do? Send him an email - louis.broome@gmail.com - or drop by the Zig Zag on a Thursday night. On Louis' work I want to stage, make a movie of, write a comic or opera based on Texarkana Waltz. How do I get the rights? Contact Louis' agent, Ken Triwush. Why write in verse? Walter Kerr wrote, "Verse is the natural language of theatre." He's right. Verse is the most efficient way to pack drama-worthy thoughts and emotions into the fewest possible number of words. Once you get the hang of it, writing verse no more difficult or time consuming than writing good prose, which is monsterously difficult and time consuming. What's Louis working on now? I’m spending most of what little time I have for writing on A Trick or Treat, a full length play in verse. I’m developing the play on my Open Source Blog, and you’ll find a ridiculous amount of promotional goings on here. I’ve been re-reading the Sandman comics, the new bound and slip-cased edition. It deserves its reputation, and Neil really is a genius. In the back of the book is the script for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Writing a comic is not like writing a screenplay or a play. It’s its own beast, one I’d like to wrangle. On Louis What kind of name is Broome? British, I think. You find a lot of Broomes in former British penal colonies. |