Thompson Scribner Playwriting Blog

Hey y’all! I’ve been cranking away on my second draft of TKoDM, and I wanted to share my most recent two scenes! Playwriting is strange. Sometimes you’ll feel that you’re really cooking, really making steps forward with your work. It’s really pleasant to get that feeling, especially on a second draft. It means your making… Read more

Hey y’all! Exciting news. I’ve just started submitting to short play festivals and 10-minute play competitions for the first time ever! The play I’ve submitted is my 3rd draft of OFFICE SPACE, which I have posted early versions of before. I’m super excited to be moving in the direction of finishing drafts of shows, and… Read more

Hey y’all, I’m back! It’s been a minute since I’ve posted on here, but it’s not that I haven’t been writing. I’ve been working really intensely on a scene that I previewed here a while ago, called “Office Space“, which is now going through 2nd and 3rd draft phases. I’m really excited about that piece,… Read more

I’m trying to be better about trusting my instincts and staying in the moment as a playwright. I felt like I followed through on that aim during my last writing session (writing Office Space), but I want to be able to do more than just one person scenes, as a stream of consciousness. I tried… Read more

Today I made my first real post-college purchase: a textbook. the book is called Decentered Playwrighting: Alternative Techniques for the Stage, with a foreword by David Henry Hwang. Within the first 20 pages I knew that I’ve been too pigeon-holed in my approach to playwriting, I’ve been holding on to rules that I don’t even… Read more

This is an old project that I just decided to revisit! Keep in mind, that this blog is for works-in-progress, and the first few scenes of this are definitely in that zone. I was still figuring out the characters, changing their names, their attributes, their accents, everything. Starting on page 13 is what I’ve written… Read more

Hey everyone! After getting some very helpful feedback on my last draft, I decided to rewrite the final act/scene of this play. I was also heavily inspired by the play References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, by José Rivera, which my good friend Morgan recommended I read this week (thanks Mo!) I hope you… Read more

Here’s the final scene/act of this draft! I always have a hard time with finishing projects, so I’ve found that the best method for me is trying to get the thing down on paper, and then leave the draft alone for a little while before returning with fresh eyes. I’m really excited to have finished… Read more

Here’s the next scene in the sequence! Hope you guys like it. I think I’ve got about one more movement in this piece but then the first draft might be completely finished. Read more

Hey Everyone! Here’s the 3rd scene I’ve written so far on this play (If you haven’t read the preceding scenes, I’d recommend catching up before reading this one). I’ve played with the idea of this being a full length play, a one act, a 10 minute play, and honestly, I’m not sure what is going… Read more