Posted on 04/01/05
How does he know a play is finished?
It's a terrible admission to make, David Gow concedes with a hearty laugh, but some of his best writing has required no work at all. The dialogue of his two major plays, for example -- Cherry Docs and Bea's Niece -- simply funnelled into his brain from some unknown source, like automatic writing. He heard the words and wrote them down. It's the play-writing equivalent of what athletes call being in the zone: an endorphin-laced sense that every move you make is the right one.
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