tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984092.post116229920298245719..comments2023-07-01T06:39:57.507-07:00Comments on Sabrina Mei-Li Smith: This is how I feel about TheatreSabrina Mei-Li Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16518335798733880920noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984092.post-1162328290783247492006-10-31T12:58:00.000-08:002006-10-31T12:58:00.000-08:00Writer development is a thorny issue overall, as i...Writer development is a thorny issue overall, as is any kind of artist development. The problem with many development schemes I've experienced (Momentum not among them as I don't really know it) is that they lack any real ability to produce the work of the people they are developing. They also miss out on the fact that traditional producers in literature - theatres, publishers etc, do lots of development work with the people they work with. Given the option between a place on a writer development scheme or 5 minutes with an editor from a big publlisher, I'd take the 5 minutes every time.Damien G Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11884267509794763738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984092.post-1162309266160529062006-10-31T07:41:00.000-08:002006-10-31T07:41:00.000-08:00Well hte best way to develop an art form is to rea...Well hte best way to develop an art form is to react against the norm or status quo! I think that The Momentm programme is good to give us a startingbord for really doing what WE want to. Its that whole "Take on bord the rules before you break them... then you really know what your fighting against" (End quote Drunk Emma Rosoman!)Sabrina Mei-Li Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16518335798733880920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984092.post-1162307742584908002006-10-31T07:15:00.000-08:002006-10-31T07:15:00.000-08:00I've put a link to this on my blog too. It does s...I've put a link to this on my blog too. It does sum up a lot of how I feel about Momentum. I mean, I will still continue to go to Momentum, but I do feel that it would be nice to have chance to develop our plays, rather than just being encouraged to write them. Also, I think that there's no encouragement about what to do with our plays after the session is over - if TWP don't want to include your work in their festival, then that's it, and it's very easy to let your work fall to the wayside, rather than shop it around or try to develop it on your own. There's little information provided on how to go about and do those things, as though (for example) the Leicester Haymarket is the only theatre in existance, and if they don't want it, then that's the end of the line for that play. Even putting on new plays locally would be a good initiative. Perhaps after LadyFest I will start again looking into putting on our own play festival.Lucy Ann Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024780152614835172noreply@blogger.com