Playwriting – Marie Cooper https://www.mariecooperactor.com Norfolk Actor and Playwright Wed, 03 Apr 2024 06:15:34 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.mariecooperactor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cropped-Logo-for-WP.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Playwriting – Marie Cooper https://www.mariecooperactor.com 32 32 149882402 First HighTide Writers Group Meeting https://www.mariecooperactor.com/first-hightide-writers-group-meeting/ https://www.mariecooperactor.com/first-hightide-writers-group-meeting/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2024 11:21:06 +0000 https://www.mariecooperactor.com/?p=117161 Reading Time: 2 minutesNervous about meeting experienced Playwrights, I confronted my insecurities and felt less alone as we shared inspirations, leaving me enthused and eager for our journey together.

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]]> https://www.mariecooperactor.com/first-hightide-writers-group-meeting/feed/ 0 117161 Marie Cooper’s Writing Space https://www.mariecooperactor.com/writing-space/ https://www.mariecooperactor.com/writing-space/#respond Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:30:37 +0000 https://www.mariecooperactor.com/?p=7359 Reading Time: 3 minutesThe table on which I work, where I write, where I learn lines, where I memorise scenarios for roleplays, where I have breakfast, where I read, where I just sit and watch the birds

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]]> https://www.mariecooperactor.com/writing-space/feed/ 0 7359 Editing the Script https://www.mariecooperactor.com/editing-the-script/ https://www.mariecooperactor.com/editing-the-script/#respond Thu, 29 Jul 2021 16:33:00 +0000 https://www.mariecooperactor.com/?p=6611 Reading Time: 5 minutesThis week has been all about the edit. I started to adapt a short stage play I wrote into an audio play. Changing one, short line set off a whole cascade of further additions, questions and research rabbit holes.

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]]> https://www.mariecooperactor.com/editing-the-script/feed/ 0 6611 28 Plays Later Zoomthrough https://www.mariecooperactor.com/28-plays-later-zoomthrough-2021/ https://www.mariecooperactor.com/28-plays-later-zoomthrough-2021/#respond Sun, 28 Mar 2021 17:50:26 +0000 https://www.mariecooperactor.com/?p=5532 Reading Time: 2 minutesI was fortunate that one of my plays was chosen from the 28 Plays Later submissions for the Readthroughs, after the challenge. It was the first draft, as the readthroughs had to be the exact, unedited script that we writers had originally submitted during the 28 Plays Later challenge. The full list of all of […]

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]]> https://www.mariecooperactor.com/28-plays-later-zoomthrough-2021/feed/ 0 5532 Reflections on 28 Plays Later, 2021 https://www.mariecooperactor.com/writing-28-plays-in-28-days/ https://www.mariecooperactor.com/writing-28-plays-in-28-days/#respond Mon, 01 Mar 2021 21:36:35 +0000 https://www.mariecooperactor.com/?p=5110 Reading Time: 5 minutesThis was the first time I’d taken on this challenge, to write 28 Plays in the 28 days of February. I knew it wasn’t going to be easy. It wouldn’t be much of a challenge if it was now, would it?. My brain did, at times, try to resist and procrastinate, to make it easier […]

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]]> https://www.mariecooperactor.com/writing-28-plays-in-28-days/feed/ 0 5110 February Playwriting Retreat for 28 Plays Later https://www.mariecooperactor.com/february-playwriting-retreat/ https://www.mariecooperactor.com/february-playwriting-retreat/#respond Sun, 24 Jan 2021 23:28:45 +0000 https://www.mariecooperactor.com/?p=4887 Reading Time: 3 minutesI’m trying to get organised for the month ahead for 28 Plays Later. I’m writing this blog post now because I know what’s coming. Oh, my God! That sounds like something out of a horror novel. My time is short, so I write this to you now. Knowing that soon it will be too late. […]

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]]> https://www.mariecooperactor.com/february-playwriting-retreat/feed/ 0 4887 Playwriting Impostor! https://www.mariecooperactor.com/playwriting-impostor/ https://www.mariecooperactor.com/playwriting-impostor/#respond Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:00:07 +0000 https://www.mariecooperactor.com/?p=4528 Reading Time: 5 minutesPeople tend to put their best selves on the internet. Their positives. Their achievements. All the things that are going well in life. And I am no exception. I do not like to dwell on the negative as a rule. I tend to brush the bad aside as soon as I can and move forwards. […]

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]]> https://www.mariecooperactor.com/playwriting-impostor/feed/ 0 4528 Arts Council England Free Reads https://www.mariecooperactor.com/arts-council-england-free-reads/ https://www.mariecooperactor.com/arts-council-england-free-reads/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2019 01:17:32 +0000 http://www.mariecooperactor.com/?p=1766 Reading Time: 4 minutesI am finally able to announce that I am one of the winners of the 2018-19 TLC Free Reads. It’s a scheme run by Arts Council England for talented writers on low incomes. Update: Sadly, my bio wasn’t included on the winners’  for last year or this year. TLC says I should have been on […]

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]]> https://www.mariecooperactor.com/arts-council-england-free-reads/feed/ 0 1766 Read, Write, Chat Meetup – 13th July 2018 https://www.mariecooperactor.com/read-write-chat/ https://www.mariecooperactor.com/read-write-chat/#respond Sat, 14 Jul 2018 07:00:29 +0000 https://mariecooperactor.wordpress.com/?p=905 Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow Marie Cooper used a piece of writing homework from Read Write Chat Meetup group to prompt her to write a scene for her play script.

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]]> https://www.mariecooperactor.com/read-write-chat/feed/ 0 905 Acting at Playwriting MA Creative Project https://www.mariecooperactor.com/ma-creative-project/ https://www.mariecooperactor.com/ma-creative-project/#respond Tue, 15 May 2018 06:15:47 +0000 https://mariecooperactor.wordpress.com/?p=862 Reading Time: 2 minutesNorwich actor, Marie Cooper intended on writing a one person show for her creative project. She got stuck, went to a talk by James Graham and changed her mind

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