DOWNER - MONA DOESN'T GO
It takes me a while until getting to the point where I actually make the decision to submit one of my plays. There is the usual self-doubt and is it play-worthy and entertaining most of all. When and if I do submit, hope springs eternal in my breast that it could make the grade. Visions of it actually being performed before an audience who clap in appreciation accompany the "submit" button or the actual act of mailing the envelope.
Just came back from checking the Snowdance Festival site in the hope that my name was among the lucky ten playwrights whose plays were accepted. It wasn't.
Inject deep sigh here.
Having not received a notification one way or the other, the only means in which playwrights would know is to continually check their site. That I did - and then some.
The play submitted, "Dusting Mona" was one of my recent creations and IMHO it's well written and entertaining. Obviously not entertaining enough to make the grade.
Inject another deep sigh here.
It was mailed this time since that was their preference and now I'm wondering whether it was ever received. Actually, I would prefer to believe that they never received it rather than believe it wasn't good enough. I'm going to opt for the first. Rejection is part of playwriting or any type of writing but it never gets easier as anyone who is in this milieu will attest. I like to believe that the audience doesn't know what they're missing. Let's just say that Mona and other literary friends are taking a rest.
It takes me a while until getting to the point where I actually make the decision to submit one of my plays. There is the usual self-doubt and is it play-worthy and entertaining most of all. When and if I do submit, hope springs eternal in my breast that it could make the grade. Visions of it actually being performed before an audience who clap in appreciation accompany the "submit" button or the actual act of mailing the envelope.
Just came back from checking the Snowdance Festival site in the hope that my name was among the lucky ten playwrights whose plays were accepted. It wasn't.
Inject deep sigh here.
Having not received a notification one way or the other, the only means in which playwrights would know is to continually check their site. That I did - and then some.
The play submitted, "Dusting Mona" was one of my recent creations and IMHO it's well written and entertaining. Obviously not entertaining enough to make the grade.
Inject another deep sigh here.
It was mailed this time since that was their preference and now I'm wondering whether it was ever received. Actually, I would prefer to believe that they never received it rather than believe it wasn't good enough. I'm going to opt for the first. Rejection is part of playwriting or any type of writing but it never gets easier as anyone who is in this milieu will attest. I like to believe that the audience doesn't know what they're missing. Let's just say that Mona and other literary friends are taking a rest.
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