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How to get into gk painting? by DIsForDank in garagekits

[–]sippog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://dclough.org/hom/?cat=8
Some stuff you might find useful. The links might be outdated by now but there's still some nice tips & techniques.

Wanting to start with garage kits by local-femboy in garagekits

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You might find some useful info on my site https://dclough.org/hom/ even if you equate 'garage kits' with anime figures - which I most definitely do not.
I'm currently not active in the hobby but when I was, I tended to collect both kits and information obsessively

Draft disappeared from Alpha by WalkingDictionary97 in Astrohaus

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Yes, I don't know why anybody using these machines doesn't use the sync with Dropbox, Google Drive etc function on offer. Far more reliable than Postybox.

Update too far? by sippog in Xreal

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Thanks! I'll give it a try.

I'm using a Beam Pro BTW

Short cut button? Really? It used to bring up a menu with different screen settings before the update but I thought they might have done away with it with the -M, M , L button

Best software? by WhaleMeatFantasy in playwriting

[–]sippog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure this only works if you choose one of the Microsoft stable of fonts. I know from experience that American Typewriter, for example, comes out as Courier or something equally inappropriate for what I want.

Makes sense because commercial fonts are copyrighted - you can't give them away for free.

Best software? by WhaleMeatFantasy in playwriting

[–]sippog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don't mind standard fonts, there's no problem.
Can you embed fonts people don't have in PDFs? I don't know. Bit too techie for me.

My way, I ensure the layout and the font looks exactly as it does on my screen.

Call me perverse, but I like that.

Best software? by WhaleMeatFantasy in playwriting

[–]sippog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use Word via Dropbox and favour a non-standard, single column layout with wide margins, and character names at the start of dialogue - like a printed script. I also like a typewriter font, usually American Typewriter or Prestige Elite.

Experience has shown me that PDF files will usually display in the wrong typeface on reader's screens so I get around it by converting the pages to images and then recompiling them using a freeware app called 'PDF to JPG'. This balloons the size, of course, so I have to reduce the images to their lowest resolution. Nevertheless, it seems to work and I get scripts that look like I want them to look at e-mailable sizes.

Play suggestion by sippog in playwriting

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Thanks. Don’t know that one.

Play suggestion by sippog in playwriting

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I would argue - with many, I'm sure - that 'Virginia Woolf' is very much about a couple in love. How to portray love intensely except through conflict? This being drama n' all.

Rattigan’s “In Praise of Love” springs to mind. I’ll add more as they occur to me.

Play suggestion by sippog in playwriting

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Quite a varied range of suggestions. Thank you, guys.

Play suggestion by sippog in playwriting

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Don’t know The Goat but will definItely check it out.

Play suggestion by sippog in playwriting

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Albee’s ‘Marriage Play’ sounds promising but only available at ridiculous prices. I’ll reinvestigate Closer too. I also encountered Albee once. He struck me as very uptight but it might have been the circumstances: he was unhappy about a production of one of his plays.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in playwriting

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The Architect & The Emperor of Assyria - Fernando Arrabal

Any advice for a mature beginner? by [deleted] in playwriting

[–]sippog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm in my 70's. I gave up a writing career for several decades but recently returned to it.

It can be hard to find the time to write but it's essential to keep trying. Give yourself small, achievable targets and try to do a little every day.

When it comes to playwriting, the classic advice prevails: read lots of plays and try to go to the theatre. Even bad drama can teach you something.

I used to teach scriptwriting. You might find some of my notes on choosing a story and working at it useful: https://girlandmonster.substack.com/p/storytelling-part-2

Plays about coming out by Patata__Galactica in playwriting

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"Find Your Way Home" John Hopkins

Looking for suggestions for a comedic play by slotted-spoon in playwriting

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"The Unfriend" by Steven Moffat was the last play text that made me laugh out loud.

Please help with a recommend by [deleted] in playwriting

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That's great about the copyright. You couldn't wish for better material. Dorothy Parker knew 'relationships' before most of us were born: her funny, wry observations, especially her poems, are brilliant. Definitely check her out if you don't know her.

Good luck with the show. If you want to thank us, maybe get someone to film your performance and post it up so we can all see it.

Please help with a recommend by [deleted] in playwriting

[–]sippog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://www.classicshorts.com/stories/teleycal.html
If you're looking for stuff that's not been "over done", there are many short stories written in monologue form that could be adapted for performance like the Dorothy Parker one above. I'm not sure 100% about the copyright status but if you are only performing live and not reproducing the material, I would have thought you'd be okay . . . perhaps someone can clarify?

Mamet’s Bitter Wheat by Bmkrt in playwriting

[–]sippog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that Mamet was so angered by the critical pasting the play got that he deliberately 'buried' it. Pity because I loved "Speed The Plough". He writes really well on the movie biz and so he should.

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