From the personal notebooks of Tennessee Williams (he just won a play contest, sponsored by the Group Theatre – he is not famous yet):<\/p>\n
My next play will be simple, direct and terrible – a picture of my own heart – there will be no artifice in it – I will speak truth as I see it – distort as I see distortion – be wild as I am wild – tender as I am tender – mad as I am mad – passionate as I am passionate – It will be myself without concealment or evasion and with a fearless unashamed frontal assault upon life that will leave no room for trepidation. I believe that the way to write a good play is to convince yourself that it is easy<\/u> to do – then go ahead and do it with ease<\/u>. Don’t maul, don’t suffer, don’t groan – till the first draft is finished. Then Calvary<\/u> – but not till then. Doubt – and be lost – until the first draft is finished.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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