Navigating danger

I've figured out that the most important thing to do when planning a play is NOT TO WRITE. That's when the wheels fall off the wagon … And the wagon falls off the cliff and end up in a nasty fire with no survivors. After my dramaturgical session on Saturday (which was very, very good) I have more ideas than you can poke a stick at and I just want to write them . NO! STOP! DANGER AHEAD! Turn around and actually find out who is in the wagon and why they are there. So, at the moment, all I am doing is trying to figure out these characters down to their last toenail. Stella, the main character, wears blue toenail polish, in case you were wondering. During the session C came up with the idea that Pup, the one that turns quite nasty through the play, is actually quite a clumsy fellow who is quite weak and a failure in life. That's much better than he being this nice smart man that turns bad. Although there has to be hope that everything is going to turn out for the best or else there is going to be no point in watching the play. Hope, just like in life, is very important in a play. Wow. The truisms I come out with are quite astonishing. It also looks like a couple of characters are going to go by the wayside. I'm desperately trying to hold onto one of them and there still could be a place for her but we'll see how the planning goes.