I had to update my Playwright's profile on the Playwrights Guild of Canada website.
I hadn't updated in over ten years.
There was the option to add a descriptor. Emerging? Or Established?
Years ago, it was easy. I was just starting to write plays. At the time, I was "emerging".
I've gotten older. But it would be a stretch to call myself "established".
I don't feel like I've produced enough or at a high enough level to consider myself established.
But it also seems strange to keep calling myself "emerging".
I wrote my first play seventeen years ago!
That's one heck of a long emergence!
So, I left it blank.
It's also been a few years since I've been writing consistently.
A Covid casualty.
At least, that's what I tell myself.
In some ways, I feel like I'm starting over. So, maybe I am emerging.
Or at least resurfacing.
That's it. I'm a resurfacing playwright.
And it isn't the label that's important anyway.
It's the process.
I'm working on a play. So, I'm a playwright.
And that's good enough for me.
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