Staci Swedeen

Playwright, Author, Actor

New Years Eve Lobster

The Hudson River

Your trash is my treasure

Hey? Are you copying me?

Finding ways to fence sand

South Carolina - where the waves of inspiration roll in...

Welcome to Madi's world

March 24 Morning...a Spring Deer

Dorothy Parker - shoot me now!

June 11, 2009

Tags: On Writing and Wit

American author Dorothy Parker once wrote, "If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they're happy."

Yes - shoot me now! Writing is the ever-receding horizon. Just about the time I think I know what I'm doing it becomes apparent that I don't. So rather than write anything today I went searching for more quips and quotes by (more…)

A Few Of My Plays

Full Buck Moon
Three character, one set full length play
The Goldman Project
"The Goldman Project Should Be On Every Serious Theatregoer's To Do List" The Journal News
Three Forks
"Three Forks mixes right ingredients." Miami Herald
The Frozen Grail
Did Peary really make it to the Pole?
Collected One Acts
A Little Bit of Culture
An Evening of Short Comedies Exploring Reality, Relationships, and Love