Stephanie Klein Greek Tragedy

(Finding the Extraordinary on an ordinary rainy day)
I sometimes think there are hidden secrets in our lives. Not things that we don’t want to tell people, or things about which we’re embarrassed, but the kind of secrets the universe…

 
I love this. These Ray Lamontagne moments, where you’re just sitting at a bar with a glass of Rioja, listening to the soulful voice, the one that sings about flowers falling from hair, about how he’s been to hell…

There are always obvious answers, easy choices, roads well-traveled. In fact, standardized tests bank on it, presenting the lazy, most commonly incorrect answer as choice "C" (also the default letter in the A-E of multiple choice answers). No doubt there…

 
I was thinking today about empowering moments in my life, underdog moments, rising above it, I don’t give a shit what you think moments.
They come down to being told "no," and doing it anyway. They’re defiant moments.  I…

I’ve always loved this idea: making a fiction collage of each character, complete with the actor prototype in mind. I’m doing it now for the television version of Straight Up and Dirty. I love this exercise, to know the contents…

Lately people have been asking to see a little bit of the thought process that goes on here in my workshop. I consider this blog, in many ways, a focus group when I need some help or opinions. So feel…

Ralph Bellamy was a character actor, sometimes known for playing "the almost." The almost right guy. He’s the one viewers thought, even for a moment, our female protagonist might just fall for in the end. In his roles in The…

Without fail, I’m usually asked to describe myself in a word. A single word, as if that’s even possible. "Fine," they say, "describe yourself in five words." I need to roll up my sleeves and get this one down because…