Over the weekend, I was playing around with layouts and experimenting with trim sizes for upcoming chaps and it occurred to me that while the slim 5 x 8 layout doesn't work for most poems unless they are just a few skinny lines, the size would be perfect for drama scripts. Since I was ordering a round of proofs for a couple upcoming titles, I did a rough layout on my very first play, since I plan to eventually self-publish these as well most likely and the result looks great. There a few formatting things to correct that I haven't fixed in the print version (which required a little bit different formatting than the electronic version I posted at the New Play Exchange.) But otherwise its looking good. It feels finished, but then again, drama feels wholly different, subject to changes and revisions that come with performances and live readings and are more of a living document than poems, that usually are the final version in published forms (well, theoretically, I have a few poems that…
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