Megan Cohen is Astonished by the Internet

Just took a quick peek behind the virtual curtain, to check on my site logs– here are the top ten cities my visitors are coming from this month.  What cool surprises!  Check it. Continue reading

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Three Little Dumplings: An Introduction

In celebration of the upcoming premiere of my new play “Three Little Dumplings Go Bananas” at the 2012 Bay One Acts Festival April 22 – May 12 in San Francisco, here’s a quick introduction to how the Dumpling Universe came about!  Continue reading

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Monday Night with My Writing Partner: Tags, Tropes, & The Most Beautiful Woman In The World

Tonight, I am taking a night off from the screenplay (and the other play, and rehearsal, and the OTHER play, but mostly the screenplay).  Why?

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So, This is Happening.

imageHere’s what’s up with me right now.  What’s happening in your house?  Want to see if we can both finish our screenplays by the end of the month?  – Xoxo Megan

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How Being Featured on Lifehacker Made me Love Cheese (and Hate M.F.A. Programs) Even More

My writer’s block solution idea was featured on the Lifehacker blog!  It’s so cool that blogger Alan Henry saw it as a solution not just to writer’s block, but to stymied creativity in general… which got me thinking about cheese.  Check it.

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Writer’s Block: The Solution to Good Ideas

Writer’s Block is a luxury disease, like feeling too sweaty in your satin pajamas, or having a lobster allergy.  That’s not to say I don’t ever have Writer’s Block.  In fact I have it right now.  Sort of.  Let’s ask a quick question.

Question: Megan, how can you be actively writing 5 projects across 4 different media, for several hours every day, with fairly satisfactory progress, and still consider yourself blocked?

Answer: LIFE IS FULL OF SURPRISES.

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Writing is Actually Doing Something

Whether I am writing a play or a game, I mostly use a computer, but in any process, there comes a moment when a computer just doesn’t have enough storytelling horsepower, and you gotta kick it old skool. Continue reading

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The Oath of Megan Cohen

I, Megan Cohen, playwright, friend to the meek, and transmedia cultural juggernaut, now begin this blog.  Here is my bloggers’ oath.

* I will post about projects I’m working on, about some of the people I’m working with, and about things I see and notice which make me be like “THAT’S THE JAM!”

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