January 7, 2011

Dusting of snow at morning. You never know what readjustments this will require, what with things closing and things delayed.

School schedule a disaster, classes dealt at random hours that prevent blocks of time from gathering for writing or other projects. I suppose this is OK, considering the greedy abundance I have had for the past few months.

Have been living in action and had little time for reflection, so journal writing will be at an ebb for a while.

Concerning the commission: shall I make Vance behave and speak like a contemporary person? Of course. Will this irritate significant portions of the audience, who will have come to see a sort of historical diorama? Of course. You want to cite what Shakespeare did with his historical characters, but that puts you and Shakespeare in the same sentence, and eyebrows arch over that.