How long does it take to write a play?
I get asked this sometimes. Here’s the answer:
Sometimes 46 minutes.
Sometimes a couple of weeks.
Sometimes a few months.
Sometimes four and a half years — as in the case of the play I just finished. Started it in 2008, and then oddly today I had the feeling that I could finish it. No, I don’t know why. Hadn’t even looked at it in years. But I cracked it open and looked at it and, yes, finished it.
(Which means there’s still hope for the play I started in 1990….)