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Written By Josh James - Link Fu!

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

A handy Link file of my online written monologues, short plays and sketches and the like … enjoy!
Written by Josh James -

Orphan Monologue: Happy Wendy (NSFW)
Paul On The Plane - A Very Short Play
Pauline On The Plane - A Very Short Play
DIPLOMACY - A Short Play
Orphan Monologue: LANNA AT THE WEDDING (NSFW)
Robot Monster - […]

Please Buy My Books

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Okay, forgive me but I’m gonna pimp some of my work that’s currently in publication.
If you dig fast, funny short plays, my collection The THE Plays is now available through Original Works Publishing, just click HERE for more information.
It’s a raw and fun selection of my pieces, I think you’ll dig them.

“The […]

“The THE Plays” a short play collection by Joshua James

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

This is a repost, I’m gonna keep pimping my plays that are coming out in book form, I hope you don’t mind.
The collection known as The THE Plays is now available through Original Works Publishing, just click HERE for more information.
It’s a raw and fun selection of my pieces, I think you’ll dig […]

“The THE Plays” by Joshua James

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

My collection known as The THE Plays is now available through Original Works Publishing, just click HERE for more information.
It’s a raw and fun selection of my pieces, I think you’ll dig them.

“The THE Plays” a short play collection by Joshua James
The THE Plays features the following works:
[…]

Keeping Drafts

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Following up on yesterday’s post about ACTIVE, COMPLETED and DONE versions of the scripts (there is no real DONE, btw, it’s an ideal that one reaches for cannot ever really reach, it’s zen, baby) I also wanted to mention this.
Keep all your drafts.
That means when you complete your rough draft, save it and […]

Rapping On Writing - In The Folder Marked “Screenplays” …

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

This may not interest those who aren’t writers, but in the folder marked screenplays …. Wait, back up a minute …
Obviously on my computer I have a folder titled, appropriately enough, “Josh’s Folder” (which goes hand in hand with the computer, called “Josh’s computer) and in Josh’s folder I have MORE folders, some for […]

Adam Szymkowicz: I interview Playwrights Part 183: Joshua James

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

Adam included me on his great Interview series over at his blog and mine went up today, you can read it here: Adam Szymkowicz: I interview Playwrights Part 183: Joshua James
Check it out and let me know your thoughts on it, over there, if you please.

Be well, everyone, and have a safe Memorial Day […]

Rapping On Writing Link Fu!

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Some quick links to my Rapping On Writing articles … the newest added additions:
Options, We Got Options!
What The Tide Brings … On The Writing Biz & Patience
Responding to Negative Critical Feedback, Rule Number One
Dunning–Kruger Effect
And the rest of ‘em, all lined up for you … Rapping On Writing:
What Writing Be?
The Last Gasp
Fingers To The […]

Mommy Dearest - A Monologue (NSFW)

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

MOMMY DEAREST
(excerpted from Spooge - The Sex & Love Monologues.)

LIGHTS UP
(An older lady, in her sixties, sits in a rocking chair and knits a sweater.)
MOMMY
You know, when my husband had the accident and then died, I was completely unprepared for real life. I’d been a housewife for forty-some years, I didn’t know how […]

The Fight - A Short Play

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

THE FIGHT
(some language - NSFW- production notes at the end.)
Lights up.
(MARCUS, a tall, muscular man holding a briefcase and a newspaper, waits for a bus.
SHERMAN, a very short despondent man, joins him at the curb. SHERMAN is dressed very well in a suit. He also has a briefcase and an […]

David Mamet’s Master Class Memo to the Writers of The Unit | Movieline

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Via Alex at Complications Ensue: David Mamet’s Master Class Memo to the Writers of The Unit | Movieline
Here’s a snippet … click on the link above to read the whole thing.
“TO THE WRITERS OF THE UNIT
GREETINGS.
AS WE LEARN HOW TO WRITE THIS SHOW, A RECURRING PROBLEM BECOMES CLEAR.
THE PROBLEM IS THIS: TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN […]