Ask the Author: Alanna McFall
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Alanna McFall
Anything in one of Tamora Pierce's fantasy worlds, because I am enough of a crafter to want to try out the thread magic she includes in her settings.
Alanna McFall
Usually I have a random idea that ends up percolating in my head for a while before I commit it to paper, but I also have been very thankful for opportunities in my writing life, like PlayGround theater, where I get to write to prompts. Having structure and direct inspiration is a wonderful thing for me, even if (or especially when) the ideas spiral out far away from where they began.
Alanna McFall
Getting to share my make-believe worlds and my characters with other people. Even going back to playing pretend as a child, I have always wanted to bring other people into my stories.
Alanna McFall
Ooh, most of the way through summer by now, but I am currently reading Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood, and the next in my queue is Matilda by Roald Dahl. I grew up with the movie but have never read the book!
Alanna McFall
Take care of your mental health and make your own well-being your priority, not your work. When you are able to be healthier, your work will be healthier and flourish.
Alanna McFall
Is it strange to admit that the seed of The Traveling Triple-C Incorporeal Circus came from a random prompt generator? I was clicking through random prompts as a writing exercise and stumbled across something about ghosts and road trips that sat in my brain for a while. I had already been mulling over a story with a mime and the two mixed together in my head to create the rough premise for Triple-C.
Alanna McFall
I am currently working on a full-length play that was commissioned by PlayGround SF and Planet Earth Arts; it is an expansion of my ten-minute play "Sh*t Farming for Fun and Profit".
The play will follow wives Jenna, an environmental scientist, and Moira, a farmer, as they navigate the tenuous place that they and their children hold their small town while still trying to create real change in the world around them. It has been a fascinating piece to work on over the last few months and I cannot wait to see it continue to grow and evolve as I sit with these characters for longer.
The play will follow wives Jenna, an environmental scientist, and Moira, a farmer, as they navigate the tenuous place that they and their children hold their small town while still trying to create real change in the world around them. It has been a fascinating piece to work on over the last few months and I cannot wait to see it continue to grow and evolve as I sit with these characters for longer.
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