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You think writing’s bad? Try acting.

You think writing’s bad? Try acting.

By Meg Rosoff on 11 November 2011

What follows is an email sent last week by my friend, the actor Kerry Shale. It’s too good not to share, and makes me grateful for the more gentle horrors of the blank page. “So, this play. Best script I’ve worked on ever and a part made for me. A smart, self-loathing Jew but not a [...]

Posted in Blog | Tagged acting, acting's worse than writing, kerry shale, stage fright, the black dog, the blank page | 4 Responses

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