Doctor Who Writer in the House

Exciting stuff, I'm going to be able to ask writer Paul Cornell some questions for a "Ten Minutes With..." section for one of the magazines I write for. Paul wrote one of my fave Dr Who eps ever, so I'll be thinking of some qs for him over the next few days.

Been having a bit of a Clea DuVall marathon the past few days - the Faculty, Girl, Interrupted, But I'm a Cheerleader, Sleeping Beauties, her Buffy ep (season 1 ep 11, Out of Sight, Out of Mind). I am inspired. Not in an up yer own arse arty way, but... yeh, okay, maybe a little.

I have actually had some ideas flowing for a play. Following on from the scene I wrote for the Valentine's themed show, I've seen where the ideas in it could lead. Maybe that scene could be part of a bigger play. I mean, I don't know for sure. All I do know is that the big idea I wanted to work on as part of my mentoring scheme isn't really getting anywhere, so I might as well see where this takes me. I do worry that because it's coming easily that somehow means it's not as good as, say, something which was a very hard process to write. But I'm beginning to reason that maybe something comes easily because it's meant to be, the story is telling itself because you need to tell it, even if it's for cathartic purposes for yourself and noone else ever sees it, or because its a story with a shared theme that is relateable that ends up getting seen by others.

If you have a talent for something or an idea flowing, then you should go with it, right? We'll see what my mentor says. If it turns out my Valentine's full play idea is indeed rubbish, I will quickly retract, or indeed renege, on all that I just said, lol.