Bit By Bit, Putting It Together... Piece

I'm Sure Many Writers Have These Strange, Tiny Little Habits.

The Last Collaborator Is Your Audience ... When The Audience Comes In, It Changes The Temperature Of What You've Written. Things That Seem To Work Well -- Work In A Sense Of Carry The Story Forward And Be Integral To The Piece -- Suddenly Become A Little Less Relevant Or A Little Less Functional Or A Little Overlong Or A Little Overweight Or A Little Whatever. And So You Start Reshaping From An Audience.

I'm Interested In The Theater Because I'm Interested In Communication With Audiences. Otherwise I Would Be In Concert Music.

I Fell Into Lyric Writing Because Of Music. I Backed Into It.

I Firmly Believe Lyrics Have To Breathe And Give The Audience's Ear A Chance To Understand What's Going On. Particularly In The Theater, Where You Have Costume, Story, Acting, Orchestra.