Civilians R & D Group . He ’ s also taught playwriting , screenwriting , academic writing and dramatic literature at Harvard University , Princeton University , and Tufts University . When asked what advice he would give playwrights just starting out , he says it all comes back to persistence . “ I think the thing I ’ ve learned the hard way is that it just takes time and you have to believe in yourself . It ’ s all about knowing when something can be better and knowing when to stand by your work — the tricky dichotomy between that ; when you know that you ’ ve got something good and you ’ re a good writer , you need to learn endurance . A big part of it is that it ’ s not a sprint , it ’ s a marathon . It takes a long time for your work to be recognized and produced . And even once you ’ re produced there are new headaches . So , it comes back to endurance . I think that ’ s how you make a life in the arts : there ’ s a lot of rejection , a lot of disappointment , but you have to weather the storm if you truly believe in your work .”•
February 23 - March 18 Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre , 224 Waverly Place New York , NY