Writing is more creative than housework any day

Cold mornings and blocked noses are good excuses to stay in bed but if you are like me and feel guilty about the washing up still in the sink or the pile of clothes in the dirty laundry basket,then creeping back under the covers and forgetting the world is hard to do...so I grab my iPad and tap out some notes....it makes me feel - well at least I am doing something. what's more important ? Washing up or creating a possible masterpiece ? Perhaps, not a masterpiece but I have two new plays, a couple of half written poems and a short story that is getting longer each day. Ideas are not the problem. Starting is not the problem. Finishing them - is !  O I know how they'll finish, well most of the time but I just don't have time to finish!! O for a day that has thirty hours or more. O for a P.A who could type as quick as I think . O to make just enough money so I can give up work and finally have time to write and do the housework... or better still afford a cleaner !  I have finished some plays of course they are now on my website.www.scripts4stage.com. And now four of them available on Amazon. just search one act plays by Bev Clark but I have so much more to write ....so for now the dishes can wait!
What do I write ? Drama comedy horror romance I think I can tackle most genres although supernatural and twist in the tale are my favourite.... and that reminds me my new ghostly one act drama The Ghost Crib should be out next week on Amazon . A haunting period drama about a girl possessed.  I have also just finished putting together a book of poetry. Perhaps I shouldn't be so hard on myself I am finishing some stuff. Now should I get up and go to Tesco or should I write another chapter of my fantasy novel ? ... decisions ...decisions.  Follow me on twitter @hihtheatre or @scripts4stage.com

Period drama for large female cast

As dramas such as Poldark hit record viewing numbers it is clear period dramas which offer adventure, romance and wild landscapes could be as popular on stage as they are on screen.

Bev Clark’s new drama When the Dark Sea Cries, takes us to fishing village on the coast of North Somerset circa 1850s, where a tempest is raging in the Bristol Channel and the men of the fishing village are all out at sea. The women folk remain waiting…. and this play is about eight women in particular.

The main protagonist is Kate Martyn a woman in her mid-thirties who has three young sons, one who is deaf and out in the storm with his father. Kate, though poor and illiterate is strong-minded and sharp-witted. Her older sister Marianne who has been married twenty years has no children and now shares a secret with her sister.

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Their mother Ma Bess has already been widowed by the sea and fears this storm will bring more tragedy. Emily Tavener is wife to Jack, one of the skippers and mother to some of the crew. She is a woman nursing her own grief already. Bryony, Tilly and Lizzie are the younger girls who each have family on the boats and as the matriarch - Old Susan with her philosophy and experience watches over all the women of the village, a story unfolds in the space of one long night.

Into this storm-battered dwelling comes Dr Richard Trelawney an Irishman travelling from Bristol who has lost his way. Susan believes his arrival is providence for indeed he is able to give some help to the group of women but for Kate it heralds the beginning of a new chapter in her life.

A violent storm brings them a miracle but also a tragedy… yet hope for new beginnings. Originally inspired by a quote from the poet Ted Hughes 

“The sea cries with its meaningless voice treating alike its dead and its living…”

This one-act drama offers a cast of eight female characters, one male and one teenage boy. Ideal for a festival play it is now available on Amazon.com Licence available from www.scripts4stage.com