Wow. This is very, very good, that penultimate paragraph particularly – strong imagery but with a plot driving through… Is this Hamlet?

Great character, very original looking at a kind of dramatic renegade…

Fab work, thanks for entering! MH :)

Overall, like all of your stuff, this is very well written. Exemplary use of imagery and character development. Especially, as MH noted, in that penultimate paragraph.

However, I’m slightly befuddled by the beginning of the third paragraph. “The fuck?” just doesn’t resonate with me as a part of this particular thought sequence. Unless he’s questioning himself on calling it “just a role,” but that’s not how it reads to me. If you added a question mark to the first line of the second paragraph and had it be “Just a role?,” then I could see the question in the next paragraph.

This could just be an issue with my reading comprehension though, so take it with a very large grain of salt.

That’s a problem I continually struggle with – how to effectively convey a vacillating stream of thought into written dialogue.

Thanks to both for your comments.

Wow, this was exceptional. I guess this blows my shot at winning this challenge. How the hell did you manage to fit a character study in 1024 characters?

Eh, I got the vacillating just fine. Worked well as far as I was concerned. Loved the ending with a little possible rush of confidence or strength to carry on stage. Lovely little thoughtful piece from the actor’s perspective.