This is a new feature we're trying out.
From time to time, Extra Criticum authors will post a quote from someone we admire, something that has stuck with us over the years and is, as they say, quotable.
The adult in me has forever been in conflict with this playful child that's always just below the surface of my psyche. One day, a fellow author and colleague of mine—Michael Wright—wrote in one of his many books on playwriting, "Remember: playwriting, is play - at - writing."
The child was liberated and now lives and creates freely at will. My writing improved almost instantly.
