Zut Suit Riot
I've had several productions through NYU; check out my resumé and photos/video of my plays above.
I'm the Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comics, YA, Romance, and Children's Editor at Bookish. Previously, my writing has appeared on Crushable, Tor.com, BlackBook, Ology, and AFK On Air.
I'm also the co-creator of the webcomic Leftovers, about a ragtag food truck helping survivors of the zombie apocalypse.
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Blaming Women For The Behavior of Others via Forbes.
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When I hear someone else call my best friend their best friend
(via bookish)
If Boner Mountain can get on the Black List, then by all means I should be able to, too.
- Set up a Flickr account to get all the photos from my plays in one place.
- Update my Playwriting page (right now my resume) with more info about each show I’ve had readings and/or productions for.
- Find an artist for an upcoming comics anthology.
- Actually finish some full-length plays—being part of True False Theatre’s The Polygraph Tests residency has me aching to get more work completed and out there!
- Convert a play script to a comics script, since it’s better served as a graphic novel.
[11:19:16 AM] Natalie Zutter: this might have to happen tonight
[11:19:22 AM] Josh Harrison: sounds nice
[11:19:30 AM] Natalie Zutter: but there are so many places doing hot choc! shake shack! city bakery! max brenner! how do i chooooose
[11:19:38 AM] Josh Harrison: YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE
[11:19:38 AM] Natalie Zutter: #whitegirlproblems
[11:19:45 AM] Natalie Zutter: HE WANTED TO PROVE
[11:19:47 AM] Natalie Zutter: THAT A HOT CHOCOLATE
[11:19:49 AM] Natalie Zutter: AS GOOOOOOD
[11:19:51 AM] Natalie Zutter: AS YOUUUUU
[11:20:20 AM] Josh Harrison: COULD FALL
Early this morning I had a nightmare/anxiety dream that I had gotten one of my plays selected for the New York Fringe Festival—and it was about The Real Housewives of New Jersey, no less. We were at opening night and I realized, to my horror, that I hadn’t ever given the actors full drafts of the scripts; they only had unfinished scripts. I had no time to print out enough copies for them to take on-stage, so I had to call off the show.
I’m sure that this is a clear metaphor for my fears about my creativity, so psychoanalyze away. But also, someone please shoot me in the face if I ever try to present a play on the Real Housewives. I know that my plays use pop-culture references like Twitter and Leonard Nimoy, but that’s ridiculous.
Nine out of ten writers discussed when during the day they write. All nine worked in the morning. Four also worked during the afternoon. Three worked during night. Only one worked in all three times. Several writers described the afternoon as a mental dead time useful only for exercising and, maybe, editing.
Five out of the ten writers provided a specific start time. The latest was 8:30 am. Four other writers who didn’t give a specific time said, in so many words, “in the morning.” No writer described starting their work in the afternoon or evening. Several did mention that they might also be efficient working very late at night (and sleeping through the day), but that this seems incompatible with being a productive member of society.
—Cal Newport, How to Schedule Your Writing Like a Professional Writer
I saw this on Lena Chen’s blog and was so struck that I had to copy the quote over to my own Tumblr as a constant source of inspiration. I’ve been awful about carving out time to write, because I get into a vicious cycle of “I’m so tired in the morning, I’ll sleep in and go to work… I’m so tired after work, I’ll watch TV or prep for tomorrow’s workday.”
Right now I don’t have the luxury of having “afternoon dead time”—except on the weekends. So I need to stop whining and turn that time over to the plays and comics that are stewing in my head. Someday I look forward to being a full-time writer and being able to spread my writing time around more. Until then, Cal Newport gives me hope.
