Novelist, Playwright

Family Hardware: Photo Preview

Director Dorinda Toner led a full-cast workshop of Family Hardware, which will enjoy three performances at the Fertile Ground Festival of New Works on January 24, 29, and 31, 2016 at Hipbone Studios. We met at Renegade’s Paradise in Rockaway Beach, Oregon for a weekend retreat filled with hard work, excellent wine, many laughs, and…

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Gary Corbin • November 23, 2015

Play write vs. Playwright

Playwright, or play writer? That is the question. For most of us who are engaged in this fascinating, collaborative creative exercise, the answer is the latter. Certainly this is true for me. I write plays. I do not wright plays. And there’s a difference. Play writers write plays. We create characters, plots, scenes, and dialog….

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Gary Corbin • October 23, 2015

Let’s make Umpqua the last one.

Heartbreaking. Sickening. Twisted. Sad. Another mass shooting – this one, close to home. A shooter has killed at least seven and wounded another 20 or so at Umpqua Community College in southern Oregon today. No reports yet explain why, or who did it, or who the victims are. I don’t need reports to explain why….

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Gary Corbin • October 1, 2015

Pride goeth before the curtain

Tonight I’m attending a read-thru of my new (draft) play for Fertile Ground. It’s the second time in less than a week, and if this one goes like the first, a talented, experienced group of actors will ready my unfinished script and give me critical feedback. Probably very critical. I can’t wait. Some playwrights hesitate…

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Gary Corbin • September 21, 2015

The City Club’s Street Fee Report

A committee of the City Club of Portland has released a report outlining the City of Portland’s dire need for street maintenance and repair funding, with funding recommendations that include a gas tax and a mix of other fees and reprogrammed revenues. The full membership will debate and vote on the report Friday, September 11,…

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Gary Corbin • September 9, 2015

Lessons 14 and 15: Keep telling your story

I’ve spent a good part of the last decade or two helping people improve the technical quality of their writing, be it a novel, memoir, technical document or even just a chart or graph. Elsewhere on this website, you can download my top 13 tips to fix mistakes that good writers make and benefit from…

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Gary Corbin • September 3, 2015

Welcome to my new site!

Welcome to Gary Corbin Writing! On this site, I’ll post articles, news and updates about my writing endeavors, be they of a technical, stage, narrative or other form. I’ll also post occasional bits about any other creative work I do, like acting or directing, or any cool projects I’m working on. If you like the…

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Gary Corbin • August 30, 2015

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