Playwright

Someone asked me a few weeks ago if I was a playwright. Without thinking I answered: no, well, Sin con tacto was the first one but... error!

According to the Spanish Dictionary, a playwright is that author who writes dramatic plays. That could explain why my immediate answer was negative because it was a comedy... a tragic comedy but comedy. But being realistic, I must be part of that category. And I say must because it's something to be proud of. Definitely. And I say category because to name things is to give them an entity even when we do not always like labels. Because here it means to keep going.

Another thing is to be considered a novelist. Yes, I'd published a book five years ago and I'm now (and who says now is also talking about four long years) working on three more, but, while they are stored in a couple of notebooks and many online documents, without anyone having a knowledge of it apart from trusting my words as no one has access to those pages, I don't think I could include myself in that layer. And I say include myself because to know where you are and where you would like to be, is to be interested in making progress. And I say layer because it is a profession even when some people try to diminish its value.

It's true! I finished writing Sin con tacto by October, but, since I'm working on two more projects that I'm already talking about with someone else and I'm confident that will be played at some point, I can temporarily define myself as playwright.