So much for that idea. I received ONE (1) – yes, count it, one response for my request for feedback about "Legacy".

I have come to the conclusion that asking for favors on blogs and social networks like Facebook does not work. You may get one or two responses, but that’s nothing when you are talking about a network of hundreds. It would seem that the old-fashioned, face-to-face method works best when asking people to take action.

This is not just from personal experience. I’ve seen others on Facebook begging for others to do them some small service and from the repeated postings, it seems only a few respond. I’m not sure yet if this is a good or bad thing. It just seems to indicate that when asking for a favor, personal interaction in real life is the best method.

As far as the feedback on "Legacy" The person who did respond (Thanks, Mary Ann) had very good instincts. I wrote the short play as an experiment for a much larger project I hope to write. You’ll probably see references to the "Solar Flair Series" at some point.

"Legacy" does have a few problems. Because it’s about a much larger story, the characters are not well developed, and the action seems rushed. I could rewrite it to fix this, and it would make the one act longer, but I’m not sure I want to do that, since it’s going to be part of a much larger drama anyway.

For now, I’ll just set the play aside.

I have had trouble getting other projects started this week. I did do some work on an idea about the very first Cinderella story (its Egyptian), but I’m worried there might be some racial themes in the story that today’s America might not be able to deal with, especially since I’m writing the play for young actors. I’ll see if I can remove any offending themes, but I think it lessens the story’s overall impact.