I'm currently gathering data to write a play on a certain mythological topic.
I won't be the first to write on that, but I've decided to bring a new angle to it by focussing on the women in the story - instead of the men (as every [male] playwright before me).
It is quite interesting.
The very first author we have writing on this topic is Plautus (interesting approach, but I'm not a fan of his Latin).
As I was working on a twist in my plot, I finally realized that, since Plautus, the characters have been dealing with Roman gods and goddesses, but... the original story is in Greek.
I changed my characters' names to Greek ones and I'm keeping two Roman "guest stars".
I'm rather happy with what I'm plotting - and it helps me with some dry work as I'm also editing my PhD and a memoir/biography/art history manifesto that needs a lot of footnotes as the subject of this book knew each and every artist in all domains in the 19th century.
