While cooking pancakes I had one of them profound thoughts that I needed to document and share…

Occurred to me that there might be a notable parallel between cooking pancakes and writing plays, at least a two-act plays.

When cooking a pancake you have to pour in the right amount of batter at the right heat and cook for the right amount of time. So that is Act One.

If you do Act One right, Act Two is easy and fast: you flip it over, it already has form and shape, holds together, and needs much less cook time on side two.

Act One is where the story gets set out. Side two is… just don’t screw it up.

Anybody ever write a play? Or cook a pancake? Or both?