That’s 8 HOURS, not MINUTES! “Of Thread And Thorn” A Shakespeare Shakeup – enjoyed working in my early writing roots as I finish a play that is being produced next May in my daughter’s theater. 🙂 That said, I have set aside just a few of these long-run writing days and this was, frankly, too much. I used to be able to do sessions like this, but the body was unhappy at day’s end.