I’ve signed up for the 31 Plays in 31 Days project, committing myself to daily playwriting throughout the month of August. The project includes a pre-challenge warmup of 256-(alpha-numeric)-character plays. Here’s the warmup play for July 28:

• GUY: Hey, are you that philanthropist?

• BILL: Yes.

• G: You know, you’ve caused a lot of misery.

• BILL: Oh?

• G: Yeah, the stress of using your shitty operating system. There’s a

private room in hell for you, Mr. Gates. And it’s gonna have windows.