THE PLAYS ABOUT WAR

Many of you are writing plays set in times of war. There have been several interesting items on the news about the psychology of both active-duty soldiers and young veterans, particularly with regard to the difficulty that new returnees are facing today with regard to finding jobs and the rate of suicide among active-duty personnel. Exploring some of these issues in your writing research could be very useful in understanding your characters more deeply. With the job acquisition issue, a key dimension has been the transition from feeling like a leader with a job that meant something and shifting to labor that, in comparison, feels meaningless to some of the returnees. Here is one example:

1 in 8 returning soldiers suffers from PTSD, But less than half with problems seek help, report finds

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5334479/