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Playwriting

Playwriting. Vision, Craft, and Tools. Invention: Discovering an idea Planning: Developing plot and characters to move the plot Expression: Writing dialogue and action Tools: Plot, character, and language. Invention. Find/discover a source of an idea for a play Could be inspired by:

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Playwriting

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  1. Playwriting

  2. Vision, Craft, and Tools • Invention: Discovering an idea • Planning: Developing plot and characters to move the plot • Expression: Writing dialogue and action • Tools: Plot, character, and language

  3. Invention • Find/discover a source of an idea for a play • Could be inspired by: • Sketches of unusual people • Provocative lines from overheard conversations • Topics you feel strongly about • Folk tales or fairy tales • Events in history or current events • Incidents from your own life

  4. Planning • Through line: the major action of the play • Dividing action into acts or scenes • Conflict • Conflict with another person • Conflict with him or herself • Conflict with society • Conflict with the forces of nature or fate

  5. Planning, part two • Grabbing the audience with a hook: something in the script that grabs the audience’s interest • Structuring the action • Creating Characters and their Backgrounds • Protagonist • Antagonist • Foil • Functionaries

  6. Expression • Writing Dialogue • Fitting Dialogue to characters • Understanding time and place • Controlling the pacing • Writing in a straight line • Giving the audience time to laugh • Being economical

  7. Formatting a Play • Characters and Dialogue • Act and Scene Designations • Stage Directions • Prologue and Epilogue • Director’s Notes

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