1. Define your genre, period/style, and storyline/message in ONE sentence. For example: “My play is an expressionistic drama that follows the nightmares of a presidential candidate the week before the election.”
2. Write only in script form, including Title, Cast of characters, setting(s), dialogue, phys. action. (No narration). This is a play script, NOT a film script. (Tip: When writing in script form, you do not need to use quotation marks each time a character speaks.) Double space between character lines. Do not forget to proofread for errors in usage and typos. It’s OK if your characters do not speak “correct” English, but it is not OK for you to be sloppy in presentation.
3. Write your play in at least 3 scenes. A scene, as you know, denotes a change in time and/or place. If dialogue simply continues with characters from one location to another, that is not considered a scene change. Consider the scenes in Doubt: they were all completely different settings – either time or place or both changed from the scene before. All plays require conflict, which serves as the basis of the dramatic action. Simply, the conflict is established in the first scene, escalates in the second scene, and is resolved/concluded in the final scene. Avoid rambling conversation – all dialogue has a specific purpose. (Re-read ch 2 differences between conversation and dialogue.)
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