Things to think about before writing a play
Sunday, October 10th, 2010All great theatre stems from great writing. Even other-worldly performance can’t turn a bland or nonsensical script into a timeless work of art. From dialogue to character development, many of the aspects of tradition writing vs. play writing remain the same, though there are important differences aspiring play-writes should note in order to produce a complete work with a logical flow.Loss of Narrative Voice An off-stage narrator be used at times in order to advance on stage movement, but hearing read-aloud thoughts isn’t what fills the seats. The theatre is a visual experience, thus must be written as one. Unlike prose in which you can explain your character’s thought patterns and explicitly offer audiences a certain level of omniscience, on-stage your character’s words and decisions must stand on their own or be clearly corroborated by another event within the visible frame of reference.Less Control (more…)
