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SCRIPT WRIGHTING

how to make scriptwrighting fun

Question applies to ages: 9, 10, 11, 12

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avatarHannah Joy
# of Thumbs Up Received (0)		 I don't like to read or write, but I love to write/ read scripts because it has more dialog and less lengthy description that lingers on and on forever. When you write a script, first try and think of a problem that many different personalities might react very differently too. I don't think that a prewrite or one of those bubble-things are nessesary for writing a script. Just let the charactures drive the scene. The only important thing to plan is who the charactures are and what there problem is. Hope that helps.
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avatarBridgette
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Top 5 in: Discipline, Families and Relationships, Growth and Development, Learning Styles, Manners and Values, Parenting Support, Parents and SchoolsTop 5 in 7 Topics		 When it comes right down to it, scripts are merely a tool for performers. Whatever the playwright writes is meant to be seen on stage and not just read.

Given that, it helps for a playwright to know how a script is going to sound. If you want to make script writing fun, get other people involved. Try performing improv around certain scenes. You won't necessarily use the same words that people come up with during the improv, but you'll get some ideas about the scene, its pacing, and what the characters might be feeling or wanting.

Also, go see a lot of plays. Be in a few of them. Being in a play can give you a feel for what the actors need from the playwright (including time to get off stage, make costume changes, and appropriate pacing).

One possible exercise is to go see a play and then write the "next act" for the play from your imagination. That allows you to concentrate on the form using characters someone else has created.

Make sure you always read things out loud several times. How do the words sound? Many things that work well in written form don't necessarily work when read out loud.

Good luck!
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