Playwrights Sprint 1

PLAYWRIGHTS 2/6 to 2/10

Day 1

Think back to the most recent or most memorable fight you’ve had with either a friend or a family member. It must be a real fight, and it must have had yelling and all that stuff. Change the names to protect the innocent. You are writing something from memory, not making up something new. There isn’t a lot of imagination required here; it is more memory.

Write this fight out in Stage Play format on Celtx. Write as fast as you can and write at least 6 pages of dialog. Try not to use parentheticals and go easy on the stage directions — this is really about writing dialog and throwing up stuff quickly. Get through this as fast as you can — spend no more that 40 minutes on it. Shut the heck up and write the entire time.

When you’ve finished the 6 pages, title it like this:

your_name_fight_6.celtx

Then save it again, but with a new name, like this:

your_name_fight_3.celtx

Now, take the fight scene and cut it down to 3 pages. Eliminate anything superfluous or unnecessary. Again, go quickly. Save the scene when you’re done.

Save the scene again with the name

your_name_fight_1.celtx

Cut this one down to 1 page. Try to get the essence of the fight, the most important bit of it.

You’ll email me all three scripts. Put “STAC Play Intensive 1” on the subject line.

Write about your experience in your blog.

Get going. You must get this ALL DONE TODAY!