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I am writing a play. I am a theatre student and when i get to my senior year i have to direct my own play. It dosent need to be a orginal but i have chosen to take on the challenge. I am in my sophmore year right now. I have the story line and everything but it seems like it is taking forever to write ive spent like 3 weeks on the character's ,plot outline, and the first scene has been changed 3 times already
my question here is

IS there any easy way to start off a play without it seeming Blah!

2007-12-16 06:16:40 · 3 answers · asked by TheatreLove<33 1 in Arts & Humanities Theater & Acting

Yes i am shure i want to contuine :)

2007-12-16 06:43:31 · update #1

3 answers

The beginning of the play should be where the story really begins. You should step back and look at the story of your play and decide where it really begins to arc. Anything that's expositional that doesn't help move the action of the play forward can be brought up in dialogue, and if you start too late in the story then there won't be enough build.

2007-12-16 07:00:01 · answer #1 · answered by D Martin 3 · 0 0

Of course. You start in the middle of things. You don't need to tell all the background of the story first, in Romeo and Juliet, the play starts with a fight in the street for example. Everything that led up to the fight is not part of the play nor should it be. Playwriting is the most difficult of creative tasks.
You sure you want to continue?

2007-12-16 14:23:26 · answer #2 · answered by Theatre Doc 7 · 1 0

I have an idea................... Start with the ending. Make it very interesting, bring up lots of questions. Then spend the rest of the play explaining what happened!

2007-12-16 14:24:07 · answer #3 · answered by Jim S 2 · 0 0

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