Tag: approaches to drama writing
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An Approach to (Drama) Writing Part IV: Conflict & Resolution
Part I: Be Fearless LINK HERE! Part II: Start in Your Mind LINK HERE! Part III: Use an Image or Phrase to Create Your Characters LINK HERE! Part IV: Mix in Some Conflict and Resolution You now have a basic scene in your head, an image from which you’ve created some characters. Now we need to build the…
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An Approach to Drama Writing Part III: Use your image to create your characters …
Part III in my short series about writing drama – but much is applicable to any type of writing. Part I: Be Fearless! HERE! Part II: Writing Starts in the Mind HERE! Part III: Use Your image or scene to create your characters or vice versa In part two I talked about using a phrase or an…
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Approaches to (Drama) Writing Part I: Be Fearless
A colleague asked me to speak to an English class about drama writing. This was a good opportunity for me to spend a little time to think through the processes I use when writing drama (or creative writing in general.) Mostly, my procedures are nothing learned or formal, but merely intuitive responses based on trial…
