Play/Script Writing Course Outline

 The key elements of drama.

 Getting inspiration.

 Knowing your audience.

 Doing research before and after your writing process.

 How to start your play.

 Researching the main character’s world.

 Deciding what kind of an author you are.

 Making and writing using an outline.

 Using the snowflake method of outlining.

 Picking a structure of your play.

 Starting your play with a broad idea and an open mind.

 Choosing thematic concerns.

 Orienting yourself with the time and place for your play.

 Developing your characters.

 Making your character’s gestures grand.

 Establishing conflicts and stakes.

 Plot development using cause and effect.

 Employment of literary techniques.

 Writing a great dialogue and soliloquy.

 Putting lifelike characters on stage.

 Making characters’ dialogue sound natural.

 Using love scenes to increase tension.

 Upping the emotional ante.

 Rhythm and voice in character development.

 What characters don’t say.

 Dynamic conversation between characters.

 Understanding the limitations of stage.

 How to find your character’s voice.

 How to keep your play as short as possible.

 Conflict, stakes and motivation.

 How to format your play.Upping the emotional ante.

 Formatting rules when writing a play.

 How to end your play.

Revising, editing, proofreading, and marketing your play.

 Online group discussions

 Zoom or google meetings

 Power-point presentations

 Written/online examination

 Project (write a play at the end of the course)

 You-tube video clips.

 Masterpiece Concepts to Play Writing- a text by Gerald Musyoki Paul.

 Any relevant play.