To illustrate your understanding of the play form, you will write a "10-minute" play. This play will be submitted to the GeVa Young Playwriting contest as well as count as your "final exam" for our playwriting unit.
Rules:
1. Your play should be formatted correctly in standard playwriting format. (I will give you a handout/example of the form next class.)
2. Your play should be somewhere between 5 and 10 pages in length. GeVa does not want plays longer than 10 pages. Conclude your plays so that they are 10 pages or less.
3. Plays should be performable. Do not include more than six actors. Minor characters should be considered carefully before including them in the script.
4. Your play should have a clear protagonist(s) and a clear antagonist(s). You may have more than one protagonist/antagonist, particularly if your characters are important, necessary, and well developed.
5. Your script should be free of grammar and punctuation errors. To win contests, you want to present your best work. Shoddy grammar indicates carelessness or stupidity.
6. Give your protagonist and antagonist at least 1 monologue or soliloquy.
7. Your play should be unified (use the unities of time, place, and action) and remain in one setting, if possible.
8. Write a clever, creative play. Use the literary devices you have been taught. Refer to the notes and advice on this website (including poetry/fiction). I will be grading you on your understanding and ability to craft an effective "contest-winning" play.
9. All play drafts should be completed by Thursday, Jan. 22.
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