10 Minute Play - Due!

Please complete and prepare your 10-minute play script for the Geva contest.

Your play scripts should have a title page. Yes, name your baby.
Make sure your name (with address, phone #, and email) is on your title page.
It is okay that on your title page you have a short cast list (with brief descriptions of characters, and setting - both time and place).

Your 2nd page should begin with dialogue or setting.

Please proofread your work. If you have more than two commas in a sentence, shorten lines. People talk in short sentences. Really. You can also add a lot to your script by removing non-essential phrases like...well, Hmmm, etc. Let the actor deal with this kind of thing.

Your script should be dropped into the drop box with your name on it (only after you have done all of the above).

If you finish early, please complete your homework.

HOMEWORK: Please read the handout "The Rules of Writing Practice" from the book "Wild Mind" by Natalie Goldberg.
Answer:
1. What rules does Goldberg set forth for writing practice?
2. What does she consider to be the basic advice for writing?
3. What does she mean by "kindness" in writing practice?
4. What advice does she have regarding "style"?
5. Regarding your own experience writing, what advice does Goldberg give you that you found helpful?

Then please read Pg. 291-295 in your The Creative Writer's Craft books. In your journal, please complete exercises 13.1 and 13.2. Label these assignments as such.

Homework is due next class.