Class #7 - Monologues, Review, and Projects

Performance Advocacy: Day 7
Monologues, Review, and projects.
15 minutes to free write about projects and the writing to be included in this project. Where does it come from? Do you still need to write it? What does it look like? A collage? A poem? A monologue? A dramatic scene?

• Monologues
Perform and discuss monologues in class.


Review:
FORMS: Parody, List, Found poems; Reader Theatre, Collage, Dramatic Scene.
Tools: Imagery (five senses), character, setting, plot, conflict, dialogue.
Things to remember about writing:
1) Keep it simple
2) Always use imagery
3) Tell a story
4) Use figurative language when possible
5) Repetition for effect
6) Add addition performers for effect
7) Begin and end at the same place
8) Be passionate about whatever you write

Things to remember about plot: six parts
1) Exposition – this is the set-up before the conflict. It introduces the audience to the setting and the characters.
2) Inciting event – the event that begins the conflict
3) Rising Action – a series of complications in the conflict
4) Climax – the height of the action or conflict
5) Falling Action – the action after the climax that leads towards a resolution
6) Resolution – how the conflict is resolved

Things to remember about dialogue:
1) It should jump off of each other. Never answer directly.
2) There should be conflict in each line. Characters speak for a reason. They want something for the other characters.
3) People are naturally lazy when they speak. Keep this in mind when writing dialogue. People don’t always talk in complete sentences.
4) Subtext – what is being said underneath the line
5) Only say what is necessary. Every word should further the plot along.