Day 9 -- Friday, July 8

Writing Day (the whole time)
conferencing order:
Matt
Veronique
Priya
Lucy
What you can be working on:
Revision of 5-10 page play (due typed with copies Wed [or emailed by Tue night])
Questions to ask yourself:
Are my characters well developed? Contrasting? Believable?
Is my dialogue natural? Believable? Helping to establish character?
Is my plot plausible? Action driven? Have a beginning, middle and end?

Monologue (1st draft due by end of class on Friday, Final draft [typed] due Wed-- have copy for self and for me)
Questions to ask yourself:
Does my character have a NEED to speak?
Is there a beginning, middle, punch ending?
Do I reveal character through the voice, using natural pauses, phrases or dialect?

BONUS ASSIGNMENT: (everyone must attempt this-- but can be in any draft stage by Wed-- clearly more bonus for more polished)
-Eavesdrop on a conversation between people you don't really know
-write/record/remember exactly what they say
-CRAFT this into a scene with stage directions, character descriptions, beginning/middle/end