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Module 10 HUM112

The document provides guidelines for writing a script for a play, emphasizing the importance of plot structure, character development, and setting. It outlines key components such as title, character descriptions, dialogue, and stage directions, along with basic terms used in stage directions. The document serves as a comprehensive resource for aspiring playwrights to effectively craft their scripts.

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Module 10 HUM112

The document provides guidelines for writing a script for a play, emphasizing the importance of plot structure, character development, and setting. It outlines key components such as title, character descriptions, dialogue, and stage directions, along with basic terms used in stage directions. The document serves as a comprehensive resource for aspiring playwrights to effectively craft their scripts.

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HAPPY

DAY!
HUM112

CREATIVE
WRITING
How to Write
a Script

MODULE 10
Script
 is the framework of the play.

 It set the direction of the play and


the guides the director as he/she
leads the entire production,
especially the actors, in bringing the
characters and the plot to life.
BASIC GUIDELINES
IN WRITING A SCRIPT
FOR A PLAY
1. PLOT
STRUCTURE
Before writing the actual script, decide on your theme
first. From this theme, develop your story line. Know
the difference between your story and your plot.
Basically, the story refers to the unfolding of events,
while the plot is the logical, creative, and intricate
manner by which these series of events are linked and
presented from start to finish.
The careful use of each component of the plot
(exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and
resolution) is a must. Identify the main conflict and
decide how this conflict will be resolved as the story
progress. Choose the characters that will be involved
in your story line. Then, decide on your setting. The
setting should set the general atmosphere of the
story. Finally, lay out your story line clearly and
smoothly through the dialogue and stage directions.
2. TITLE
The script usually begins with a title followed by
the playwright’s name. A good and catchy title
stimulates the interest of the reader while giving
him/her an idea of what the play will be about.
Give titles that are easy to recall. It should capture
the essence of the whole play and leave a lasting
mark on the audience/reader.
3. CHARACTER
After the title is the list of major and minor characters
in the play. Short descriptions may give after each
character’s name. some plays have narrators’ too. Just
like how narrators’ function in a novel or short story,
they give the audience important details about the
events and other characters and other characters in
the play. The narrator may either be a major or minor
character in the play.
4. SETTING
The setting refers to the time and place the story
happens.
A play may have one or more settings. At the
beginning of each scene, you may provide a short
description of the setting to help the readers as well
as the audience distinguish one scene from other.
5. DESCRIPTIONS
The descriptions provide detailed information and
background about the characters and events before
the beginning of the play. Through the descriptions,
the readers are given an idea of how the characters
feel and what they think about even before the first
line is spoken. These descriptions should clearly help
actors internalize the characters. Descriptions may
also give information about the setting of the play.
6. DIALOGUE
The dialogue refers to the lines that each character
speaks/delivers in the play. It is customary that the
dialogue begins with character’s name, usually in
capital form.
7. STAGE
DIRECTORS
Stage directors, written inside round brackets,
describe how the actors, in the portrayal of their
characters, are expected to move, act, and speak.
Stage directors also describe other movements on
stage such as sound and light effects. Take note
that the use of the present tense is observed in
writing stage direction.
The following are some basic
terms that are used in writing
stage directions:
a.DOWNSTAGE
the area of the stage that is
nearest to the audience.
b. UPSTAGE
the portion of the stage
that is nearest to the
audience.
c. Stage Right
the side of the stage of the
that is the actor’s right as
he or she faces the
audience.
d. Stage Left
the side of the stage that is
the actor’s left as he or she
faces the audience.
e. Offstage
the part of the stage that is
not visible to the audience.
f. Enter
the character comes upon
or appears in the stage
[Enter Maria, Carrying the
old box], [Maria enters.
Silence.].
g. Exit
the characters leave the
stage [Exit Pedro, his left leg
badly injured], [The MAN
exits slowly. Sound of
thunder. Stage lights fade.]
Thank You!

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