Hello everyone,
I would love to write my first play. I have a short novel that is in the process of editing for publication, but through the process, I have been asked if it is a play, I would love to make it a play. It is a lovely story of two people that are different and meet because of the odds of life. It is funny and witty. I love my characters, they deserve to be on stage one day. I accept any tips and advice.
Respectfully and gratefully, M.
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Congratulations! I admit I have never written a play, but I do write novels, and I should think there is a big difference between the two when writing. From a novel point of view, the story should be fully fleshed out, because your readers will be creating your characters from your words. Visually, if you watch a play the actors are doing that for you. I know we have some people who write plays in this forum so I'm sure they can give you some brilliant pointers.
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I usually jump into things. You can always tweak along the way. That's just my style though.
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A theatre play has a different approach than a narrative. I write mostly novels/short stories and scripts, now I'm writing a play with a friend who is a theatre director, teacher and actor, he's teaching me a lot. There's a difference in rhythm, dialogues, pauses, structure, etc.. If you know someone with experience in play writing or directing, you can try to partner. You may love play writing.
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Limit character count to five. Four is better.
I agree with what Alexandra said