A Raisin in the Sun: Day 6; Play Script Project: Day 3

Continue writing your short play. See the following for some tips/advice about writing plays:

• Top Tips from Playwrights
• How to Write a Play - 5 Tips
• Overcoming the Blank Page Syndrome (breaking writer's block!)

Rules for your Play Project:

1. Try to limit your cast to five characters or fewer. You will need at LEAST two.
2. Create a cast list with a brief description of each character (see cast list in your Raisin in the Sun play scripts).
3. Describe a vivid setting for your play. Keep your play in one setting: a kitchen, a living room, a house like A Raisin in the Sun, a porch, etc. Base your setting on a place that you know well--although you can fictionalize this setting. Add details that are made up! See the set description at the beginning of the play A Raisin in the Sun for a model. You may use the setting you described in your journal if you'd like--or create a new one.
4. Begin writing your scene once you have completed all steps before this one. 
5. Your play should be written as a script. For now, you can use the form used in A Raisin in the Sun. We will not use this form for long, as it is not the proper format for writers, but for now, it'll get us started.
6. Your play should be between 5 - 10 pages in length (excluding your cast list and set description--see #4 & #5.) Include a title and number your pages in a header or footer. 
7. Do NOT double space your play scripts. It is okay to skip a single line (one hard return) between lines. Names should be typed in upper case. Stage/acting directions should be written in parenthesis. You do not have to italicize stage directions unless you really want to

Your play drafts will be due Monday, Nov. 4.

At 10:00 we will continue reading Act 2, Scene 2 & 3 of A Raisin in the Sun.

HOMEWORK: None. You may work on your play script. Your draft is due Nov. 4 (next week!) Also, your journals will be due next week, so please consider writing in your journal this week!