![]() Each line (dialog) should move the story along…you’ve only got 10 minutes. For a ten minute play your script should be from 10-15 pages. Each page represents approximately one minute of time on stage depending on how complex you make the blocking. A ‘beat’ is a dramatic pause or to enhance the pace of the speech.Ģ. If only one word, it is placed next to the character’s name and in parentheses. Blocking (action) is indented and always lower case and double-spaced. Notice character name is in CAPS and centered. There is software out there that offer auto-format but I have found them lacking. If you submit your new play to anyone they will not read it if it is not in a proper format. And that led me to create five, custom Journals and Handbooks which include how to write a play and how to create exciting characters.ġ. After all, 45 play scripts ago and seventeen years earlier I began writing my first script. So I thought what a perfect time to give my readers six tips on writing their first stage play. I am frequently asked ‘ how can you be so prolific?’, ‘how do you write so many plays?’ ‘where do you get your ideas?’ A state prison, a haunted lighthouse, my days in Hollywood, the news of the day or remembering the stories of my childhood. ![]() The ideas for my plays come to me in a little kernel of truth and I am inspired. And it is a great exercise for the writer to hone and edit their writing skills. The ten minute play does not sacrifice excellent writing and content for brevity. It’s more attractive to the director or educator, for economic reasons, if there are no sets, no costumes, and minimal props needed. ![]() It can have costumes and sets, certainly, but ten minute plays are most popular because of their simplicity. It’s only ten to twelve minutes long, remember? Rather, think of it as walking into the middle of the story more like a scene…but in this case it must have a beginning, middle, and end, all in roughly ten-twelve minutes.Ī ten minute play (or one act) is 10-15 pages written in a proper format. When writing a short play, you will have no time to ‘set up’ the story.
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