How to Write a Play

Scene 1

In a classroom with a computer in the corner.

Mrs. Eckard: Good morning class. Did everyone have a nice day yesterday?

Gabby: Yep.

Stuart: I didn't. I failed a test.

Mrs. Eckard: Well, I'm sorry about that. It is, however, about time for us to start writing our scenes. Go  

                     ahead and get out your paper.

(The class gets out papers.)

George: (Puts his hand up.) Mrs. Eckard. I don't know how to write a play.

Mrs. Eckard: Well, I'll show you. (She goes to the computer.) See, plays are written in words you say 

                     out loud. You can't put people's thoughts in a play...only things they say, and do. To start, 

                     you'll write the characters name, then a colon, and then what they say. Anything that is an        

                     action, well, that's gonna go inside some parentheses. You see?

George: Oh. Yes. Kind of.

Mrs. Eckard: Well, I'll show you on the screen. Class, please look up at the screen while I type out a scene. 

                     (She types out a scene.) Any questions?

Gabby: Nope. We're good. 

Mrs. Eckard: Great. Thanks folks! You can write your scene now. Enjoy!

The students beging typing.

Fin. 

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