Writing a Full-Length Play
Introduction
Writing a full-length play can be both a challenging and highly rewarding experience. This guide will offer some general, practical advice and suggestions as you set out to craft your play.
Be sure to see our other guides in this module for information on specific topics such as Character Development, Creating Setting, and Creating Dialogue.
Terminology
Convention: anything about how a play’s world operates.
Process: the methods and habits a playwright develops when working on a play.
Primary source: sources that provide firsthand evidence or testimony about a topic.
Workshop: the process of reading a new play out loud, receiving feedback, and making any necessary edits and revisions.
Context & Analysis
Preparation
It’s helpful to have a process as a playwright. A playwright’s process is simply the way they go about working on their play: how often and when they write, how much they write at a time, and whether they like to write their play in order or jump around as ideas come to them. Some playwrights work for an hour a day, others can spend several hours at a
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Kevan Dunkelberg
Oklahoma-based drama teacher, actor and playwright