REVIEWER IN CREATIVE WRITING
1. Stage Play – play performed on stage
Drama – more theatrical term and deals with the art of
play production.
- Deals with art of play production and the stage.
Dramatist – skilled in the production in play
Play – literary genre written by a playwright, usually
consisting of dialogues between characters intended for a
theatrical performance rather than just reading.
Playwright – person who writes a play.
DRAMA ACCORDING TO THEME
Tragedy – more serious and deals with darker theme
- Sad and depressing ending.
2 kinds of tragedy
1. Melodrama – romance
2. Tragicomedy - blends aspects of both tragedy
and comedy
Comedy - a play that is meant to be humorous with a
happy and vivacious ending.
4 types of Comedy
1. Satire – expose with political issue and social
statement
2. Burlesque - tries to make people laugh by
caricaturing the spirit of serious work
3. Farce – nonsensical; overacted comedy play
than often used.
- uses slapstick humor
4. Comedy of manners – expose something about
the manners.
- Difference between the rich and the poor.
According to Length
1. Full Length Play/ evening play – 70 – 80 mins.
2. One Act Play – 30 mins. / 15 – 45 mins.
3. Ten Minute Play –shortest play
According to Modality
1. Closet Drama – play that is not meant to be
performed on stage
2. Mono Drama – played by a single actor.
3. Street Play – performance piece in outdoor public
places
4. Puppet Play – uses puppet
5. Dance Drama – conveyed by dance movements
and sometimes accompanied by dialogue
6. Shadow Play – uses shadow
According to Medium
2. Teleplay – made for television
3. Screenplay –meant to be a movie
4. Radio play – meant for radio broadcast
Intertextuality – literary device that shapes the meaning of
your text, connection to others.
Hypo text- previous Hypertext – now/ present
Types of Intertextuality
Obligatory Intertextuality – writer is obligated to continue
his/her previous text.
Optional Intertextuality – the connection of texts may or
may not recognized by your readers/audience
Accidental Intertextuality - when the reader finds some
connection between your text or some other texts.
Industry Standard Form
Plays – written in a script format
Size – 8.5 x 11 Margin – 1 (top, right, bottom, left)
1st Page – T I T L E ex. Lake of Vengeance
2nd Page – Characters
DRAMATIC STRUCTURE AND WRITING (plot)
4 BASIC ELEMENTS
1. Objectives – character’s urgent, want or need
2. Obstacle – is a strong resistance, an impediment,
or another character’s action, that prevents your
character from reaching her desired objective or
goal
3. Conflict – begins when your character wants
something but there is an obstacle
4. Dramatic Action – journey, trajectory, events and
happenings that your character takes actively
seek her objective
Traditional Plotting
Orientation – introductory material that will establish
your play’s initial sense of equilibrium and stability.
Disorientation – play’s action, and it starts with the
point of attack that breaks the equilibrium or causes
instability.
Reorientation – ending that follows the climax.
Dialogue – conversation between two or more
people.
Monologue – refer to all the lines of exchange
between characters as dialogue.
Soliloquy – spoken when no one else is on stage
Aside – words spoken in a play for the audience to
hear, but supposed not to be heard by the other
characters.
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