i am a writer too.....

At first I thought writing a play would be merely like writing a conversation between two friends. I only realise the procedures that a play writer should follow and the important things that a writer should consider when we were assigned to write a play. It took us a few days to arrive to the theme of the story. A simple conversation could be of any topics, but for a play that would be assessed; there are a lot of things to be considered. My group members had decided to write a play based on the theme friendship. We planned to give some suspense at the beginning of the play and reveal it at the end. I am not sure how far the situation that we created in our play happens in real life. Anyway, we enjoyed creating the dialogue and the incidents in the story.It were fully based on our imagination. I still remember a part when we ourselves were confused of the story and we read the play from the start to understand it. The play was only for 20 minutes but we spend a few nights to write and edit it. From this experience, I had learnt that it is not easy to convey a message through plays. Sometimes, we simply run out of ideas and stuck in the middle of the play. The choice of the exact word is very important for a play. There are situations when the words that we use in our play could not really create the expected effect from the readers. We did a lot of editing after our lecturer commented on our play. I saw my classmates’ reaction when they got back their play from our lecturer. Some escaped a great sigh when they got good remarks. Those who got “YAWN” comment were happily showing their papers to other classmates and they made fun of their own product. Apparently, what had been interesting for them in their play had been boring for the lecturer. Therefore, what we should take into account when writing a play is not how far it amuses us but the audience. This is why so many plays did not hit the target when it is being performed. Play writers should put the audience in mind before they write a play. Overall, it was a nice experience to write play on our own. I enjoyed reading my classmates’ plays too. This might be a starting point for many of us who plan to be play writers in the future.