come to the material you actually want. Draft, draft, draft, draft. Save a copy of everything you do. Try everything that is suggested to you, take advice, try it and keep what works for you. Challenge everything you write and be meticulous. Consider how every phrase moves the piece forward or speaks about the character. Write the backstories, because what isn‟t mentioned in the work, the characters that don‟t appear, the stuff that has happened just before and just after, can be really clarifying. Use your own experience and .
stories, because they will be more authentic than anything you make up. Don‟t underestimate how much the audience reads into the work, and don‟t imagine that one interpretation of your work is more „wrong‟ or „right‟ than another. And remember that any script that you write is for an actor. A script is a blueprint for something that lives and breathes onstage, that is performed by real people in real time in front of other real people. That‟s what makes it so exciting!
Emma Khamis Photo: Claire Harris