If this isn’t how they teach it in MFA programs, they should! This isn’t just an entertaining list, it demonstrates how calculating writers are. We’re engineers, and our beautiful facades are supported by hours and hours worth of carefully poured foundation and strategically placed beams. If it was “easy writing” all the time, a lot more people would do it.
One time in a rehearsal, I said, well the scene needs more torque, and the director asked, "What was that word you just used?" I sometimes forget these are terms/definitions I just made up so I can talk about my chores with other people and so I have a single word or short phrase to put in the margin of my script for rewrites at 2am. To your point, it is very intricate, all the little ways we engineer and fine-tune our plays for various purposes. And that's not even counting how much work goes into pre-publication, making sure all the notes and stage directions make sense to the uninitiated.
You could try:
2A (any)
If this isn’t how they teach it in MFA programs, they should! This isn’t just an entertaining list, it demonstrates how calculating writers are. We’re engineers, and our beautiful facades are supported by hours and hours worth of carefully poured foundation and strategically placed beams. If it was “easy writing” all the time, a lot more people would do it.
One time in a rehearsal, I said, well the scene needs more torque, and the director asked, "What was that word you just used?" I sometimes forget these are terms/definitions I just made up so I can talk about my chores with other people and so I have a single word or short phrase to put in the margin of my script for rewrites at 2am. To your point, it is very intricate, all the little ways we engineer and fine-tune our plays for various purposes. And that's not even counting how much work goes into pre-publication, making sure all the notes and stage directions make sense to the uninitiated.
Plays are often listed as TITLE (1M1F). This indicates it has two characters, one male and one female, but how do you indicate no gender?
I want to say it could be 2M, 2F or 1M1F because their gender isn't relevant to the drama.
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