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Script Revision Checklist
Ideas
• Does the script have a title?
• Does the script convey an interesting story?
• Are the characters complex and believable?
• Does the script use effective dialogue?
• Does the narration help develop characters and tell the story?
• Does the script have a beginning, middle, and end?
• Does the script have a clear conflict? What is it?
• Does the script provide sufficient exposition or background information? • Does the script include complications that build toward a climax or
turning point?
• Does the script use stage directions to help you visualize the performance?
• What kind of mood does the script create?
• What techniques, such as imagery, create the mood?
• Does the script follow script conventions?
• Are parentheses, italics, and end marks used to convey meaning and tone?
Structure
Use of Language
Revising/Editing
After rereading your group’s draft, discuss these strategies for revision: Adding: How can we communicate our tone and meaning more effectively by using script conventions?
Consider adding language that uses parentheses, italics, or end marks. Rearranging: What revisions should be made to rearrange the sequence
of events so that our complications build toward a climax or turning point?
Deleting: Are there any lines of dialogue or narration that would distract or fail to engage our audience?
Editing: Are there mistakes in conventions that should be corrected?
ACTIVITY 4
Independent Writing
WRITING PROMPT: Transform a text you have previously studied in class into a script. Be sure to include:
• Characterization conveyed through dialogue and narration
• A plot developed through exposition, conflict, and complications
• Stage directions providing instructions such as actor movement and tone • Audience engagement strategies, such as imagery that creates a mood
Refer to the Scoring Guide for this writing task to help you understand where to focus your attention and efforts.
Writing Workshop 9 • Script Writing 11
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