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DEMETRIUS: I’ll run from thee and hide me in the brakes, My Notes And leave thee to the mercy of wild beasts.
HELENA: The wildest hath not such a heart as you. Run when you will, the story shall be changed: Apollo flies, and Daphne holds the chase;
The dove pursues the griffin; the mild hind
Makes speed to catch the tiger; bootless speed, When cowardice pursues and valour flies.
DEMETRIUS: I will not stay thy questions; let me go: Or, if thou follow me, do not believe
But I shall do thee mischief in the wood.
HELENA: Ay, in the temple, in the town, the field, You do me mischief. Fie, Demetrius!
Your wrongs do set a scandal on my sex:
We cannot fight for love, as men may do;
We should be wood and were not made to woo.
Exit DEMETRIUS
I’ll follow thee and make a heaven of hell, To die upon the hand I love so well.
Exit HELENA
2. Work with your partner or group to make a plan for your script’s ideas, structure, and use of language by answering the following questions:
Ideas: How will we transform the characters in our script? How will we establish and convey setting? What key dialogue will we need to include in order to convey setting, develop characters, and tell the story? Will we use narration such as a prologue, or rely solely on dialogue?
Structure: What are the key elements of our story’s plot—beginning, middle, and end? How will we provide exposition? What is our conflict? What complications will we need to include? How will we sequence events and resolve the conflict?
Use of Language: What stage directions and dialogue cues for tone, blocking, and gestures could we include? How will we use diction and imagery to create a mood? How else can we engage our audience and convey humor? What other script writing conventions will we need to follow?
3. Working with your partner or group, create a draft by transforming this scene into a script. Make a copy of the draft on a separate page.
Writing Workshop 9 • Script Writing 13
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