Mastering Playwriting: Writing Characters, Dialogue and Stories for the Stage
The Rules of the One-Minute Play
A course by Ronán Noone , Playwright, Screenwriter, and Teacher
About the video: The Rules of the One-Minute Play
Overview
“We will first discuss the rules involved in writing a one-minute play. We will discuss the rules and how it can shape your idea in terms of time, location, and story arc. We will read the first draft of a one-minute play based on the ideas discussed and pinpoint character development, forward motion, subverting of expectation, and the button in the play. ”
In this video lesson Ronán Noone addresses the topic: The Rules of the One-Minute Play, which is part of the Domestika online course: Mastering Playwriting: Writing Characters, Dialogue and Stories for the Stage. Master playwriting fundamentals: create powerful plots, develop characters, and learn storytelling techniques for stage and screen.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, We will discuss the rules. involved in writing a one-minute play. I wanted to play is a mini version of what occurs in a 10 minute play. or a full-end player. It can also be found in scenes in a screenplay. It is a way to use all the essential elements that we have discussed that go into crafting a scene while illustrating the journey of a character with a complete ending. the rules of the one minute play. No more than three characters. Don't forget, all rules can be broken. But right now No more than three characters. Use simple properties or something you can carry in your...”
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Ronán Noone
A course by Ronán Noone
Ronán Noone is a playwright, screenwriter, and teacher. After graduating with a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism, he started working for various newspapers in his native Ireland. With time, Ronán realized that although he had a passion for storytelling, journalism wasn’t his medium. He started writing plays and eventually immigrated to the U.S. to study with Nobel laureate Derek Walcott at Boston University.
His plays have been on stages in Spain, Ireland, Canada, Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, London, UK, India, and the U.S. Ronán has won a national award for playwriting from the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and the prestigious Boston, Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Script, including three best new play awards from the Independent Reviewers of New England.
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