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Question: Writing for the stage or the screen is more than simply writing dialogue; it includes creating fully realized characters, settings, conflict and resolution. One distinguishing element of drama is its immediacy. Drama takes place here and now; even the past is presented as part of the present. Often the story is condensed. The inciting action, which sets the play in motion, often happens before the curtain goes up. This may be presented as the exposition, but rather quickly, the action begins.
Drama is an intense form of writing. Dialogue must be economical and focused. Unlike fiction, where you can leap from place to place and from past to future, drama provides immediacy, characters interpreted by actors, and the chance to share an experience (play or film) with audience simultaneously.
For the Final Workshop, you will write a short scene with two characters who are in a situation they did not foresee. They may be stuck in an elevator, lost in the woods, locked in room, asked to wait by a police officer, or in line for an event. The characters may or may not know each other.