1) 10-minute plays are 10 pages long.
2) No more than 4 characters.
3) Include an activity (such as listening to records on a victrola and looking at glass animals, lasso-ing a chair, putting on a red dress, or writing the letter A on a wall--these are a few examples of some activities we'd seen in the plays we've read so far).
4) No scene change--continuous action. By action, I do not mean explosions and car chases. Action is a character wanting something (or someone) and trying to get it. Example: I want your wallet. Action would be ways of trying to get the wallet.
5) Conflict. Conflict is something or someone getting in your way; stopping you from getting what you want. Example: You can't have the wallet. It's mine.
3 comments:
absolutely no scene changes? i already started working on mine (kinda) and i already have two scene changes in about 3 pages. obviously that's a bit overboard (and i'll work on that) but none at all might be hard.
Try to keep it simple. A ten-minute play is a challenge. You have to tell a story in ten-minutes. It has to have a beginning, middle, and end. It's not an easy thing to do.
I'd suggest you write one scene. One setting. You can play with setting. You can have two set-ups. But I don't want a black-out; next scene. Do not stop the action.
The play should have characters in conflict. Conflict needs to be resolved by the end of the play. I think scene changes in 10 pages can complicate things--and often (I've seen it happen) muck it up. You should save the scene changes for your one-act play.
Hi my name is angela mack, i have just written a 10 minute play called My Imani. It's full of conflict but i have 4 scenes the action never stops. It has murder and suspense. Who can i get to read this play? where do i send it?
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