Sandra Watson Capstone

For my capstone project, I explored multiple genres of creative writing. For the first part of the year, I wrote a small play where I collaborated with the students of Science Leadership Academy to come up with a performance even though we didn't get to the performance, the students of Science Leadership Academy helped me better understand playwriting and the work that goes into it. It also helped me build a small community within SLA that helped me better understand the genre of playwriting. In the middle of the year, I researched monologues where I wrote several monologues as a response to a tv show 13 reasons why. The end of the year I created a poetry book called Hope this helps which also is my final product. I went through numerous genres of creative writing and it was a hard long and stressful process because when it comes learning about different creative styles, you need to know that it will require a lot of your time. Even though exploring different creative writing styles was a little difficult and time-consuming. I learned a lot about myself and the genres. I learned that playwriting isn't just writing its visualizing, and monologues aren't just stories their personalities and poetry isn't just symbolism, it's a story. Capstone can be found in the multimedia section Bibliography : W, H. “How to Create Rehearsals .” Prezi.com, 24 Jan. 2014, prezi.com/ahx9d3v5xfoq/chrome-extensionbpmcpldpdmajfigpchkicefoigmkfalcviewsap/. This source provides information about how a director can set up rehearsals for them to effective. This source also provides information about things directors should do during rehearsals to create a safe open space for the cast. I selected this source because it is important that I know how to set up rehearsals for my play to be effective. and because the more information the better I can make the experience. I found this source useful because it helped me fill in the blanks of what I was missing. One limitation is that the source didn't go into details and was very general with information. . State , Gordan. “The Standard Stage Play Format .” Play Formatting , ptfaculty.gordonstate.edu/lking/CPF_play_formatting2.pdf. This source provides information about play format and also specifics about stage directions and stage description format. I selected this source because when writing a play it is important to have the correct typing so every one i cast can follow. I found this source useful because it helped me put my play in correct family. The limitation was that it didn't have authors connected and it seemed a bit random . “How to Format Your Script.” Playwrights' Center, 16 Nov. 2017, pwcenter.org/playwriting-toolkit/how-format-your-script. This source I personally think is amazing because it doesn't just go into the format of the play but goes into how to word things so that your cast will understand what tone it is in your play. This source also provides a lot of in tone, format, how to write descriptions and correct punctuations. The source doesn't really have any limitations because it is so detailed and helped me correct the smaller stuff in my play. “Chapter 4.” Playwriting 101: Story Development, www.playwriting101.com/chapter04. This source provides information about story development and how you can further push the story and goes through a step to step process how you can go from a strong beginning to strong end. I selected this source because to me story development is everything because no one is interested in s story without a strong plot and a climax and a debrief and I wanted to know the most effective way to do this. “Lazy Bee Scripts Formatting Stage Directions.” Formatting Stage Directions, www.lazybeescripts.co.uk/Publishing/StagePub/PlayDirections.aspx. This source provides information about how to format stage directions because stage directions are important. Letting your cast know when they are supposed to exit and enter can make a strong impact in your play. I chose this source because I want my stage directions to be clear and concise and I knew the best way was to research a place that knew how to do that best.. I found this source very useful because unlike the other sources it just focused on stage directions ,speech directions and cues, and location spots. I didn't know there were so many ways to do stage directions and so this helped get me a better idea of how to tell people where to go. The only limitation of this source is that it didn't give great examples. Tips For Writing Better Characters Into Your Screenplay.” Noam Kroll, noamkroll.com/5-tips-for-writing-better-characters-into-your-screenplay/. The source provides information about characters and how to make them stronger in your play. It also provides information on how to write them in your play to make sense. I selected this source because I want all my characters to have a very strong presence and this source seemed to be the best one to learn how to apply that. I found this source useful because I learned and modified my characters to have stronger emotion Fleming, Grace. “Write Interesting and Effective Dialogue With These Tips.” ThoughtCo, www.thoughtco.com/writing-story-dialogue-1857652. This source provides information on how to write dialogue so that it seems realistic and simple. I picked this source because a play is nothing but dialogue so making sure that it has a strong impact is very essential. SO I looked and used this source so that I can make dialogue in my play stronger. It was useful because I was able to apply this information to my project. . Transitioning . www.playwriting101.com/chapter14. This site provides information on how to transtion from one site to another. It also provides on information on how to make your transitions and effective. I used this site because it was helpful o somethig I have been struggling on for a very long time. IT also was really good at making it simple. . “Writing Dialogue Examples: 7 That Work.” Now Novel, 4 Dec. 2017, www.nownovel.com/blog/writing-dialogue-examples/. This source provides information also on dialogue. It provides information how it to cut the has.e I think that this source was useful because it showed me a new outlook o dialogue and shows specific ways on how to write dialogue. I used this information to make my dialogue make more sense .