Playwriting questions for rough draft of one-act play Play Writing & Directing, 2016-2017

Switch scripts with another group that is finished with their rough draft Read the entire one-act and answer the following questions in their notebook.

Questions to answer… What did you like about the piece? Are they going after something that is critically important to them? What’s the major conflict? How strong is it? Were the stakes high enough? What’s the dramatic action of the play? What sections made you cringe? Did anything confuse you about the play? Which ones surprised you? What’s the most important image or moment in the piece? Explain what the play is about in 1 or 2 sentences. Did the characters all sound the same or like different people with distinct voice? Is there anything you’d like to see more of? What did each character want? Were there any loose ends?