In this collection, you have read dialogue between scientists and astronauts; a teenager and some shady characters at a funeral; a sergeant and war-wounded soldiers; a Nazi camp offi cer and prisoners; and a well-off woman and her poor cleaner. Now it’s your turn to invent two or three characters and write a short dialogue between them for performance.
I MUST
❍ Write an introduction to the dialogue, briefl y giving a background to the story, naming the characters and describing the setting
❍ Write dialogue that establishes an interesting storyline or confl ict and catches and holds the attention of my audience
I SHOULD
❍ Show diff erent personalities in the lines spoken by characters
❍ Reveal the relationship(s) between the characters by the way they speak to one another
I COULD
❍ Look back at dialogues and stories in this collection to get ideas for interesting settings and characters
❍ Add stage directions that guide actors on how to speak their lines
