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THE ESSENTIALS OF SCRIPT WRITING If your characters don’t come alive in your script there is no way they will come alive on the stage or on the screen. In our daily lives, we come across people some are mere acquaintances while others are good friends. We are most likely to make surprise judgments of an acquaintance based on their appearance and first impressions but we are not likely to go beyond that. You may never have deep information as you may not know them completely. But a friend you know their background, likes or dislikes, their taste, lifestyle and a host of others. This is exactly how characterization works; when you write you must ensure that your central character is someone they know back at home and in some cases their enemies. If this must happen you as a writer must first get to know your character very well because if you don’t know your character they will not appear rather they will appear flat. The next question is how well do you know your character

WHAT IS CREATIVE WRITING?   BY  EGURIASE S. M. OKAKA When you write for stage, television, or film, you operate a craft that goes beyond the ordinary. As a point of fact, it is a craft that transcends itself to become an art.   An art itself comes from genius and powerful inspiration. We probably can learn the craft because it is quite unlike that a real work of art can come from someone who hasn’t first learned the craft. ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF CREATIVE WRITING You need a go od idea but that idea must have a form. This is the plot. The way you organize the events that form your story is largely driven by the structure of the plot. The foundation of all forms of drama is the three-act structure. It is quite true that this observation was initially and finally stated by Aristotle in his poetics, today this old pattern is still applied to play, films, and television screens.  The three Act structure is the basis on which all plays are written. It provides the framework within which:

GURIA CONCEPT & BOOKS DRAMA LECTURES DRAMA DIRECTING SALES OF DRAMA BOOKS AND SCRIPTS eguriaseoka@gmail.com 07069229588 or 08026711232 Name:………………………………                              DATE:............... ……………………………………….. Dear Sir/Madam, DRAMA LECTURE: WHY DRAMA? A wise proponent states that: ‘when we stop learning we start dying.’ From this we know that leaning is a continuum. This lecture is aimed at throwing more light on drama as the closest genre of literature amongst the other two. The topic: Why Drama? Shall be explained to the students; giving them a clearer understanding of what they have been taught about drama. The lecture is open to all who wish to learn something new. At the end of the lecture, we shall entertain questions based on the subject matter that was taught before attending to other questions, if time permits. If invited outside the state the host shall be responsible for transportation and accommodatio