Raymond Fast Playwright~Author Workshops
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Raymond has developed the following workshops and conducts them periodically in association with Onion Man Productions' educational program. When scheduled, these workshops can be found listed on OMP's website and are announced through other online media. If you are interested in a workshop and would like to know when it will next be conducted, contact Raymond Fast or James Beck, Onion Man Productions Managing Director. Also, if you would like a workshop to be scheduled for a particular group, arrangements can be made in your area. Contact Raymond Fast or James Beck for details. Shut Up and Write: Giving Your Characters (Only) Great Dialogue | ||
Shut Up and Write: Giving Your Characters (Only) Great Dialogue4 hours (3-hour version available) Synopsis: Bad dialogue delivered well is only slightly less bad. Actors can only deliver great dialogue if they have great dialogue to deliver. The responsibility for great dialogue rests completely on the playwright. The good news is, great dialogue is fairly easy to write. The hard part is not writing bad dialogue. "Shut Up and Write: Giving Your Characters (Only) Great Dialogue" looks at what makes great dialogue great and, more importantly, addresses how to rid your script of the bad dialogue that will bury your greatness in mediocrity. Topics: Excersizes: This is a writing-intensive workshop. Participants will engage in several exercises through which they will start with a story and create a scene, using additional tools and techniques for writing great dialogue in each step. Preparation: Participants should arrive with plenty of paper and something to write with. Note: This workshop is designed for writing plays, however it will serve any form of creative writing involving dialogue. | ||
Polishing Your Play: Final Steps to Make Yor Script Sparkle2.5 hours Synopsis: Any great chef will tell you that you taste your food three times. First with your eyes, then with your nose; by the time you get that first bite past your lips, you're already well into the experience. Most diners are oblivious to the first two sensations. Yet take away the eye-tasting and the nose-tasting, and a diner will know the meal just wasn't great. Good, maybe, but not great. The differences between a good play and a great play can be subtle, but great plays don't just happen. "Polishing Your Play" is a writing-intensive workshop that offers several techniques for addressing those subtle details that can make a good play truly great. Topics: Exercises: This is a writing-intensive workshop. Participants will engage in several exercises through which they will apply a series of tools and techniques to refining their scripts. Preparation: Participants should arrive with paper and something to write with. Each should also have a printed draft of a ten-minute play, or an eight to ten page excerpt from a longer play that is near its final draft. This copy will be marked up. It is recommended that participants not read this script for at least two weeks prior to the class. Note: This workshop is designed for writing plays, however it will serve any form of creative writing. | ||
A Playwright's Journey: First StepsTwo 3 hour sessions (Act I and Act II, 6 hours total)
Synopsis: So you've decided to be a playwright. As with any journey, you need a plan. And before you can make a plan, you need to know where you are, where you want to be, what you're going to have to navigate along the way, what resources are available to you, and how to use them. Through this workshop, you will find where you are, decide where you want to be, and learn some of the resources available to you and how to use them. Topics: Act I Act II Exercises: This is a discussion-intensive workshop with relatively few written exercizes (but lots of notes). Preparation: Participants should arrive with plenty of paper and something to write with. A packet of handouts will be provided as well. | ||
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