I have until the end of April to turn in my second draft of my thesis play. However, I was told to rethink my first draft. So in reality I am turning in the first draft of my new version of my old thesis play. Make sense? Naw... it doesn't have too. I'm just glad I have the time to write a scene a day and not rush it.
I never realized how easy it is to write a play in four weeks. Nice and slow. I always want to rush through the first draft and spend two years rewriting what I wrote. But I have to admit planing out your beats and outlining the whole play first does allow for quick story edits before the actual writing begins. Once you finish that enormous task you're set to just basically fill in the dialogue as you follow your outline.
I'm not saying the outline is the end all be all. When you get your fingers going and your characters start talking to you then variations to the beats you created begin to pop up. And so far the over all story structure I creating has remained pretty much the same, even though the beats aren't. I'm not sure how that worked out but so far so good. Then again I should wait until I get feedback from this draft before I call this new way of working for me a success.
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