After some discussions with folks, here is the current plan for the writer's group format. The group will be first-come, first-serve. There will probably be 3-4 writers that will get their work read and receive feed back on it at every meeting. No work can be longer than 15 pages (15 minutes) in length. (Scene, short, 1 act)
One interesting idea for organizing the actors’ participation in the process is to have a hat passed around for the actors who show up so they can put their names in it. Names will be drawn for each script to be read. This will keep things fresh for each reading and give each actor an opportunity to read if there are enough actors.
For every meeting there will be a moderator (that will alternate also) who will watch the time and read stage directions for the readings.
Feedback needs to be positive in nature and supportive. Hopefully, these criteria will help to inspire the growth of a community-oriented group of like-minded folks who want to write some drama.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Workshop sign up form
Currently, The Drama Foundry is working on the workshop sign up form. How to handle qualifications for the group is still open for discussion. One option is to make it open to anyone. Then, it can be decided if we are going to mix up the experience levels of the different participants or keep folks all at the same level.
By having a requirement for people to have already written a certain amount of material it will increase the chances of having participants who have already proven they have the wherewithal to write pieces that take a certain level of focus and discipline. This type of format would be more closed. A session would run for 5 to 8 weeks with a set number of participants and then start over again with new people after everyone had had their work read and reviewed.
However, creating a more open format where the group has a first-come, first-serve mentality would keep the group more community oriented and accessible. Meetings could just have a sign-up form where 3 to 4 people who show up could commit to having 10-15 pages of their work read and critiqued the following week.
There are other options. This will become more crystallized during and after the information meeting on July 11.
By having a requirement for people to have already written a certain amount of material it will increase the chances of having participants who have already proven they have the wherewithal to write pieces that take a certain level of focus and discipline. This type of format would be more closed. A session would run for 5 to 8 weeks with a set number of participants and then start over again with new people after everyone had had their work read and reviewed.
However, creating a more open format where the group has a first-come, first-serve mentality would keep the group more community oriented and accessible. Meetings could just have a sign-up form where 3 to 4 people who show up could commit to having 10-15 pages of their work read and critiqued the following week.
There are other options. This will become more crystallized during and after the information meeting on July 11.
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