How to write a script
At a glance
- No one right way
- Have a good outline
- Some teams have the entire team write script, others have one person
- Continually revise and change it
- Check back to scoring
- Use Google Docs to make your life much easier
- Obey fundamentals of stories: have characters, conflict, beginning, middle, and end, etc.
More details
The team has brainstormed and figured out what they want to perform over. Generally, at this point my team would simultaneously start building props, scenery, etc and write the script. We'd have one or two script writers who'd sit at the computer all meeting working on it. They'd generally go through, assign roles (although that can be a bit contentious, make sure everybody gets a say in who is the main character), and start writing based off of the ideas from brainstorming and what they think would work for the characters and for the actors. Once they started getting scenes done, my team would read through them and figure out what we liked, where we needed jokes, and what just sounded awful. Then we'd go back and revise. These read throughs are a great opportunity to use Google Docs. The entire team can be on the same document on separate computers, edit simultaneously, etc, instead of having to reach over each others shoulders to type. Read more about it here.
Once the script is fully done, act it out a couple of times. The team should be looking for awkward bits, improving dialogue, or adding in whatever they think is necessary.
Once the script is fully done, act it out a couple of times. The team should be looking for awkward bits, improving dialogue, or adding in whatever they think is necessary.