Students receive weekly feedback from the instructor on all assignments, and are welcome to "meet" with Greg in the E-script chat room at the end of the course. Greg will also provide a suggested reading list, and discuss the scripts on it from a playwriting point-of-view.

WEEK 1: Course Introduction and Overview. Lecture: "Defining Some Terms: The Change Equation". Writing Assignment: 20 Questions: Who are you?

WEEK 2: Lecture: "Protagonists". Writing Assignment: The Psychiatrists Couch: Who's your protagonist?

WEEK 3: Lecture: "Antagonists". Writing Assignment: Protagonist and Antagonist Monologues: two sides of a coin.

WEEK 4: Lecture: "Conflict". Writing Assignment: Write a scene between your Protoganist and Antagonist.

WEEK 5: Lecture: "Dialogue". Writing Assignment: Subtext Scene: Secrets and Lies.

WEEK 6: Lecture: "Scene Writing". Writing Assignment: Revised Protagonist/Antagonist Scene.

WEEK 7: Lecture: "Plot". Writing Assignment: Map-making: planning your play.

WEEK 8: Lecture: "Beginnings". Writing Assignment: Begin your play.

WEEK 9: Lectures: "Structure" and "Revisions". Writing Assignment: Continue/ Revise your play.

WEEK 10: Lecture: "Summing Up".

WEEK 1: Course Introduction and Overview. Lecture: "Defining Some Terms: The Change Equation". Writing Assignment: 20 Questions: Who are you?

WEEK 2: Lecture: "Protagonists & Antagonists". Writing Assignment: Protagonist and Antagonist Monologues: two sides of a coin.

WEEK 3: Assignment Due: Protagonist and Antagonist Monologues. Lecture: "Conflict". Writing Assignment: Protoganist and Antagonist scene.

WEEK 4: Lecture: "Scene Writing". Writing Assignment: Map-making: planning your play.

WEEK 5: Lecture: "Plot and Structure".

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