Saturday September 25th

 

“Navigating Genres” Dirk

 

During my junior year of high school I wrote a play for the first time. We read the play Madame Butterfly and our assignment was to write our own play. I don’t remember specifically if we had any restrictions on what we could write about but I think it was already difficult to come up with an idea for a play especially since it was the first time most of us had to write a play. Before writing the assignment, a few features that stand out about a play is that the characters and setting are laid out for the reader, since the intended audience is supposed to be the performers of the play. What’s interesting is that you can also infuse emotion into the dialogue with stage directions, and depending on the cast, you can get their own interpretation of what to do with the script. I saw this in person because we had stage performers from some organization come into our class to read a few scripts and mine was one of them. It was very interesting to see my script come alive and I honestly thought it was better than I had imagined in my head when I wrote it after the performers used their experience to enhance the dialogue through emotion. Everything we learned about the genre was done through reading Madame Butterfly. We analyzed how the script was set up and how the author outlined the scenes with the characters and setting. What is included in the description of the play must be utilized as one famous playwright once said along the lines of, a gun introduced in the beginning of the scene must be shot by the end of it. 

 

1. What worked or went well this week

• I started compiling a weekly to-do list to check off what I need to complete and anticipate for with due dates and more
• Excel projects went well

2. What was hard or didn’t work this week

• I missed a due date for a homework even though I checked it over on blackboard which is why I started making a list so that I don’t have to navigate through each and every class to find them

3. To-Do list for next week

• Study for macro
• Work on excel and building new skills

4. Where you left off/ Last thing you did

• Weekly due dates
• SAM projects

5. How you feel or felt about the week, your project, and/or your writing

This week I started to make small changes and that may help to improve my workflow for the upcoming weeks. A more organized outline will help me to focus on what I need to work on and prepare for the upcoming exams.