WRITING A MONOLOGUE (1)

STEP 1 – CREATE YOUR CHARACTER

Character Information
Name: Veronica,cooper

Age: 13 turning 14 in 2 months

2 older sisters and 1 younger brother older sisters are ywins
Family:
and are 16 and her younger brother is 7
History: Her grandpa had been a leader in world war2

Job: Works with her dad in their café mostly

Personality: Polite, mysterious ,loving ,caring,thoughtfull

Emotions: Happy , exciting ,gloomy,joyfull

More? Loves to cook ,and investigate also loves to try new things

STEP 2 – PLAN YOUR UNITS OF ACTION

Check that the character info is communicated and decide on what impact this will have.

Example Units of Action: Character info revealed Impact on the audience Your version

On phone to wife who Taking somones order down

wants him to pick up some
shopping for the kids –
some food for their tea.
Explains where he has been
today – to an important
business meeting that will
possibly lead to him losing
his job.
Tells the audience about his
dreams as a child – to be a
soldier.
Tells the audience about an
exam he took at school that
meant he could work in
Business.
Tells the audience that he
has lost his job and is going
home to tell his wife.
The order can be changed – what is the most interesting order for the audience?
Audience introduced to the
Family, Relationships, Job, Age
character in an informal way.
Job, Angry emotion, Boss Build tension – audience feel
empathy for character
Give audience more character
Family, Friends, History detail. Show the audience
different emotions and a
different side to the character.
Give audience more character
Joyful emotion, History, 1st Job detail. Show the audience
different emotions and a
different side to the character.
Shock the audience. Build
Upset emotion, scared, Family
tension. Leave the audience on a
cliff-hanger – what will happen?
And dad is telling her to come
Pic up the phone somone is
Calling her urgantly
Finishes taking down order
An dpicks up the phone its her
Headtecher and he is calling her
To his office instantly she is
Scared and quickly run to school
Her dream is to become
A top secrete spy and
She loves to investigate new
Uff and also enjoys bussiness
She had token a spy test in
School and she was really good
At it and it encouraged her to
Look in to mor emisions and try
New things
She had walked out the
Pricibles office crying and
Devastated and after she
was going back to the café
to tell her dad