writer – performer – teacher
I've done the first week! It's a small victory, but I believe we should always recognise our little achievements. Below is the next part of my sci-fi theme park play. If you haven't read the other parts, and you're keen, go back to Day 5 where it all begins. I'm still excited about this script, … Continue reading 30 Plays – Day 7
As promised yesterday - here it is, the next installment of my sci-fi play set in a theme park. And as I mentioned yesterday, I still don't know exactly where this is going or how it's going to develop. We're in first draft territory! Photo by Shane Aldendorff on Pexels.com Here's my writing for today: … Continue reading 30 Plays – Day 6
Today I got a bit excited by my script. As in, excited enough to want to pursue it. This is the first writing exercise that I feel has potential beyond one little scene, or a ten minute play. This one could actually be Something. This was my prompt: Write a play set in a theme … Continue reading 30 Plays – Day 5
The following play wasn't inspired by a writing prompt like the others, it was inspired by a pretty dumb video that I watched. So, I saw this painful video pop up in my feed where this 18 year old girl was outlining her plan to save a house deposit in the next four years simply … Continue reading 30 Plays – Day 4
I tried to write a romance!!!! My prompt for today was this image: I suspect that the laundromat setting made me think of that infamous 'Friends' episode with Ross and Rachel doing laundry, and then that made me want to write a romance. Well, whatever motivated it, here it is: my play for day three... … Continue reading 30 Plays – Day 3
Today's prompt: Write a play where each character says no more than three words at a time. Yesterday I was reading 'Sweet Phoebe', which is basically about a couple desperately searching for a lost dog. But the way that it's written - frantic monologues and half-spoken thoughts - is made even more chaotic and mysterious … Continue reading 30 Plays – Day 2
Here we go!! Here's the first play of the challenge. This is the prompt that I was working with: It’s the first day of work, and your main character’s new job is very different from what they thought. Based on that prompt, this is what I wrote for my first day: A brightly lit office … Continue reading 30 Plays – Day 1
I've set myself a little challenge - can I read 30 plays AND can I write 30 very short plays in January? Will I manage it?! If I don't, well, at least I'll have tried and I'll be a lot more immersed in scripts and words than usual. So, it'll be worth it, whatever happens. … Continue reading 30 plays in january
Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels.com This is a weird time for everyone. Millions of words have already been written all about it, and billions more will come. The virus itself, the isolation, the loss of income and stability, the unexpected small positives... I don't need to write anymore about this. You know because you're … Continue reading Free Script Editing for May
https://media.giphy.com/media/2A4AJfiJis9KyoiGc7/giphy.gif Just recently, I was asked to teach a drama lesson for a VCE Literature class who were studying Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. It was a fun challenge to plan for a bunch of students who had not signed up to do any drama and who might not have been too thrilled to … Continue reading Playing Status – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Samantha Hill 
