The following is a script I wrote in Grade 7 for our class assembly. It is about Alex, a failed author who gets some expert writing advice. I own none of the names of the authors. This is an imaginative play. I mean no offense to any person, entity, class or religion. This is meant to be pure fiction.
Play Title- Inquire to Aspire
Characters-
- Young author- Alex (Alexandra/Alexander)
- J.K. Rowling
- Rick Riordan
- Agatha Christie
- P.G. Wodehouse
- William Shakespeare
- Ruskin Bond
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrator 1
- Narrator 2
- Editor 1
- Editor 2
Script-
Narrator 1- This is a tale about our aspiring young author Alex who inquires about writing techniques to improve her novel
Alex- Yes! Finally! I finished the last chapter. Now I’ll give it to the editor and see to his/her thoughts.
Narrator 2- Alex goes to the editor.
Editor 1- You are?
Alex- I am Alex. This is a novel entitled ‘the mystery of the parallel universe’.
(after glancing through synopsis and first chapter)
Editor 2- This is preposterous! This novel is too out there!
Editor 1- And the characters? Why are they all so suspicious of every tiny thing that anyone does!
Alex- I, I, I’m sorry for wasting your time.
Narrator 1- Alex leaves, her spirits deflated.
Narrator 2- She is half inclined to give up writing completely!
Alex- What does this mean? Am I no good at writing?
Narrator 1- Suddenly, some mist appears and seven surprised people appear.
Narrator 2- Alex is surprised as these people are ones she knows very well.
Shakespeare- The two families were the Capulets and the Montagues. Wait, this isn’t Stratford-Apon-Avon. Where am I?
Bond- Who are all of you?
Rowling- I was just heading home when this wind carried me here. Explain.
Christie- How about you figure it out yourself like a real novelist.
Rowling- You have no idea who you’re messing with, Muggle.
Christie- Don’t get too big for your boots- Joanne Jo Kathleen Rowling.
Doyle- Sounds like a case for Sherlock Holmes
Wodehouse-Such a serious bunch. Lighten up!
Riordan- I know right!
Alex- You are all here. How? I mean, Agatha Christie, J.K. Rowling, Rick Riordan, P.G. Wodehouse, William Shakespeare, Ruskin Bond and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. All here. Umm, can I help you?
Christie- Perhaps, we are here to help you.
Shakespeare- Is anything troubling you, my dear?
Alex- Only my novel. No one thinks it’s any good.
Bond- We’re the experts of that.
Rowling- I struggled for 7 years with my hit Harry Potter series. We know what you are going through.
Riordan-Do have a good climax?
Alex- A what now?
Wodehouse- He means the action scene.
Shakespeare- In the mountain of writing
Alex- Could you elaborate, please?
Bond- Step 1- Decide the theme
Riordan- Step 2- Draft the opening
Wodehouse- Step 3- Draft the setting
Christie- Step 4- Draft the action
Rowling- Step 5- Draft the Climax
Shakespeare- Step 6- Draft the conflicts
Doyle- And last but not the least, Step 7- Draft a solid resolution.
Alex- Thank you!
Shakespeare- I fear our time with you is ending. Here is some final advice.
Shakespeare- People’s good deeds we write in water. The bad deeds are etched in brass
Bond- Always have a paper basket with you. When you dislike and idea you can start afresh
Rowling- What you write becomes who you are. So make sure you love your writing.
Christie- Writing is a great comfort for me. People who are unsure about themselves have trouble expressing themselves
Doyle- The world is full of obvious things which no one ever notices
Wodehouse- I am never really comfortable unless I’m writing or I have a story going
Riordan- Identify the moral dilemma driving the problem so the reader wonders what they would do in the place of the protagonist.
Alex- Wow! I have to write my novel now- A visit from the past
Narrator 1- Alex is slaving away with a spring in her step. She is now going to the editor again.
Editor 1- You again, eh!
Alex- Give it a read.
Editor 2- Wow! I can’t believe it’s written by the same person.
Editor1- We’ll look in to your novel.
Alex-Thank you!
Narrator 2- So you see, if you want something you have to INQUIRE TO ASPIRE!
ANVI TUTEJA
-with you till the end of the line, pal-
Thoughts Caught 